 The First Of Many Mac Mini Questions..., Can it work for small-scale recording? |
 Fri 14 Jan 2005, 00:34
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OK, so here goes.
For a small-potatos setup (recording demos and original music for Flash animation): A mini Mac with 1GB RAM Digidesign MBox in one of the USB ports Glyph drive in the firewire OS + production software in the internal HD Recording tracks onto the Glyph Good? Bad? Indifferent? Cheap minds want to know! Many thanks, --IW |
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Fri 14 Jan 2005, 23:57
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there'll be a difference, but shouldn't be a problem...
i have a powermac g4 867,( L2 256 cache & L3 2 Mb cache, & 217Mhz bus speed)... i have no complaints with performance... the cache is like a 'short term memory'... the more you have, the better the performance... i'd say you have a satisfactory cache. it'll handle whatver you want to throw at it, maybe with some lag time here and there... maybe someone else can elaborate on this issue.??? but for the price you can't go wrong with the mini... |
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IWood The First Of Many Mac Mini Questions... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 00:34
don says mac from what i've heard, i'd stay away from t... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 01:26 IWood Well...like I said--small spuds (and also small ... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 01:38 don says mac it'll be powerfull enough yes, for most record... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 01:55 IWood Live acoustic guitar, MIDI keys, live keys, maybe ... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 02:05 ourmanflinty Set it up the way you said you'll get loads of... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 16:20 IWood 24! More than enough.
Off I go, to spend my ... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 18:09 ourmanflinty you just wanted an excuse to buy a mac mini didn... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 19:15 don says mac QUOTE (ourmanflinty @ Jan 14 2005, 18:15)you ... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 19:36 IWood QUOTE (ourmanflinty @ Jan 14 2005, 18:15)you ... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 20:01 IWood QUOTE (don says mac @ Jan 14 2005, 18:36)any ... Fri 14 Jan 2005, 20:04
IWood Until you add some stuff...the base model plus 1GB... Sat 15 Jan 2005, 01:58 |
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