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I need to start using

>it. I've spent quite a bit of time and effort getting all my hardware DSP

>processors to function at 88.2 and I wanted to try to offload as much CPU

>load to outboard hardware and DSP cards as possible. Since my UAD-1
>resources will be cut in half, the extra POCO's will be there to pick up
the
>slack. I've got a couple of 750GB SATA Barracudas to handle the
>recording/playback and backup so here goes.
>
>Upsampling existing projects in Cubase is pretty easy to accomplish and

>perhaps the OD's and final DSP processing at 88.2 will add a bit of extra

>mojo to the mixes..............before they get hosed by the MP3 codec.
>
>Just in case someone wants to go down this road, the compatibile slots in

>the Magma are as follows:
>
>1, 5, 7 and 11 share IRQ 17
>2 and 6 share IRQ 18
>If you are adding a second Magma, use 1, 5, 7 or 11 for any audio cards
or
>DSP cards. They will all probably populate IRQ 19, or some other compatible

>IRQ that doesn't share with the AGP, or the devices in the other Magma.
If
>you've got two PCI slots that don't share with the AGP or each other this

>should work.
>
>OK....I'm off to give this thing a hard test drive. I'll let you know if

>anything catches on fire.
>
>;o)
>
>
>No in Co. Springs at least - there is probably something similar in Denver.
We have the normal local computer shops, but all are expensive, and hit or
miss on what you'll find - usually
it's dated gear.

"Lamont" <jjdpro@gmail.com> wrote in message news:475b161b$1@linux...
>
> Dedric, are their any
> Fyrys or MicroCenters?
>
>
> "Dedric Terry" <dterry@keyofd.net> wrote:
>>
>>
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>>
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>OK Neil.

Thanks for the pointers. these higher sample rates are something new to me.
I read an article by a heavy hitter engineer a while back where he said that
he upsamples everything to 88.2 for mixing, just to get some benefit from
the plugin resolutions.

Both POCO's are behaving nicely with the UAD-1's. I'll bet I could even get
another one working. Might be worth a try. The older MK1 cards are dirt
cheap on EBay these days. The higher rates really do suck the resources on
a UAD-1 card....big time. I would venture to say that 88.2 may take a bit
more than twice the bandwidth of 44.1 on these cards. A single La-2A takes
7% or the resources across 4 x cards. that's a pretty hefty chunk 'O DSP.


"Neil" <OIUOI@OIU.com> wrote in message news:475b173b$1@linux...
>
> FWIW, I don't believe you'll get much benefit from
> upconverting a 44.1 song to 88.2 - the plugin's will
> process with the higher resolution, but there's
> not going to be anything better about the files that were
> originally tracked at 44.1, so unless you've got a lot of
> overdubs to do on each of those songs, you're probably better
> off staying at 44.1 for the rest of the tracking, but then when
> you mixdown, go ahead & render to an 88.2k/.24-bit stereo file
> for mastering purposes.
>
> Neil
>
>
> "DJ" <animix _ at _ animas _ dot _ net> wrote:
>> I've got two Powercore cards and 4 x UAD-1 cards working in a single 13
>
>>slot Magma with the POCO's sharing IRQ 18 and the UAD-1's sharing IRQ 17.
> My
>>3 x RME cards are in a second Magma all sharing IRQ 19 so pending a
>>serious
>
>>torture test to test the PCI bandwidth, it appears that this may play
>>nice.
>>
>>I'm using an older gigabyte GA-K8NS Ultrra 939 (AGP based board) and the
> AGP
>>is on IRQ 16 so since there is no IRQ sharing, unless my PCI bandwidth is
>
>>all used up, I'm not expecting any problems.
>>
>>I'm currently converting everything I'm working on to 88.2KHz. I don't
>>know
>
>>if this is going to end up being a waste of time or not, but I figure,
>>since
>
>>I made the decision to move to an 88.2 capable system, I need to start
>>using
>
>>it. I've spent quite a bit of time and effort getting all my hardware DSP
>
>>processors to function at 88.2 and I wanted to try to offload as much CPU
>
>>load to outboard hardware and DSP cards as possible. Since my UAD-1
>>resources will be cut in half, the extra POCO's will be there to pick up
> the
>>slack. I've got a couple of 750GB SATA Barracudas to handle the
>>recording/playback and backup so here goes.
>>
>>Upsampling existing projects in Cubase is pretty easy to accomplish and
>
>>perhaps the OD's and final DSP processing at 88.2 will add a bit of extra
>
>>mojo to the mixes..............before they get hosed by the MP3 codec.
>>
>>Just in case someone wants to go down this road, the compatibile slots in
>
>>the Magma are as follows:
>>
>>1, 5, 7 and 11 share IRQ 17
>>2 and 6 share IRQ 18
>>If you are adding a second Magma, use 1, 5, 7 or 11 for any audio cards
> or
>>DSP cards. They will all probably populate IRQ 19, or some other
>>compatible
>
>>IRQ that doesn't share with the AGP, or the devices in the other Magma.
> If
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