What hardware works well with Vegas?

MarkThompson wrote on 8/18/1999, 10:43 AM
I just read through 472 Vegas Pro forum topics, but haven't
got a clear answer to what I'm looking for.

I'm moving from 24 tracks of ADAT to hard disk recording,
with Vegas as the center of the system. I'm building the
hard disk system from scratch. I have a very nice room,
good mics (Neumann, Lawson, AKG, etc.), processing (Lex,
Ensoniq, Urei, dbx, etc.), and record projects, demos and
some masters for paying customers.

I'm planning on a PIII 600, SCSI 2 hard drives, 256K or more memory,
32 meg AGP video, 21" monitor.

I'm not sure which converters or cards to use.

I'm hoping for some inside guidance on what has been
working well for others, but all I found on the forum and
at rec.audio.pro is that Lexicon is not there yet, and
Yamaha DSP and Alesis cards have caused problems for some.

I'm considering two ADAT edit cards (note: the Hammerfall looks like
a better value; $650 for 24 ch ADAT, 24 bit, 96k, S/PDIF, ASIO
2.0).Then I can have sample accurate transfers for my clients that
bring ADAT and for my existing tapes, and so that I can use my BRC.
If these work, I need good converters with 24 bit ADAT
lightpipe. The Frontier Tango 24 looks like a possibility,
and maybe an Apogee Rosetta for overdubs and master clock.

To the point. Can you suggest cards and converters that
will maximize sound reproduction while minimizing the
learning curve and hassles?


Mark Thompson
Nashville, TN
what22222@aol.com

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retro96 wrote on 8/18/1999, 7:31 PM
Check out WWW.DIGITALAUDIO.COM Check into their V8 system. This
might be the setup you need.

Ohh, speaking of hardware Q's - What about this hype around PIII's
using 70 new instruction set gobolteegook? - Will
Acid/Soundfourge/vegas be upgraded to use this new instruction set? Or
is this only good for 3d rendering etc? And also the new 820 chipset
Intel plans on using?? Are there similar plans instore?? And Lastly,
a company called Promise Tech. makes an ATA66 RAID card, has anyone
pushed 20 or 24 bit multitracking to its limits with one of these? if
so, what kinda drive/drives did you use?
-Retro96
E-mail addy wont be live for a few days yet..


Mark Thompson wrote:
>>I just read through 472 Vegas Pro forum topics, but haven't
>>got a clear answer to what I'm looking for.
>>
>>I'm moving from 24 tracks of ADAT to hard disk recording,
>>with Vegas as the center of the system. I'm building the
>>hard disk system from scratch. I have a very nice room,
>>good mics (Neumann, Lawson, AKG, etc.), processing (Lex,
>>Ensoniq, Urei, dbx, etc.), and record projects, demos and
>>some masters for paying customers.
>>
>>I'm planning on a PIII 550 or 600, SCSI 2 hard drives, 256K
>>or more memory, 32 meg AGP video, 19" or 2 17" monitors.
>>
>>I'm not sure which converters or cards to use.
>>
>>I'm hoping for some inside guidance on what has been
>>working well for others, but all I found on the forum and
>>at rec.audio.pro is that Lexicon is not there yet, and
>>Yamaha DSP and Alesis cards have caused problems for some.
>>
>>I'm considering two ADAT edit cards so that I can have
>>sample accurate transfers for my clients that bring ADAT
>>and for my existing tapes, and so that I can use my BRC.
>>If these work, I need good converters with 24 bit ADAT
>>lightpipe. The Frontier Tango 24 looks like a possibility,
>>and maybe an Apogee Rosetta for overdubs and master clock.
>>
>>To the point. Can you suggest cards and converters that
>>will maximize sound reproduction while minimizing the
>>learning curve and hassles?
>>
>>
>>Mark Thompson
>>Nashville, TN
>>what22222@aol.com
retro96 wrote on 8/18/1999, 7:46 PM

Oops, I meant the Card Deluxe, the V8 is legacy old school stuff.

Erick Broell wrote:
>> Check out WWW.DIGITALAUDIO.COM Check into their V8 system. This
>>might be the setup you need.
>>
>>Ohh, speaking of hardware Q's - What about this hype around PIII's
>>using 70 new instruction set gobolteegook? - Will
>>Acid/Soundfourge/vegas be upgraded to use this new instruction set?
Or
>>is this only good for 3d rendering etc? And also the new 820
chipset
>>Intel plans on using?? Are there similar plans instore?? And
Lastly,
>>a company called Promise Tech. makes an ATA66 RAID card, has anyone
>>pushed 20 or 24 bit multitracking to its limits with one of these?
if
>>so, what kinda drive/drives did you use?
>> -Retro96
>> E-mail addy wont be live for a few days yet..
>>
>>
>>Mark Thompson wrote:
>>>>I just read through 472 Vegas Pro forum topics, but haven't
>>>>got a clear answer to what I'm looking for.
>>>>
>>>>I'm moving from 24 tracks of ADAT to hard disk recording,
>>>>with Vegas as the center of the system. I'm building the
>>>>hard disk system from scratch. I have a very nice room,
>>>>good mics (Neumann, Lawson, AKG, etc.), processing (Lex,
>>>>Ensoniq, Urei, dbx, etc.), and record projects, demos and
>>>>some masters for paying customers.
>>>>
>>>>I'm planning on a PIII 550 or 600, SCSI 2 hard drives, 256K
>>>>or more memory, 32 meg AGP video, 19" or 2 17" monitors.
>>>>
>>>>I'm not sure which converters or cards to use.
>>>>
>>>>I'm hoping for some inside guidance on what has been
>>>>working well for others, but all I found on the forum and
>>>>at rec.audio.pro is that Lexicon is not there yet, and
>>>>Yamaha DSP and Alesis cards have caused problems for some.
>>>>
>>>>I'm considering two ADAT edit cards so that I can have
>>>>sample accurate transfers for my clients that bring ADAT
>>>>and for my existing tapes, and so that I can use my BRC.
>>>>If these work, I need good converters with 24 bit ADAT
>>>>lightpipe. The Frontier Tango 24 looks like a possibility,
>>>>and maybe an Apogee Rosetta for overdubs and master clock.
>>>>
>>>>To the point. Can you suggest cards and converters that
>>>>will maximize sound reproduction while minimizing the
>>>>learning curve and hassles?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Mark Thompson
>>>>Nashville, TN
>>>>what22222@aol.com
r2r wrote on 8/30/1999, 10:51 PM
In reference to the Adat Edit card. I recently purchased this item to
gain use of Vegas on old Adat tapes. The system works excellent. I
bought the product at 2:30 one afternoon and had 24 tracks in Vegas
by 8:30. That includes installation time. The software is extremely
easy to use and requires minimal moves to start the process. As for
using the BRC in conjunction with the Edit card: The BRC sets itself
up to be "ID1" in the chain of command when using multiple Adats.
Well so does the Edit card. The BRC gets in the way if left on during
usage of the edit card. Best results are given if the computer
controls all functions: i.e. Locate, Play, FF, RW, etc...