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“New” computer...

PostWed Feb 20, 2019 10:21 am

So, my (almost) 10-year old i7 PC has gotten to the point where it simply can’t run the new 4 and 6 channel sets - it simply doesn’t have the horsepower for that kind of polyphony. It was a beast when I bought it - 4 cores and 24gb of RAM seemed like plenty :D

So, I’ve taken delivery of a dual-Xeon machine with 16 total cores and 128gb of RAM... it is a lease-return refurb, but so far seems like it is in excellent shape. It will take awhile to load over 440gb of sample sets, but I’m sure once that’s done I’m going to enjoy it. :mrgreen:

The other reason for upgrading is that I will need a machine of this scope to load some of the sets I’m currently developing... it seems wrong for the developer to not even be able to completely load and test his own sets!

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Jonathan Orwig
Coon Rapids, Minnesota USA
http://www.evensongmusic.net
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Re: “New” computer...

PostWed Feb 20, 2019 4:56 pm

Well done.
All computers are beasts when you buy them!
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Re: “New” computer...

PostWed Feb 20, 2019 7:00 pm

giwro wrote:It will take awhile to load over 440gb of sample sets, but I’m sure once that’s done I’m going to enjoy it. :mrgreen:


Jonathan, please report back with progress. Thanks.


Erzahler wrote:All computers are beasts when you buy them!


Ain't that the truth!

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Re: “New” computer...

PostSun Feb 24, 2019 9:38 pm

Well, the sets are loaded, and I’ve affectionately named it The_Beast on the network :lol:

I loaded a very reverberant 4 channel set, and it hardly blinked while playing tutti fast repeated notes....
So, while I still have a bit of configuring to do, I think it will do fine. I’d probably have it all set up already, but I decided to tidy up the office at the same time...

:roll:

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Jonathan Orwig
Coon Rapids, Minnesota USA
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Re: “New” computer...

PostMon Feb 25, 2019 10:05 am

Good news!

Is The_Beast running Windows 10 Pro or something else?

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Richard

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