SoundBlade Desk Event issues

[bradsarno]

I'm running SB 1.3.4 on an older dual 1GHz G4 Mac.

This latest build of SB (June/July 2009) is quite stable except for a couple of things. I'm using occasional plug-ins inserted in the time-line as "desk events" for minor EQ tweaks on particular songs. A problem that has been there for a while still haunts me. Sometimes a plug-in desk event simply won't be applied when the master image is created. Today an entirely new and upsetting bug happened. Track 5 of a 10 song album was completely silent on one pass.

Then I quit, re-deleted the pref's, and tried again, and then it made a perfect master.

So one question is does anyone think my old G4 is too slow for SB to run the way it wants to? And since I'm considering a new computer at some point, would a dual 2.7GHz G5 be a good choice? Should I hold out and get a monster intel machine instead?

SoundBlade is so close to being my mastering "rock". I hope it gets there very soon.

Thanks,
Brad Sarno

BLUE JADE AUDIO MASTERING HOME

[First Aid]

**** intel.

[Jerry Tubb]

In addition to a newer Mac,

I would think that lots of RAM would also help this situation.

Let us know how it goes.

JT

[jdg]

desk events have always been trouble.
avoid them. no, let me rephrase..
i say to not use desk events at all.

if u need to apply a plug to a region, put your plug on the EDL desk and export with "edit in place" selected, then remove/bypass your EDL desk plug

good luck

[Table Of Tone]

Originally Posted by bradsarno

I'm running SB 1.3.4 on an older dual 1GHz G4 Mac.

This latest build of SB (June/July 2009) is quite stable except for a couple of things. I'm using occasional plug-ins inserted in the time-line as "desk events" for minor EQ tweaks on particular songs. A problem that has been there for a while still haunts me. Sometimes a plug-in desk event simply won't be applied when the master image is created. Today an entirely new and upsetting bug happened. Track 5 of a 10 song album was completely silent on one pass.

Then I quit, re-deleted the pref's, and tried again, and then it made a perfect master.

So one question is does anyone think my old G4 is too slow for SB to run the way it wants to? And since I'm considering a new computer at some point, would a dual 2.7GHz G5 be a good choice? Should I hold out and get a monster intel machine instead?

SoundBlade is so close to being my mastering "rock". I hope it gets there very soon.

Thanks,
Brad Sarno

BLUE JADE AUDIO MASTERING HOME

I run sB on a Dual 1.8 Ghz G5 (PCI) and it's fine.
You'll pick one up for around an 1/8 of the price of an intel.

The intels are PCIe, which gives you much less choice when it comes to PCI cards!
My other (playback) Dual Core 2.3 G5 is even PCIe!

You do need some ram though!
Try to get more than 2 gig in there.
Ram is also more expensive for the older puters.

Oh yeah.
Avoid desk events for sure!