EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

From: "Dave Peverley" <no_such_user@...>

>I think you may find as well that if you buy a magma expansion chassis for
>your G5, it will support the 5v required for older PCI cards such as digi and
>motu ones. I'd double check with Magma before splashing cash, but I believe
>this to be the case. A lot cheaper than a whole new PT rig!

It's only the older, lowest-end, or totally outdated cards that won't 
work; the only current one is the MIX I/O, which you may as well 
replace with a MIX Farm card rather than a chassis.

To me, EXPENSion chassis only make sense if you want to add more DSP 
cards to a Pro Tools rig. It would be silly to spend $1200 just too 
run a PTIII PCI card or something like that.

Now, if you're running a MOTU system it could be a nuisance, because 
the PCI-424 cards that work in G5s aren't available separately and 
the regular PCI-424 and PCI-324 cards won't work in them.
-- 

Nick Batzdorf
818/905-9101, cell 590-9101, fax 905-5434

----- Original Message ----- 

From: "Nick Batzdorf" <recording@...>
To: <exs-users@yahoogroups.com>


> To me, EXPENSion chassis only make sense if you want to add more DSP
> cards to a Pro Tools rig. It would be silly to spend $1200 just too
> run a PTIII PCI card or something like that.
True....

> Now, if you're running a MOTU system it could be a nuisance, because
> the PCI-424 cards that work in G5s aren't available separately and
> the regular PCI-424 and PCI-324 cards won't work in them.
I believe that MOTU are running an upgrade programme now if you dig around
motu.com - If you have a PCI-424 they'll swap it for a compatible one for
around 79USD IIRC. Peeps with PCI-324's are stuffed outa sight however :-(

~Pev