Members jchas Posted May 17, 2008 Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 We're building a new machine and finally upgrading from Cakewalk PA9 and 2-Echo Audio Gina's, to Sonar-7 and 2 Audiofire-12's. Software and hardware are ordered and assembly is underway. The question is - Should we go XP-32bit or 64-bit? All the hardware we are buying is fully 64-bit compatable, as is Sonar. 64-bit would render our versions of Autotune and Waves useless, but from what i've seen of the Sonar plugins that might not be an issue. Other than the usual suspects - future hardware/software conflicts and larger file sizes - what are some of the issues you've come up against, either positive or negative, that would help us make the best move forward? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nerol1st Posted May 17, 2008 Members Share Posted May 17, 2008 If it works I say yes, being able to utilize more ram FTW! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jchas Posted May 19, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 19, 2008 Thanks for the input. We've considered the RAM issue, but using OB effects and having high quality hardware keyboards I don't think that would be an issue under 32-bit, but of course that could change. And XP being a dead end doesn't concern me much. I mean, the current machine is still running flawlessly under Windows '98 with over 24 tracks of audio. I appreciate the input i've gotten from a few different forums. For what it's worth, I tallied your input below. I won't buy based on the vote - but the actual answers will help to make the right decision (for me anyway). 32-bit = 11 64-bit = 4 XP = 5 Vista = 2 Screw it and buy a MAC = 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members nerol1st Posted May 20, 2008 Members Share Posted May 20, 2008 Really RAM only becomes an issue when you start running virtual instruments with a ton of samples. So I guess the RAM thing isn't that important. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members lovebeijgo Posted May 26, 2008 Members Share Posted May 26, 2008 You may know by a handful the whole sack.-------------------------(Or you may just get sacked for spamming - die spam die. ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil O'Keefe Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 For the time being, I'm sticking with Win XP SP2. It works, and it's stable - which is apparently more than can be said for Vista. I do think I'm going to bump my RAM up from 2GB to 4GB though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jchas Posted May 27, 2008 Author Members Share Posted May 27, 2008 We did go XP-2/32 bit and 4-gig RAM. The soundcards (2 Audiofire 12's) will be here by the end of the week and we can start putting her through the paces. Being rather unstable myself - there's a lot to be said for stability... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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