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 Mon 24 Apr 2006, 10:35
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Hey all!
I currently own a 12" PB G4 1.5 gHz and a Dual 1 gHz MDD G4. I use the laptop for sketches and small looping based recordings on the go and the PowerMac for larger ProTools/Logic songs/projects at home. However, my PowerMac keeps going into standby mode, and there's nothing I can do about it. I've flashed the PRAM, changed battery on the PMU, reinstalled the OS and nothing seems to help... I can work on it, but there's no telling when it falls asleep, and it really stifles the creative flow:-) Therefore, I'm tempted to go out and buy a new mac. I'm thinking the new iMac looks sweet, but I have a couple of questions that I hope you might be able to help me with. I won't be working on very big arrangements at home, I'll go to a studio for that. But I want to able to work with medium-sized projects and a fair amount of plugs/insts. Is this possible with the iMac, you'd have to run the song from a FWHD, right? Also, if I want to run ProTools, it'd have to be through Rosetta and how does this perform? Would I be able to run medium-sized projects even though it's slower than the native version? I'm trying to find out whether it's better to stick with the MDD for now and wait for the native version of PT or if should just buy the damn thing and run PT emulated. 'Tis hard to decide  Any help is greatly appreciated, Schack |
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Mon 24 Apr 2006, 17:36
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 Moderator  Group: Team Posts: 370 Joined: 19-Mar 03 From: Umeå - SE Member No.: 14,645 |
Traditionally running DAW:s, video recording and the like - in emulation mode has not been working very well, if at all.
(compare with. running Digital Performer 3 under Mac OS-X in the Classic environment) I do not know how well Rosetta fares in the above comparison. (better one can hope) As an example MOTU has just released DP-5.0 (my own favourite DAW) Later this spring 2:nd quarter 2006 they will release an update that is a Universal Binary compatible with both G5 PPC Macs and the new Dual Core Intel Macs. If you're shooting for the new dual core iMac - the 2:nd quarter Digatal Performer UB update would be the one to get. Cheers: Dixiechicken -------------------- ==================
Oh my god it's full of stars… --------------------------------------------------- Mac-G5-2x.2.0, OS-X 10.5.1, 250/200Gb HD - 7.0Gb ram DP-5.13, Motu 828 MK-II, MTP AV Usb, ltst drvs, Kurzweil-2000, EPS-16, Proteus-2000, Yamaha 01V Emes Kobalt monitors ================================ |
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Schack Buying Guide Mon 24 Apr 2006, 10:35
Schack Hmm, I guess emulation mode is not the way to go..... Mon 24 Apr 2006, 17:43 lepetitmartien The intel macs have already had some minor tweaks ... Tue 25 Apr 2006, 02:29
Schack Hmm, it might be a good idea to get a used G5, jus... Tue 25 Apr 2006, 10:10 |
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