DAW Platform Specifics

[3daudioinc]

The testers that were selected will report their system configurations here. This area is reserved specifically for them to list exactly what hardware and software versions were used to produce the mix that is included on their appointed platform.

Please DO NOT include any file names in your description since I am going to keep the platform identities a secret until after people have heard the CDs and judged with their ears only. Thanks.

[ February 28, 2003: Message edited by: 3D Audio Inc. ]

[stevepow]

Time to get started on the details, I guess...fleshing out as I think of more

CubaseSX 1.05.1
Vegas Video 3.0c

WinXP Pro
Intel P4 2.26
Intel D845GBVL
1GB CAS 2 RAM
Matrox Parhelia 128MB /2xPhilips 200P3
MAGMA 7-Slot PCI Chassis
ATTO SCSI UL3D
VXA Tape Drive
PlexWriter 48/24/48U
MOTU 2408MKIII/308
MOTU MIDI Express XT/USB
UAD-1 3.0
TC Powercore/Sony
Mackie Control
Waves 4.0
Apogee AD8000 x 3
AardsyncII/SyncDA Clock

Dither:
Vegas: SF Dither
Cubase: Apogee UV22HR PlugIn (included) - tested to be exactly the same mix (file compare in Wavelab) as no dither at all - hmm?

Cubase Mix C: Used new Waves 4.0 RenChannel insert for gain changes in the channel faders(-3) and master (+3). This produced a much closer to "unity" gain match than Cubase's faders. Vegas was so close, it did not need this.

[ February 28, 2003: Message edited by: stevepow ]

[ February 28, 2003: Message edited by: 3D Audio Inc. ]

[Don Gunn]

Logic 5.5

Mac G4 Dual 533
OS 9.1
1GB RAM
TC Powercore
RME Digiface
Lucid DA9624
Lucid GENx6-96
Presonus DigimaxLT (x2)

Dither: Pow-r #1

[ April 06, 2003: Message edited by: Don Gunn ]

[Kevin Perry]

Protools 6 TDM using Mixplus hardware

OSX 10.2.3
MAC G4-400 AGP Graphics
512 MB Ram
Atto SCSI card
Seagate Cheetah SCSI Drives
ADAT Bridge interface
Clocked from Crane Song Spider

Dither from PT's stereo dithered mixer

[Bob Olhsson]

PowerMac 7500/Newer 400 G-3 w. 352 Meg. RAM, 512k Cache, Adaptec 2906 SCSI card, Adaptec firewire card

System 9.1
60G IBM deskstar firewire external, 4 gig Seagate Hawk external, 6 Gig Quantum Fireball external, 9 gig Quantum Atlas II external All formatted with ATTO Express Pro-Tools 2.3.2.,

AudioMedia III

Pro Tools® LE 5.2.1cs1, Memory allocation: 80325k
DAE 5.1.1cs11 , Memory allocation: 140000k
WAVES 4.09:

Levels checked using Sony PCM-7030 metering.

[clint bennett]

Logic 5.5 on OSX Jaguar 10.2.4
Ti Powerbook 1ghz. 1gb ram, 60g internal drive
Additional metering internally was supplied by "Inspector" Audio Unit plug-in from Elemental Audio.

[Bill Park]

All,

I did this one by the numbers, meaning that I didn't even use the studio PCs, I used the office box to which I downloaded the files. There was no reason to even hear the results while doing the tests.

The pertinent parts are:
one home-built dual processor machine based on the Asustek dual motherboard with:

2 One gig Intel P-3s
1 gig RAM
some WD IDE 7200 rpm hard drive
a SCSI card and Plextor 8/2/20 burner
Windows XP Pro SP 1
Roxio EZCD CReator
SAWStudio 2.9

There is a boatload of other stuff in the machine, but I don't think that it is relevant.

Bill

[fuzzboxx]

Soundscape Red32

PIII 733
512 sdram
Win. 2000
Plextor 16/10/40a
Roxio EZCD CReator

Mind you I don't tax the cpu or memory.

[20to20]

Mixer: Ramsa DA7
Recorder: Tascam MX-2424
Metering: Finalizer+

[rtcstudio]

Here's the pertinent elements of my rig:

ProTools HD4, ProTools 5.1.3, Mac OS 9.2.2

Mac G4/733
192 I/O w/extra D/A card
Sync I/O
Magma 4 slot, two fixed 80 gig WDJ800 HD's,
one removable, all Granite Digital FW.
Sony AIT drive
Control 24
Mastering Lab 10 monitors with Doug Sax
modified power amp

Levels checked with Spectra Foo, and
Tascam CD-RW 2000 meters.

[ April 04, 2003: Message edited by: rtcstudio ]