 G4 Ighz Enough? |
 Fri 4 Nov 2005, 00:30
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i'm new to recording on the computer. i have a g4 sawtooth with a 1 ghz sonnet cpu and plenty of ram (1.6). i just bought a presonus firebox and am snorkling around in Garageband, which i will either upgrade to Logic Express or Tracktion2 later. i'm wondering if i have enough machine to do several tracks without bogging down, or is it time to buy a new machine.
don't want to if i don't have to. i also have a sata drive hooked up with a pci controller card that i run all my main computer stuff on. i've thought of buying another sata drive and running only the music on it. to do this would i need to install OS X on this drive and boot up from it, or would i just use this drive for back-up? thanks. |
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 Fri 4 Nov 2005, 04:21
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You can start without problem, have only an IDE drive especially for the audio files. If you stay (if it's possible with the sonnet) in OS 9 you get extra power/reactivity. In OS X you'll bang on the wall faster. But a few tracks are no problem.
If your computer is at pain with virtual synths (and it will fast), bounce! 
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rustynails G4 Ighz Enough? Fri 4 Nov 2005, 00:30
AlexeyMohr Unfortunately GarageBand is actually a real dog. ... Wed 30 Nov 2005, 09:20 ptilou A good piece of advice for GB on the Apple site
Ho... Thu 1 Dec 2005, 12:18 ptilou QUOTE (rustynails @ Nov 4 2005, 00:30)i have ... Thu 1 Dec 2005, 12:28 emgcarra That is true, but you can also download GarageBand... Thu 1 Dec 2005, 15:51 rustynails thanks for the info. i do have Logic Express now, ... Thu 1 Dec 2005, 17:06
fred sanford How about BoomRecorder:
http://www.macmusic.org/s... Thu 1 Dec 2005, 18:03 |
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