The Logic Off Topic list

--- Dennis Gunn <dennisg@...> wrote:
> >  >   I currently house 2 audio cards, 1 sound
> card, 1 DV
> >>card, 1 SCSI card and am now looking to purchase a
> VST
> >>DSP card that will take up the sixth and final
> slot on
> >  >my MOBO.
> >
> >are we talking mac here?
> >
> >if so on a current  g4 you would want to use the
> agp slot for
> >monitor, built in firewire for dv
> >
> >scsi would be irrelevant - switch to firewire
> drives from built in
> >
> >which would leave 4 pci - 2 audio, 1 sound(whatever
> that is) and 1 dsp
> >
> >of course, you won't like this - but that is how I
> would do it on a g4
> 
> That's just about exactly what I was going to say. 
> In addition I 
> would add that you may not want to stick with SCSI
> anymore either. 
> Mac have two independent FireWire receptacles.  I
> recently got 120gig 
> 7200 rmp drive and a firewire case with a 911 Oxford
> chipset to put 
> it in both for a little less than $300 US.  
> Although a super duper 
> high end SCSI raid *might* be fast it kicks the ass
> of any SCSI rig 
> *I* have used and its compact and hot plugable. 
> Whats more firewire 
> 2 is just about here and it's even twice as fast as
> SCSI 1.  So I 
> really doubt that many people are going to be
> sticking with SCSI much 
> longer.
> 
> 
> BTW I too was wondering about the distinction
> between an audio and a 
> "sound" card.
> 
  Your setup sounds great but it's just not practical
my SCSI card is high end and has a seek time of 3.4 ms
I haven't seen a 7200 rpm card(or a 10,00 rpm card for
that matter) come even close to that! My digital Video
card runs all my effects that takes the strain off my
cpu. Two audiowerk cards for audio recording and a
sound card witch acts as a sound module for my
controller. Spent a lot on my SCSI rig and I won't
throw it away. I guess i'll wait to see what Apple
does with there next generation machines.
                              Thanks for your help
                               Steve
 P.S. where talking PC here!


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