Mar 18, 2009 09:30 am it's possible, but Sonar and Cubase would both have a little trouble with that, maybe look into Reaper or some other lighter application.
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Posted on Mar 18, 2009 09:28 am
Tinstryde
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Member Since: Jan 29, 2009
i have about 760 MB ram.
is it possible to run sonar producer edition on it or shud i just go in for cubase?
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Mar 18, 2009 09:30 am it's possible, but Sonar and Cubase would both have a little trouble with that, maybe look into Reaper or some other lighter application.
Mar 18, 2009 10:38 am Doesn't Sonar have the ability to lock down a track once you've got effects dialed in? That's a big memory saver, to be able to unload the VSTs associated with a track once you've got it set how you like it. If you manage your VST effects well, you should be able to get by with that amount of memory.
But more is always better when it comes to memory and recording. Plus, memory is cheap. Check out some place like TigerDirect.com, they have a huge selection and good prices. Or NewEgg.com. 1 GB of memory is pretty cheap nowadays.
Mar 18, 2009 10:41 am yep, it's called "freezing" if anyone needs to look it up in the manual.
Mar 19, 2009 11:20 am What do you want to know about it?
Mar 19, 2009 11:30 am it'll run in 760, if you're not trying to use Vista, that is.
I've run it on lots less.
Try reaper, small footprint, easy to use, and cheap.
Mar 20, 2009 11:22 am what is it that makes cubase so big and sonar sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo big and reaper sooooooooooooooooo small in size?
Mar 20, 2009 11:25 am Cubase and Sonar have hugely more features and bundled effects and instruments that one may or may not ever even use.
I also suspect over versions of development there are large blocks of legacy code and crap left behind and all that too...but I dunno.
Mar 20, 2009 11:46 am I agree. Reaper is coded from the ground-up to be small, efficient, portable, and easy. Older applications have so much legacy stuff that's there for backwards compatibility with ancient features that they get bloated like Cubase and Sonar. I'm sure that once Reaper turns 15 years old, it'll be a lumbering giant compared to its current install file size.
Plus Reaper only includes a handful of bundled VST plugins, no VST instruments, no sample projects, little documentation (there's lots of online documentation) whereas Cubase has HUGE support manuals included.
Mar 20, 2009 10:24 pm The thing with Sonar is not so much backwards usability. It was completely redone from the ground up with the release of 6. The compatibility was the easy part. With the redesign of the audio engine it took huge steps forward. And now with 8 portion's of it again were completely built new from the ground up.
The ability to run and use so much less of the system resources was a huge chunk of the bulk now in 8. They are doing what no one else has done yet. Improved the audio engine and decreased the system hogging bits.
A large part of the code that makes Sonar so large now is the fact it is completely customizable to look and work like any DAW you want.
I can arrange several different work spaces and bring the up at will to suite the project I'm working on. I can have as much control or as little as I want showing in the workspace. I can slim it down to be even lighter looking then Reaper or Krystal if that is all I need. But at the same time I can have every tool I might need easily accessible right in the work space.
So there are reasons other then compatibility for the size of some of those DAW/s.
Apr 03, 2009 09:44 am U can definately not run Vista with that amount of ram, and also u gain nothing in using Vista. Use Xp and set it up to use less memory. There are some good guidelines here: www.musicxp.net look under "tuning tips"
B.S. audioplayerinformer.com
Apr 03, 2009 01:41 pm the former link needs you to pay money and the latter is some wierd speaker sharing software?some other tips?
Apr 03, 2009 02:40 pm www.homerecordingconnecti...tory&id=253
For the tuning bit...
And yeah... Just use Reaper, brotha (sista?)...
It's easy and gets the job done.
Apr 03, 2009 02:42 pm no sisters amigo!reaper is awesome just the editing is not as good as sound forge i feel!
Apr 04, 2009 09:51 pm Fixed the first link. It is not a pay for deal either but it does require you to register as a member. More then likely so they can track who is using it, or sell your email to spammer's. It used to be a cool little site.
Apr 05, 2009 01:09 am i registered out there but they need you to have a subscription to view the stuff!
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