Development Machine Specs for Sonar X1

Hi All,

Does anyone know what the specs are for the machines Sonar X1b was developed and QA tested on.  Being a developer myself, I know very well that it always works on the developers machine. 

I am getting ready to build a new machine so that information would be very helpful.

Thanks,

Tom

Thanks for the info.  Based on those specs, I should be okay.  The specs I have been looking at are a little more beefier but similar.  Do you know what the motherboard is by any chance?  I have been looking at the MSI series but I am wondering if anyone else has other recommendations.

Yeah, I think I agree.  I have been going through many posts here because I am having some issues with the dual core system I am currently using and I am beginning to believe that you are correct in the fact that the setup of the machine is actually more important than the machine itself.  I am going to go through all my setup tonight and see what improvements I can make before I actually abandon this machine.  I am not creating large compositions or anything so I am wondering if I actually need to upgrade the system yet.

Thanks for all the input.  Time for some fun. 

No problem. It sounds like you know what you are doing but I found this helpful
http://www.blackviper.com...indows-7-super-tweaks/
Enjoy

Thanks StarTekh,

I will look out for those and take a look at the link you specified

sorry Startekh - I was replying to Tom - we must have posted at the same time

If you decide on a Firewire interface, make sure the chipset is one by Texas Instruments (TI)

tthayer


Thanks for all the input everyone.  I was wanting to find out what kind of people have run into and it sounds like there are a few things I need to look out for.  A friend of mine sent me this Mother Board and CPU but based on some of the responses and other posts, I am not completely sure if anyone has run into issues with something along these line.

He suggested the ASUS M4A89GTD Pro with the AMD Phenom II X6 1055T.  From what I read, it seems very nice, can anyone see anything wrong with this?  And, yes, I am using Firewire at the moment for both Audio and MIDI.

Thanks,

Tom

> Tom I build on Intel chipsets, a ..Amd user here can
    help you further, see the firewire is TI chipset, would
    of been back sooner had chit todo .. jon
   

Suggest you get in touch with Jim Roseberry on the forum here. For a $40 consultation via email he'll provide a list with links of compatible components based on your budget.

He's a SONAR user, a professional musician and DAW buider. his business Studiocat builds quality DAWS for the audio industry and he gets to test all the latest components and can tell you what's what.

highly recommended by many of us. I'm in Australia and couldn't use his build service but didn't hesitate to get a compatible parts list for my new DAW. Jim alsio gave me a tutorial in burn in and testing procedures to make sure that my build was running reliably before installing any software.

All worked as planned and still going strong. Highly recommended

After looking at all the units that were pre-built in brick and morters in Dallas, I didn't like what was offered.  This is before I learned through this forum that there are systems being built specifically for DAW by folks that are not DELL and HP or IBM.
After researching the latest and greatest, my base line would be a 6 core.  For the price I went with the AMD 1090T with a motherboard that supports SATA6. Bought a small 80 gig SDD and was floored by the performance. When discussing overclocking with the technical sales rep, (A kid that was more up to date than I) I realized after getting the system up and running, there was no need to overclock.  Granted, I spent a little more on the video card (Black Ops had just shipped) so I have a 3-D gaming system too.
Sonar 8.5, X1,X1aand X1b has run solid on this setup.  Of course, I don't use hardly any plug-ins other than VST's.
One thing I find strange, is no one seems to recommend SATA6 devices...maybe they know something I don't but I'm very happy with (Up to) 600mbs. I always read about SATA 3.  Maybe someone can answer that.  

Hi All,

Thanks for all the input this morning.  After going through all the information and various links, I think I have finally settled on my build.  Since the majority of the links I looked at did not use AMD based builds, I have abandoned that for an Intel based build.  Here are the parts I am going to order.  If anyone can see anything wrong please let me know but I think this is going to pretty much do it.  I plan on running Win7 64 Bit with this.

  Sapphire 100254HDMI Radeon HD 4650 Video Card - 1GB GDDR2, PCI Express 2.0, CrossFireX, DVI, HDMI, VGA

 
  Gigabyte GA-X58A-UD3R Motherboard and Intel Core i7 950 Processor BX80601950 Bundle

 
  Corsair CMX8GX3M2A1333C9 XMS 8GB DDR3 RAM - PC10666, 1333MHz, 2x 4GB

3 of these for a total of 24 Gb
 
  Cooler Master RC-932-KKA3-GP HAF 932 Full Tower Case and Pre-installed eXtreme 700W Power Supply

 
  Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 0F12115 Serial ATA Hard Drive - 2TB, 7200 RPM, 64MB, SATA-6G, 3.5"

2 of these.  One for samples, instruments, etc... libraries and the other for project storage.
 
  Wintec 3FMS2B060M-WR FileMate SolidGO Solid State Drive - 60GB, 2.5", SATA, Mini USB

Will be used as my main boot and temp work drive

Sorry... Posted a little to late.

Thanks Jon.  Sounds Good.  I am planning on buying the parts this week, so the timing is good.