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> Music Editing: Mac Mini Or Imac G5 ?, what choice shall I make..
djhalleu
post Thu 8 Sep 2005, 13:38
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Hello!

I am buying my second mac after in 11 years, and want to make electronic music with 6 to 16 tracks. I want to produce music, so where do I start. Is it useless to buy a mac mini ? Or can i still make music on that, as long as I do not use much samples. I plan to have only the Grand 2 plus recording real synthesizers with a firewire card.

I plan a external firedisk with a hub also.

So... how far will a mac mini bring me.

I am thinking of
Mac mini 1,25 plus Superdrive
Buy extra Kingston RAM, and sell the old 512.

Or.. lowest imac 1,8 G5. And wait 2 more months..
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dixiechicken
post Thu 8 Sep 2005, 22:34
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Since the iMac 1,8 G5 is a more modern powerful computer - you should be
able to push it a lot harder.

VI:s (MOTU MX-4 as an example ) and convolution reverbs are very
processor intensive.
A mac mini wont handle much of that, but will do nicely if you keep things
simple.

In any case get lots of ram 1GB minimum.

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