Hardware specs for virtual choir 32 tracks

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jbjude

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Hardware specs for virtual choir 32 tracks

PostMon Jan 18, 2021 2:35 am

I'm using Resolve Studio 16 to edit virtual choir songs.
Computer is Intel i7-10750 @ 2.6 GHz, 32 GB RAM
NVidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super GPU - 8 GB RAM

It's been working fine for a typical song with 10-12 tracks; plays back smoothly and renders a 4 minute song in under 5 minutes. Now we have more singers - last song I mixed had 32 tracks. I had to hide video for groups of tracks at a time to even get playback to work and rendering the song less than 6 minutes long took about an hour and a half with the fan running like crazy.

A church member has offered to buy me another computer - open to Mac or PC. What should I ask for? No budget was mentioned - want to be respectful of value, but more important is being able to produce the music we need efficiently.

URL of recent song -
DaVinci Resolve 16.2.4
Dell G5 i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20 GHz 15.8 GB RAM
Windows 10 64 bit Version 1909 OS Build 18363.959
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Studio Driver version 451.48
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Re: Hardware specs for virtual choir 32 tracks

PostTue Jan 19, 2021 5:37 pm

My choice would be for a 3000 series nVidia card and an upcoming 11th Gen Intel CPU.
My Biases:

You NEED training.
You NEED a desktop.
You NEED a calibrated (non-computer) display.
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Re: Hardware specs for virtual choir 32 tracks

PostTue Jan 19, 2021 6:14 pm

Thanks Jim. Will look into it.
DaVinci Resolve 16.2.4
Dell G5 i7-8750H CPU @ 2.20 GHz 15.8 GB RAM
Windows 10 64 bit Version 1909 OS Build 18363.959
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Studio Driver version 451.48

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