M_Glenn_M
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Will X2 work well enough on this laptop?
I'm not doing this professionally (Home studio)
Asus 14" hi def. notebook/laptop Win 7,
Intel duo core T6600, 500GB HD,
4 GB mem,
video= nvidea Geforce G102M I'd be using a BR800 for the sound and interface.
We have a 2 yr old 14" laptop that I can plug in my larger monitor for dual monitor.
Until now I have used X1 on my PC with XP as per my signature. It's pretty stable.
I'm hoping to get X2 but not wanting to make the switch until I get a more powerful machine with Win 7 min.
My wife has been using the laptop for email and general browsing which is obviously under utilized. (I bought the better processor to run my processor hungry architectural design program while on holidays)
My idea is to abandon the PC & use the laptop and get her a tablet for a total outlay of about $250.
The fall back position is to get a New PC and she can keep the laptop but it is quite a bit more clumsy than a tablet and not as convenient for our occasional travelling.
Thanks for ideas.
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Re:Will X2 work well enough on this laptop?
2012/12/29 18:37:25
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Sell by date at 9000 posts. Do not feed. @48/24 & 128 buffers latency is 367 with offset of 38. Sonar Platinum(64 bit),Win 8.1(64 bit),Saffire Pro 40(Firewire),Mix Control = 3.4,Firewire=VIA,Dell Studio XPS 8100(Intel Core i7 CPU 2.93 Ghz/16 Gb),4 x Seagate ST31500341AS (mirrored),GeForce GTX 460,Yamaha DGX-505 keyboard,Roland A-300PRO,Roland SPD-30 V2,FD-8,Triggera Krigg,Shure SM7B,Yamaha HS5.Maschine Studio+Komplete 9 Ultimate+Kontrol Z1.Addictive Keys,Izotope Nectar elements,Overloud Bundle,Geist.Acronis True Image 2014.
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Re:Will X2 work well enough on this laptop?
2012/12/29 20:15:49
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That would appear to be sufficient for light projects.
+1 on trying the demo. It is free.
Bob Bone
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M_Glenn_M
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Re:Will X2 work well enough on this laptop?
2012/12/29 20:17:49
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Thanks Alex.
It looks as if it will work but on the edge.
How do you like your Shure SM7B?
Glenn
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Re:Will X2 work well enough on this laptop?
2012/12/29 23:51:34
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put it this way, I ran sonar x1 on a netbook for awhile and limped along, you will be fine!
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M_Glenn_M
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Re:Will X2 work well enough on this laptop?
2012/12/30 01:03:10
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Thanks Shawn, "Limped" doesn't sound great.
Maybe I'll stick with X1 on the laptop until I get a new PC
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Re:Will X2 work well enough on this laptop?
2012/12/30 09:20:37
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That was meant to cheer you up. it limped along on a tiny netbook, it should work fine on your laptop!
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Re:Will X2 work well enough on this laptop?
2012/12/30 09:25:43
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The only way to truly know ids to try it, No one here can actually tell you the truth about that. Just try it. That is the only true way to know bro.
CJ
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M_Glenn_M
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Re:Will X2 work well enough on this laptop?
2012/12/30 11:15:42
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Thanks guys. I guess I was reluctant to do the install because I had problems with the original (all those updates) and wanted to know for sure before (maybe) getting into a mess.
I'm going for it today on X1 and if it all works, I'll upgrade.
The CPU is decent and better than my XP, but doing the comparison, it doesn't quite make it to the minimums recommended for X2
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Re:Will X2 work well enough on this laptop?
2012/12/30 12:05:26
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I'm running x2 on an Acer Aspire 5610z... slower cpu and 32 bit than yours. You will be fine. Using Z3ta is my big draw back. Everything else is fine. Freeze synth tracks often and you should stay just fine.
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Re:Will X2 work well enough on this laptop?
2012/12/30 12:30:57
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Sell by date at 9000 posts. Do not feed. @48/24 & 128 buffers latency is 367 with offset of 38. Sonar Platinum(64 bit),Win 8.1(64 bit),Saffire Pro 40(Firewire),Mix Control = 3.4,Firewire=VIA,Dell Studio XPS 8100(Intel Core i7 CPU 2.93 Ghz/16 Gb),4 x Seagate ST31500341AS (mirrored),GeForce GTX 460,Yamaha DGX-505 keyboard,Roland A-300PRO,Roland SPD-30 V2,FD-8,Triggera Krigg,Shure SM7B,Yamaha HS5.Maschine Studio+Komplete 9 Ultimate+Kontrol Z1.Addictive Keys,Izotope Nectar elements,Overloud Bundle,Geist.Acronis True Image 2014.
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M_Glenn_M
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Re:Will X2 work well enough on this laptop?
2012/12/30 17:16:04
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Thanks so much guys.
I went out and bought the Galaxy tab (10") today.
Now begins the fun.
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M_Glenn_M
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Re:Will X2 work well enough on this laptop?
2012/12/30 17:18:52
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Travis, I have not been freezing any trax up to now.
So the synth tracks are the ones that use the most CPU if not frozen?
Does that make permanent changes?
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Re:Will X2 work well enough on this laptop?
2012/12/30 17:27:10
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Synths can take a lot of CPU (and memory) and freezing them will free up the resources that they take. You can always unfreeze them to make changes. Some effects can take a bit of CPU too, like certain ampsim settings. Archiving unused tracks is also a way to free up resources.
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Re:Will X2 work well enough on this laptop?
2012/12/31 14:34:20
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scook is right... softsynths on the front end are your resource hogs. Once the tracking is done, your plugins chew up resources next. Freezing is great....I like to FREEZE, drag and drop the "frozen" into an audio track.... UNFREEZE and keep working. Once you unfreeze, you can drag and drop the "midi" data into a blank midi track just to save for reference, if you will be changing the softsynth settings, just make notes to go back to :)
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