Apple Logic Pro /LogicExpress Discussion

On Dec 25, 2004, at 9:10 AM, Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com wrote:

> Message: 8
>    Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 03:14:36 EST
>    From: GAmoore@...
> Subject: UAD (was Mixdown options)
>
> In a message dated 12/24/04 11:01:16 PM, jimmymio@... writes:
>> How about the UAD-1?
>>
> Here is my thinking on this ... Its good, but its much less flexible. 
> If you
> pay $600 for the card, then $150 for the Fairchild, and $200 for the 
> Limiter,
> and $150 for the plate reverb, and $150 for the Cambridge EQ - you're 
> at $1100
> - for some great sounding compressors, reverb and EQ. But for $1350 
> you can
> get the entry level G5 (educational price), and $1800 for the low end 
> dual
> processor G5 (1.8) - and with those you can run the 60 or Logic plugs 
> and Soft
> synths (I am assuming) as a node. And I am guessing I would use the G5 
> as a
> primary logic station until the time when horsepower becomes very 
> scare - since its
> probably 3 times as powerful as my G4. The G5 would also be available 
> to use
> for Photoshop and other things where the UAD would be useless.
>
> (I just use the basic plugs on the UAD - mainly the 1176, LA2A 
> compressors
> and the Pultec eq, and the reverb that comes with it. I find a lot of 
> the other
> plugs on the UAD not that useful or not that convenient since there is 
> no
> tempo sync on things like delays and phasers, nor graphic displays on 
> EQ on the
> channel strip. The disortion is way over the top and not useful for 
> me. )
>
> By the way, I was reading that the LA2a is a frequency dependent 
> compressor
> but there is no frequency control nor any frequency meter so its a 
> complete
> mystery how that works. Does any one know?
>
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Hello guys,

quick question - would it be possible to run a G4 or G5 as the main 
CPU, and run XServe G5s as the nodes?

Stuart McConaghy

Stuart McConaghy wrote:
> 
> Hello guys,
> 
> quick question - would it be possible to run a G4 or G5 as the main 
> CPU, and run XServe G5s as the nodes?


AFAIK, yes.

Actually, this was one of my first thoughts when first reading about the 
nodes feature. Only trouble is, XServes are seriously more expensive 
than normal desktop computers (!) They're probably 'industrial' quality 
rather than 'consumer' quality, or sumthin'...

So, what I've been hoping Apple'd bring out is a range of 'consumer' 
XServe nodes, with correspondingly lower prices. Waiting til mid-Jan to 
see what get announced...