[Fmpro] GS4 coming and preparing your system

[Christopher Alpiar]

 From what I gather, the OS of choice to run the new GigaStudio 4 is 
Windows XP Professional x64 edition. You will want to go 64 bit in order 
to get the ram usage that you have dreamed of. In thinking about this, I 
am realizing that there are a number of disasters in terms of drivers 
and support software. My giga machines are good on the computer side, 
and they are both dedicated to running gigastudio so I have the luxury 
of only having a few apps to worry about in upgrading to 64 bit:
1. GS software, which is built for 64 bit
2. MIDIOverLAN - which currently does NOT support 64 bit OS, the 
alternative that I found is ipMidi but its about 350 bucks I have 
invested in MoL so I am checking with MusicLab as to when they will have 
a 64 bit version...
3. Sound Card drivers - I have RME HDSP 9652s on both my giga machines 
and RME is awesome enough to be prepared

I think thats it for my setup, but just a note to remind you guys to 
start thinking about how ready your boxes are for GS4, you know that 
even a teeeeny bit off from tascam reccomendations and it will blow to 
smithereens...

*Christopher Kennedy Alpiar*
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