 Mac Mini + Live Multitrack Recording |
 Fri 14 Jan 2005, 19:01
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 14-Jan 05 From: Dublin - IL Member No.: 58,460  |
Hi All, glad to have found this knowledgable spot!
First off I know hardly anything about Macs except they have a good track record as stable units good with audio applications. As I'm sure is the case with many others I have become enamoured with the new Mac Mini but am wondering if it will be sufficent for what I need. I run a small Jazz CLub in Ireland and for a long time was considering a laptop to record live gigs there. I was looking at Macs and PC laptops, but on a budget of next to nothing with the venue, all desirable options were off limits. With this new machine there is some hope. I am looking at the 1.4Ghz mac mini with 512MB RAM option. I would also get an Edirol FA-101 usb capture card and was wondering how good these would be at live multitrack recording using Logic or Cubase (Have both). I would need to record usually up to 6 Mic imputs or 4 MIc ins with maybe 2-3 Line ins at a push. The usual setup for a night is about that. Sometimes less. Mix it down when I get home. What can I expect from this box with the FA-101 (or indeed a cheaper alternative if anyone knows??)? Any options / help / advice greatly appreciated! One of the sellers of this for me is that it would also be an excellent replacement for my ailing PC at home. Adding a KVM switch I'd have the best of both worlds. Not a laptop, but a unit in the two places I need it most. (Its' lighter to transport than a lot of Laptops) and a hell of a lot cheaper! If my above expectations are unrealistic then caould anyone suggest the max abilities of this unit for live recording. I could work something out. Sorry for the barage of questions. Cheers in advance, Quintron. |
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Sun 16 Jan 2005, 15:32
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 16-Jan 05 From: Santa Cruz De Tenerife - ES Member No.: 58,563 |
QUOTE (Quintron @ Jan 15 2005, 16:03) I read that the HD in the mini is a laptop 2.5" 4200rpm so I guess it's too slow. I have an external USB HDD (Converted Internal - 160GB 7200rpm) that I could use but it was formatted on a Windows computer. Is it possible I could use this drive for the mac mini? Would I have to reformat could I partition some of the drive for the mini? Any ideas. Cheers. Hi to all!!! You can use your external USB HDD Windows Format in you apple whitout any problem. But Notice that the USB couldn´t give it to you the speed needed to a live multitrack recording, if I was in that trouble i´d prefer to use a Firewire HDD. If you are thinking to record in your apple and then work in your PC at home you could use the HDD formated for Windows, but if you only will work on the Apple then use the Max OS Format. You should try to use a interface to record Firewire... it´s most stable Cheers!!! |
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Quintron Mac Mini + Live Multitrack Recording Fri 14 Jan 2005, 19:01
wroyj all i know is my mac pwerbook has 256k of memory a... Sat 15 Jan 2005, 08:55 Quintron Hey wroyj. Cheers for that. Although I wouldn... Sat 15 Jan 2005, 17:03 shaneblyth my external firewire drive is fat32 windows format... Sun 16 Jan 2005, 06:13 editbrain i suggest getting a powerbook instead.
then get a ... Sun 16 Jan 2005, 10:40 Tree Leopard Quintron,
A thought about your objectives...
If ... Mon 17 Jan 2005, 17:35 editbrain i agree that you need to have good hardware for th... Tue 18 Jan 2005, 00:52 Quintron Hi Tree Leopard et al,
Firstly Cheers for all com... Tue 18 Jan 2005, 01:08 editbrain well. if you add the cost of a monitor, keyboard,... Tue 18 Jan 2005, 10:55 Marcia You will be just fine with either the mac mini or ... Tue 18 Jan 2005, 20:03 Tree Leopard Quintron,
Ah, but I did make one brazen assumptio... Wed 19 Jan 2005, 05:46 Quintron Cheers again for all posts,
@ editbrain, Yes you a... Thu 20 Jan 2005, 01:34 JBeat Quintron, I just bought the 1.42GHz Mac Mini and u... Thu 3 Feb 2005, 17:15 gogmagog if the budgets is a constraint why not install a M... Fri 4 Feb 2005, 14:58 Kate Well, now I'm confused. I was going to buy a ... Fri 4 Feb 2005, 20:20 editbrain Kate,
For your sitution i would recomend a G5 iMac... Fri 4 Feb 2005, 20:51 Kate Thanks, editbrain, I am looking into it. I think ... Sat 5 Feb 2005, 16:39 Quintron Hi again all,
ALl I can say about Mac Mini is that... Sat 5 Feb 2005, 18:15 editbrain well the 20" for one has the greater screen a... Sun 6 Feb 2005, 18:30
Kate Thanks, I really appreciate your input, Q. At the... Sun 6 Feb 2005, 21:35 |
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