Help a poor mac fanboy out! Please.

Good luck with it.

Hope you're well versed in mixers. SAC is a real challenge if you're not well initiated.

For a startup I'd keep your outputs limited to start off. It'll make it easier to manage until you get really used to it.

The latest hot ticket is a multi-touch monitor or two (that's my plan for next upgrade) so you can operate like a real mixer.

Give a yell if you need help getting things rolling.

I'd still highly recommend going through the rest of the first link I sent you and really optimizing the operating system on that computer. It'll make it work as best as possible.

Yeah, I have a pretty good handle on physical mixers, and I've been using a friends SL16.4.2. I can tell there will be a learning curve, though, both in how it works, and how to work it.

Touch screen does seem like the way to go, and they are getting cheaper all the time. I'm thinking one of the touch screen "all in ones" would be a fantastic remote, too. Probably won't be doing a 3M anytime soon, though. And I'll probably try to pick up the obligatory BCF2000, as well.

I've gone through Bob's optimization for SAC, and I'll definitely go through yours as well.

Thanks again.

Mr Lentini's is very good for general computing but doesn't really address firewire as heavily.

You'll definitely want to use the DPC Latency tool. Get that green and stable and you should be just fine.

Hi Again, Monolithent. I'm working through your list, and I've checked my system latency, which seemed very good, at and average of about 100µs. However, my ASIO latency I'm not so sure about The test failed with the buffer at 240 samples, and at 480 samples, my result was 1401 samples (31ms). Is this typical, or is something else going on. SAC seems to be working fine with the Universal Control buffer set at 256, but if I set it to 512, I can definitely hear the latency. My CPU load is about 7%, with comp, gate, and eq turned on on 24 ch. So, is there anything I should be concerned about yet?
Thanks so much for your help.
Matthew

There may be something else going on.

Have a more thorough look at Latency Mon and see what are the heavy hitters on the CPU. You may have several other things going on the a trip to BlackViper.com could help you thin out.