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Hi all, I am about to make the switch to MAC (wohooo), but I would like to know peoples opinions of the built in audio interface. Could I use the built in audio interface to efficiently run my VST's AU's and reason? I ask because I would very much love to carry my MAC on stage as is and plug straight into a PA.
Your thoughts would be most appreciated. Many Thanks. Phil. |
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Thu 14 Sep 2006, 03:27
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I took a MIDI class a couple of years ago that used IMACs with Reason & they worked/sounded JUST FINE. You may get different responses from the anal-retentive audiophile types & to some small extent they are right, but if you are just running Reason or some other program thru what will amount to a crappy PA in a live situation, you don't really need anything else. If/when you decide to actually record audio & concentrate on your mixing your music for public release, you may want to look more closely at your input/monitoring setup & THAT is where the 24/96 firewire-interface-thingys come into play.
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Philosorhymes Built In Audio Card Wed 13 Sep 2006, 00:29
Jim Hoyland Built in audio will be absolutely fine for that as... Wed 13 Sep 2006, 10:28 Philosorhymes Thanks so much guys. So what format does it use? (... Sat 16 Sep 2006, 00:11
mortalengines "Core Audio" is the format that Macs run... Sat 16 Sep 2006, 05:22 Jim Hoyland Absolutely. With core audio, a fast processor and... Sat 16 Sep 2006, 13:15 mortalengines One thing to bear in mind tho is that the current ... Sun 17 Sep 2006, 05:59 elvinort Just to add that the speed of internal HDs in Mac ... Sun 17 Sep 2006, 06:37 trancefan I'm using the soundcard on my minimac and it d... Sun 1 Oct 2006, 08:07 gdoubleyou All of the new Macs have built in 24bit audio with... Tue 12 Dec 2006, 23:52 Jim Hoyland Has anybody noticed that QuickTime now has support... Wed 13 Dec 2006, 13:30 Philosorhymes This is great news (about using in-built audio) If... Tue 19 Jun 2007, 13:56 ben s. Yes, it's great to have CoreAudio as the built... Tue 4 Sep 2007, 16:04 |
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