> ...This is the less than impressive response I got from Emagic... > " Dear Mr. Fisher, thank you for your query. > Emagic have discontinued delivering windows software since > nearly two years"... Yup, having altogether spent several thousand £££ myself on Emagic products, it was galling when even the promised "continued support" dried up almost immediately. Especially when, contrary to the Emagic 'support' bot above, Windows products linger on, even on their own website: http://www.emagic.de/education/logiceducation/index.php?lang=EN - "...Logic Education runs on different platforms, including: Windows 98 (or higher)..." ...and here: http://uk.dk.com/static/cs/uk/11/features/hitkit/intro.html - Where a very cut down Logic version - 'Hit Kit' - is distributed by Dorling Kindersly: "...Logic Hit Kit System Requirements...Windows 98 SE/Me/2000/XP, Athlon/Duron or Pentium with 300 MHz or faster..." Emagic are "delivering" Windows products right now. Restricted versions for sure, but hardly just out of charity. In fact, I bought the toy HitKit version even though I own Platinum - but it's only £20, has lotsa nice samples and a nasty lo-fi mic - just to get support for the infamous mouse click=CPU surge bug that's common to all Windows versions. It was the only way I could get Emagic to reply to any of my emails. Even then it was a losing battle - ending in obfuscation and denial... Anywayz, an answer to your question (which could do with a home in the FAQ) is ...er, ...yes/no/kind of. Logic supports SMP in as much as it won't crash - as some apps do - if it sees two physical or extra, 'virtual', - HyperThreading - processor(s) but isn't _optimized_ for them. My own tests, buried in the archive somewhere, have shown that Logic does benefit, however, from true dual CPU (under Windows XP Professional) and, to a lesser extent, with HyperThreading. First up, Windows XP (Pro for true dual & SP1 for enhanced HT support in XP Home) _is_ optimized so a lot of core system processes benefit ( greater stability, general responsiveness etc.,) This alone boosts plug-in count somewhat. Secondly, the I/O plug-in trick can raise your native Logic plug-in count substantially. With two physical CPUs, that is - less so with only HT. Some VST's in Logic also benefit, some don't. For those interested, there's a possibly useful little utility (free) just up at Tom's Hardware Guide: "Getting More Bang Out of Your Dual Processing Buck" - THG Task Assignment Manager - http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20040528/index.html "THG offers a software utility that allows you to switch [TaskManager] over to manual operation. As our benchmarks show, you can push your dual-processor system to even higher levels of performance...It enables you to define profiles so that your favorite applications will always have the same CPU assignments every time they run. The upshot of this is that applications that block access to the Windows shell can still be assigned to a CPU..." Not tried it myself yet but it might be useful when running another app in sync with Logic. ___ Ade