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- Welcome to the Cubase VST Series for PowerMacintosh (tm)
-
- Before we start with the details of getting the Cubase VST Demo
- properly installed on your computer, we would like to just say thank
- you for checking out Cubase, and we hope you have as much fun trying
- it out as we did developing it.
-
- Best wishes from the Steinberg Team.
-
- Contents
- Ä Installation Notes
- Ä Performance Tips and Troubleshooting
-
- Installation Notes
- To install this Cubase Program for Macintosh you should simply
- double-click the 'Installer' icon.
-
- This will automatically copy all the required files to your hard
- disk. The Installer will create a folder for the program on the
- outer-most level on the hard disk. You can move it later if you wish.
-
- Cubase VST System Requirements
-
- Ä Cubase VST needs a Power Macintosh to operate.
- Sorry, but we need the PowerMac for the raw processor power that
- makes VST special. Please note that some lower-end Macs with PowerPC
- chips (particularly Performa Macs) may still not be able to run VST
- because they lack other necessary hardware. There are some PowerMac
- accelerator cards available for older 68K Macintoshes, but they are
- not capable of running VST as they still have significant
- 'bottle-necks' because of unaccelerated components.
-
- Ä A minimum of 16 MB RAM is required.
- but the more the better... 24MB or 32MB would be nice, and RAM is
- getting cheaper all the time. :-)
-
- Ä System 7.6.1, System 8 , or higher is recommended.
- The latest information concerning System compatibility is always
- available on the Steinberg Internet Site. ( http:\\www.steinberg.net )
-
- Ä Cubase VST requires a 2nd level cache.
- It will run without, but it makes no sense to try, you would be
- missing so much system performance. A 256K cache will give good
- results on slower systems, but if you have a really fast Power
- Macintosh (150Mhz 604 or better), you might get even better
- performance with a larger cache.
-
- Ä Older PowerPC PowerBooks cannot be fully supported.
- Older PowerPC Powerbooks don't have 'disk to memory' SCSI-DMA
- transfer or 2nd level cache chips, and can only manage 3 or 4 audio
- channels at best. The latest series of Powerbooks now have SCSI-DMA
- and the 2nd Level cache. These should be fine for Cubase VST, if they
- meet our other specifications. We would however advise you to talk to
- your computer dealer or Steinberg National Distributor for the latest
- information before buying a PowerBook.
-
- Performance and Troubleshooting
-
- Important Settings for Best Performance
-
- Ä Hard disks for audio must have an ASYNCHRONOUS driver installed.
- Otherwise you'd be lucky if you can play more than 3 tracks.
- The Apple Hard Disk Driver is probably the best one if you are only
- using the internal hard disk shipped with an Apple PowerMac.
- Unfortunately this only works for internal (APPLE ROM) HD's.
- For best results we recommend that you use a second hard drive for
- audio recording formatted with the FWB Hard Disk Toolkit 2.01 or
- higher.
- Make sure that 'Blind transfers' or similar are enabled.
-
- Ä File Sharing should be turned off.
- AppleTalk may cause performance problems as well, especially when
- server(s) are mounted.
-
- Ä Virtual Memory must be switched off. (Control Panel 'Memory').
- This also applies to Connectix RAM Doubler - it must be disabled for
- Cubase to run.
-
- Ä You should set 'Modern Memory Manager' active in the Control Panel
- 'Memory'.
- It works without, but starting the program and some other actions are
- significantly slower.
- Please note: this Control Panel Option is obsolete since Mac OS
- version 7.5.5 (Modern Memory Manager
- is now always ON).
-
- Ä You should not use a hard disk connected to a Digidesign SCSI card
- (see below for details)
-
- Ä If you are having MIDI transmission problems:
- Try changing the setting of the USE SERIAL DRIVER switch (in the
- Cubase-> MIDI Setup window). By default this is ON. If you are using
- system software older than System 7.5.5, you may find setting this
- switch to OFF gives better results. Please note that you must restart
- Cubase for this setting to take effect !
-
- What to do about Audio Performance Problems
-
- Ä If the audio stutters or mutes during playback.
- The 'System Setup' Dialog can be used to adjust certain parameters.
- Please refer to the 'Audio Recording' Handbook for details.
-
- Ä Disk Buffer Size:
- Experiment to see which works best with your hard-disk.
-
- Ä Number of tracks:
- Maybe try less with your current configuration.
-
- Ä Memory per track:
- Try increasing this value.
-
- Ä Use the 'Performance' window (from the Audio Menu)
-
- Ä Are you using a Digidesign audio system? Then see below.
-
- Ä If you find unused audio files on your hard disk.
- If the program crashes it may leave unused files on your disk. Look
- at the recording destination folder, there may be files which don't
- appear to be related to your song (especially those with only 512
- bytes used).
-
- Ä If the MIDI appears to be delayed.
- The 'System Setup' Dialog can be used to adjust the MIDI pre-delay.
- Please refer to the 'Audio Recording' Handbook for details.
-
- Ä If the Monitor 'thru' delay is distracting.
- Every system is going to have some audio-thru delay. If you find the
- delay associated with your hardware combination too long, then you
- can disable the monitoring and use an external mixing desk, or use
- direct Monitoring ('Play Through') if accessible in the ASIO devices'
- Control Panel).
-
- Ä If you have a PCI Mac...
- ...we recommend you use the ASIO-DAV support for the internal
- hardware rather than the traditional Sound Manager. The results are
- better because the monitoring delay times are much more predictable.
- You notice the improvement as a tighter alignment of audio and MIDI
- events.
-
-
- Everyone at Steinberg would like to wish you 'many happy audio
- recordings'.