Will N-track work with AMD K... 350 MHz ? Anyone useing ?

[jcorliss]

Allright... I've played with the demo some and think this is the right software for me... Am I gonna be able to have many/any effects. I need 8-10 tracks. ... Will CPU usage drop if I mute the tracks I'm not working on ? If I hear skips will this effect the final wave processed ?

Who is using an AMD and hows it working for you... I have 128 of memory and will be upgrading to a 40 GB hard drive ... could add more memory... But is this going to work ? Or do I need an Athalon ? I'm not going to register untill I have what I can expect will work for me.


Thanks for your posts

God Bless You ! Jim

 

[larrye]

I ran n-track on amd k-6 350 mhz for about a year.

8-10 tracks at once maaaaybe, but you can mixdown some of those tracks to combine them and work around that pretty well.

Yes, muting tracks will drop cpu usage unless you have checked the box - read data from tracks when muted- in Preferences, options.

The effects you can use depends on the effects. Reverb uses a lot of cpu.

I would say 4 tracks with reverb and compressor.

Skips wont be in final mixdown.

Go ahead and register! You can upgrade your computer later!

Larrye

 

[Slackmaster2K]

Unfortunately the K6, K6-2, and K6-3 processors all suck eggs for this type of application. I agree with the 10 track with one or two effects statement made by larrye. I also agree that you should register n-Track now. Upgrades are free until there's a major revision change, and that just happened so registering now should cover you for a couple years.

Upgrading to an Athlon/Duron/Celeron/PIII/P4 will give you the real performance you'll probably want, unless your needs are very simple. I run an 850Mhz Celeron machine and frequently work with 18-24 tracks and a number of high quality effects.

When you upgrade your hard drive, make sure you purchase a 7200RPM. Jumping to 7200RPM raises the potential hard drive bottleneck up into the "not likely to be a problem" range.

Slackmaster 2000

 

[Raticus]

Not a good combination...

AMD K6/2 the VIA Chipset, Audio hardware and most Audio applications.....


The things that have been suggested will help but.. You system will still be very un stable... You best bet if possible is to upgrade to a better processor and chipset..... The K6/2 just wasn't built very well for this application especially......


raticus

 

[Aren]

Raticus -

I would try anyhow. I have a 266Mhz Celeron, with 320MB of RAM and a 40GB 7200RPM Hard drive. I manage to use up to 8-9 tracks, with 2 reverb aux channels. When I need compression, I do a "destructive" edit (always remember to backup) with Sound Forge. Registering N-track is one of my best buys et. Highly recommended.

Oren

 

[Raticus]

Understandable as I had delt with conditions for a while as well... But at you first opportunity I would upgrade... And I not saying gotta get a P4 or an Athlon 1.5 just get away from da k6/2 and the VIA KT133 chipset (i believe).....


Good Luck