I'm working at 88.2k, and I've only got a single 1ghz G4. Just how hard does this plug hit the cpu, and how well does it manage resources depending on how many layers are going and effects are inserted? Currently, a typical song for me has 5 or 6 styli, usually 3 with my own full grooves, plus a supplemental module each for kick, snare, and perc. Each module has a comp and eq of its own, plus another comp across the drum and bass bus. I wonder if I can get that much functionality from one RMX, and whether the resources will be hit harder or not. My comps are Powercore, eq is Sonalksis, PSP VW on the bus. I appreciate any feedback. u b i k

on 11/3/04 6:32 AM, u b i k at i_love_ubik@... wrote: > I'm working at 88.2k, and I've only got a single 1ghz G4. Just how hard does > this plug hit the cpu, and how well does it manage resources depending on how > many layers are going and effects are inserted? > > Currently, a typical song for me has 5 or 6 styli, usually 3 with my own full > grooves, plus a supplemental module each for kick, snare, and perc. Each > module has a comp and eq of its own, plus another comp across the drum and > bass bus. > > I wonder if I can get that much functionality from one RMX, and whether the > resources will be hit harder or not. My comps are Powercore, eq is Sonalksis, > PSP VW on the bus. > > I appreciate any feedback. > > u b i k well there's good news and... more good news :) Stylus RMX is now multitimbral and actually is capable of running one RMX instance containing 8 Stylus tracks/grooves!!! combine that with the fact that RMX also has built in effects and you might even get away with avoiding external processing. perhaps one of the most powerful features is the Edit Group function, where you can process specific elements of a groove (e.g. kick) differently than other elements (e.g., snare) - which really can save on having to use multiple instances. check out the Spectrasonics Stylus RMX mini-site - there's a LOT of info up there explaining what's new with RMX and how groundbreaking it is. think of RMX as having an advanced version of Stylus, only now with more grooves, built-in effects, up to 8 tracks/grooves, advanced editing functions, a very cool randomizing "chaos" function, etc. did i mention it also can import Groove Control and Rex files? so if you have Recycle you can bring your very own grooves into RMX and play around with them very creatively. the really INSANE part is that this is only a $99 upgrade from Stylus. yes. i am a fanboy. Eric Persing for President in '08. :) brian

Rob Catlender wrote: Subject: GROUP BUY Old Lady Sampled Grand piano !! I just had contact with the company that sells the Old Lady collection. He is willing to do a generous Group-buy offer for the L.U.G. from up to 50% discount depending on the amount of buyers! Now that's not bad, guys. To me it is the best sounding and all-round useable Grand-piano of all the ones we've been discussing in this last week! Have a look and listen at: http://www.postpiano.com/tests/Index.htm I hope that the list-moderators can pick up the group-buy details. I respond: I would agree this is a good idea, but do I have to buy EXS format? I'm still using Logic 5.5.1 on PC (never got EXS24) and have a separate GigaStudio 3 machine. I'd prefer to buy GS3 format. Michiel Post is a reasonable guy and he'd probably agree to that. Steve Chandler http://www.audiostreet.net/stevechandler http://www.soundclick.com/stevechandler