EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

--- In exs-users@y..., Pev <no_such_user@y...> wrote:
> I'm always dubious of the tests people use to compare - I'd love to
see some
> documented tests say, using a complex arrangement of audiotracks,
plugins and
> VSTi's on PC's and macs of different specs as I cant help but think
most of
> peoples opinions about comparative performance are not much better than
> supposition. 

They've been mentioned before, but check out the tests that the German
Keyboards magazine (AMD vs Intel vs Apple) did that were reproduced in
Sound on Sound:

http://www.sospubs.co.uk/sos/jul02/articles/qa0702.asp

OK they don't actually use Logic, but they do use audio
software/plug-ins, and unlike pretty much all the other comparisons
I've come across, they don't use Photoshop or just compare raw CPU
speeds (measured in megahertz, megaflops, SPECint or whatever) -
neither of which are "fair" or even relevent.