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DarkLord wrote:As far as the fan goes on the Mega ST series - they are almost whisper quiet,
from my experience. I've got a Mega ST4, running at 16mhz, and you pretty
well have to bend over towards the back of the machine to hear the fan.
Shredder11 wrote:The Blitter certainly makes a big difference with Cubase. Not sure about the FPU for MIDI although it definitely makes a huge improvement with audio. The DMA chip for sound I gather takes the strain away from the CPU, but apart from enthusiasts like myself not many people would want to mess with 8 bit audio. Finally a 16MHz CPU would certainly make Cubase run a lot quicker but then again, I personally have never had much problem with the stock 8MHz CPU even with large MIDI mixes in Cubase and hefty doses of System Exclusive data, automated mixer data etc.
Mal7921 wrote:Shredder11 wrote:The Blitter certainly makes a big difference with Cubase. Not sure about the FPU for MIDI although it definitely makes a huge improvement with audio. The DMA chip for sound I gather takes the strain away from the CPU, but apart from enthusiasts like myself not many people would want to mess with 8 bit audio. Finally a 16MHz CPU would certainly make Cubase run a lot quicker but then again, I personally have never had much problem with the stock 8MHz CPU even with large MIDI mixes in Cubase and hefty doses of System Exclusive data, automated mixer data etc.
Odd, official Steinberg policy with the Blitter was to turn it off as it could cause timing issues for Cubase.
Masken wrote:The best machine if you can get hold of one is the
C-LAB FALCON MK II
Mal7921 wrote:Shredder11 wrote:The Blitter certainly makes a big difference with Cubase. Not sure about the FPU for MIDI although it definitely makes a huge improvement with audio. The DMA chip for sound I gather takes the strain away from the CPU, but apart from enthusiasts like myself not many people would want to mess with 8 bit audio. Finally a 16MHz CPU would certainly make Cubase run a lot quicker but then again, I personally have never had much problem with the stock 8MHz CPU even with large MIDI mixes in Cubase and hefty doses of System Exclusive data, automated mixer data etc.
Odd, official Steinberg policy with the Blitter was to turn it off as it could cause timing issues for Cubase.
Still, every machine I have, with the exception of the ST Book due to no cartridge port, runs Cubase without issue (Not that I use Cubase anymore, moved to Logic), and my Mega 2 has no issue with fan noise (Quiet replacement fans are cheap and plentiful anyhow, not that they are really needed, the Mega 1 has no fan!). To be honest, the noisiest computers I have on the Atari line are the TT, Mega STE and Stacy due to the big bulky SCSI drives in them.
k2500x wrote:Yes I've tried Cubase with the Blitter on and off and see no difference in performance.
Regarding the ST2 I just got, yes it is quite noisy.
Any idea if I can just disable the fan? Is it just a power connector that I can pull off the motherboard?
Can't imagine the heat being much different from an ST1 unit so this shouldn't cause any problems I suspect.
Mal7921 wrote:Odd, official Steinberg policy with the Blitter was to turn it off as it could cause timing issues for Cubase.
Shredder11 wrote:Masken wrote:The best machine if you can get hold of one is the
C-LAB FALCON MK II
I thought the last in that series was V or do you prefer the older version?
jvas wrote:k2500x wrote:Yes I've tried Cubase with the Blitter on and off and see no difference in performance.
Regarding the ST2 I just got, yes it is quite noisy.
Any idea if I can just disable the fan? Is it just a power connector that I can pull off the motherboard?
Can't imagine the heat being much different from an ST1 unit so this shouldn't cause any problems I suspect.
If you disable the fan of the MegaST, the PSU can easyle be overheated, since they are crap. I removed the original PSU from mine and led a cable out from the case and connected a silent ATX PSU to it. It is not only more silent but produce no heat in the case and more reliable.
Shredder11 wrote:Fanatical about fan noise? Have you ever had recordings trashed due to fan noise being all over your acoustic vocal or guitar tracks? The problem gets worse the better your microphones are too, as they capture everything in minute detail including the stuff you do NOT want. Anyway the ST along with a CF card solution is perfect for avoiding fan noise, and if you use a Falcon 030 you can always put noisy SCSI drives inside a special silent drive enclosure. You then use LCD monitors to avoid hum getting on to your recordings, oh and cheap fan-less switch-mode PSUs to power your hard drives etc. The ST range is brilliant for MIDI and audio sequencing with Cubase.
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