EQ Magazine - January 2009 - (Page 4)

Talk Box . . . NOW I’M A BELIEVER We’re entering a new year, and there’s a natural tendency to speculate about what the future will bring. But lately, I feel that I’ve started to move into the future in a way that I hadn’t really anticipated—and I like it! Here’s why. As some of you know, I do quite a bit of video work (primarily using Sony Vegas on a PC Audio Labs 8-core Intel machine). The computer has a removable drive so I can switch easily between Windows XP and Windows Vista-64, but aside from some excursions into using the 64-bit version of Sonar and enjoying the benefits of extra RAM with virtual instruments, the Vista-64 drive hadn’t gotten much exercise . . . until now. Sony recently released Vegas 8.1, which is optimized to run on 64-bit systems (they simultaneously released an update for 32-bit systems). I was cautiously optimistic that there might be an improvement with 64 bits—but I was not prepared for render times being cut nearly in half! If that was all 64 bits did, that would be enough because rendering is a major time sink. But pre-renderings happened almost instantly, I could open up multiple instances and cut and paste among them—and use voice recognition to navigate around the program. Things were rocking indeed in the 64-bit world. Of course, I’m totally aware of the people who have found Vista problematic, to say the least. And not everyone has a powerful enough computer to take advantage of what it can do. What’s more, I have no interest in being an apologist for either Microsoft or Apple: They both have their moments of genius and stupidity. So, I’m not going to get into the XP vs. Vista vs. Mac debate because all I know is what works, or doesn’t work, for me. Still, there’s no denying I’ve had a taste of tomorrow— and it’s sweet. It’s often been said that the future of computing is 64 bits, but until now, I never had a practical reason to believe the hype. However, time is the most precious commodity of all, and anything that saves me lots of time is something I’m going to pursue. By that standard, 64 bits is well worth pursuing. So should everyone run out and buy 64-bit systems? Not necessarily. But someday, we’ll have no choice. And based on what I’ve experienced recently, that just might be a good thing. www.eqmag.com Vol. 20 No. 1, January 2009 Executive Editor Craig Anderton, canderton@musicplayer.com Editor Matt Harper, mharper@musicplayer.com Managing Editor Debbie Greenberg, dgreenberg@musicplayer.com Contributors Merrick Angle, Dan Daley, Roberto Martinelli, Ken Micallef, Michael Papatonis, Joel Patterson, John Payne, Will Romano, Michael Ross, Joe Shambro, Angelina Skowronski Art Director Patrick Wong, pwong@musicplayer.com Staff Photographers Paul Haggard, phaggard@musicplayer.com, Craig Anderton, canderton@musicplayer.com Group Publisher Joe Perry jperry@musicplayer.com, 770.343.9978 Advertising Director, West Coast & New Business Dev. 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