Sonar 5 System Requirements
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From: Gary Evans on 7 Sep 2005 22:14 Frank L wrote: > Hi, > Presently Sonar 4 Producer (also own Sonar 4 Studio, I upgraded way back for > $99)My DAW at home is high end, no problems their, but for live stuff (2 or > 3 times a month), one man band, (man I hate that term)I use my laptop, Dell > inspiron 8100 PIII 1gz, tons RAM with echo Indigo Card for using SoundF's > with Midi files, etc. No problem running S4P or S4S. But even the minimum > requirements for SP5 or Studio are more than my processor . 1.3gz they > state. So, using only for playback of midi files (sometimes with audio, > sometimes with Soundfont sys req really shouldn't matter, correct? Can I > install S5P right next to S4P on the laptop? > Thanks > Frank L > > Fine print also says P5 will only run on Win XP. I'm not sure I'm yet willing to give up a very stable Win 2000 installation, (DAW dedicated). I HOPE this is wrong info. maestro
From: Martin Schiff on 8 Sep 2005 10:53 If you check the fine print, you'll see that the "recommended" is a 64 bit machine. I'm not sure why you're concerned. Your machine is well above the requirements for both (except that it is not a 64 bit machine). I'm sure it will run very nicely on your machine, just as I'm sure it will run nicely on my 2 Ghz Athlon with 1 gig of ram. -- Martin "Phoenix" <gtr_phoenix(a)killerrabbit.verizon.net> wrote in message news:C1LTe.14$252.6(a)trndny05... > So "minimum" means "it will run, but--" and "recommended" means it will > run well (aside from the inevitable bumps in the road)? > > "Martin Schiff" <martin(a)stevegoldman.comDA-DE-DANospam> wrote in message > news:89ydnYJPx8r11oLeRVn-3A(a)fdn.com... >> The requirement is a 1.3 Ghz P4. Your machine is WELL above that. >> >> -- Martin >> >> "Phoenix" <gtr_phoenix(a)planetkrikkiterizon.net> wrote in message >> news:tGGTe.69$Ef2.33(a)trndny04... >>> I'm wondering if my P4 3GHZ w/HT will run Sonar 5 comfortably. It's >>> above >>> the "recommended" requirements, but not by that much (I do have 1GB of >>> RAM >>> rather than 512, though). >>> >>> "Martin Schiff" <martin(a)stevegoldman.comDA-DE-DANospam> wrote in message >>> news:zM6dnZ2dnZ01LvOnnZ2dnZZgg96dnZ2dRVn-zp2dnZ0(a)fdn.com... >>>> Frank, >>>> >>>> Every version of Sonar (and Cakewalk Pro Audio for that matter) has >>>> been >>>> able to coexist with the previous version. For recording 2 tracks >>>> though, >>>> you should probably be able to use S5 without a problem. >>>> >>>> -- Martin >>>> >>>> "Frank L" <frankl6224(a)IHATESPAMadelphia.net> wrote in message >>>> news:68CdnV4WSffMcoPeRVn-jA(a)adelphia.com... >>>> > Hi, >>>> > Presently Sonar 4 Producer (also own Sonar 4 Studio, I upgraded way >>>> > back >>>> > for $99)My DAW at home is high end, no problems their, but for live >>> stuff >>>> > (2 or 3 times a month), one man band, (man I hate that term)I use my >>>> > laptop, Dell inspiron 8100 PIII 1gz, tons RAM with echo Indigo Card >>>> > for >>>> > using SoundF's with Midi files, etc. No problem running S4P or S4S. >>>> > But >>>> > even the minimum requirements for SP5 or Studio are more than my >>> processor >>>> > . 1.3gz they state. So, using only for playback of midi files >>>> > (sometimes >>>> > with audio, sometimes with Soundfont sys req really shouldn't matter, >>>> > correct? Can I install S5P right next to S4P on the laptop? >>>> > Thanks >>>> > Frank L >>>> > >>>> > >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > >
From: Martin Schiff on 8 Sep 2005 10:54 Gary, I hadn't noticed the XP requirement. Guess I'll have to upgrade as well. I've already got the XP Pro for it, but was in the same boat as you with a VERY stable W2K environment. Guess I'll try installing it first. -- Martin "Gary Evans" <maestro(a)onemansband.ca> wrote in message news:Jo2dnYWXLrkSA4LeRVn-gQ(a)rogers.com... > Frank L wrote: >> Hi, >> Presently Sonar 4 Producer (also own Sonar 4 Studio, I upgraded way back >> for $99)My DAW at home is high end, no problems their, but for live stuff >> (2 or 3 times a month), one man band, (man I hate that term)I use my >> laptop, Dell inspiron 8100 PIII 1gz, tons RAM with echo Indigo Card for >> using SoundF's with Midi files, etc. No problem running S4P or S4S. But >> even the minimum requirements for SP5 or Studio are more than my >> processor . 1.3gz they state. So, using only for playback of midi files >> (sometimes with audio, sometimes with Soundfont sys req really shouldn't >> matter, correct? Can I install S5P right next to S4P on the laptop? >> Thanks >> Frank L >> >> > Fine print also says P5 will only run on Win XP. I'm not sure I'm yet > willing to give up a very stable Win 2000 installation, (DAW dedicated). I > HOPE this is wrong info. > > maestro
From: kitekrazy on 8 Sep 2005 17:21 Gary Evans wrote: >> > Fine print also says P5 will only run on Win XP. I'm not sure I'm yet > willing to give up a very stable Win 2000 installation, (DAW dedicated). > I HOPE this is wrong info. > > maestro You could always have a dual boot system.
From: Gary Evans on 8 Sep 2005 19:40
kitekrazy wrote: > Gary Evans wrote: > >>> >> Fine print also says P5 will only run on Win XP. I'm not sure I'm yet >> willing to give up a very stable Win 2000 installation, (DAW >> dedicated). I HOPE this is wrong info. >> >> maestro > > > You could always have a dual boot system. But it ain't broken ... far from it ...like so many million other Win 2k (big business) installations that MS would love to sell XP into. Maybe Cake feels the hyperthreading, dual core Pentium thingy stuff is a bigger potential market than us Luddites that still actually pluck strings, whack keyboards, bang skins etc. to make the majority of our music. maestro |