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 Thu 24 Jul 2003, 22:02
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Hi Everyone...
First off...I would like to say that this forum is great!!! I am a new member and definately a Mac fan. I am in the market to buy a new computer and have decided to go for Mac all the way. I am seriously considering the G4 powerbook 15" but now the 17" has intrigued me further. I know many people have a problem with its size but for me its actually a benefit having such a large screen to view when working. I will be using the PB mainly for music production..you know sampling, looping, multi-tracking...whatever. Considering I buy the G4 PB 17"...my ideal set up will consist of Logic 6 or Cubase SX running on OSX..a software sampler (Halion 2.0 or Logic EXSP)...the audio card will probably be the Digidesign M Box so I can benefit from having Pro Tools...for a midi controller I am looking at the small Oxygen 8 keyboard. Eventually I also want to get a Firewire drive strictly for the audio considering that the internal hard drive is running @ 4200 according to specs. Will I have a problem if I start with the internal drive for now. Obviously I want to be able to do both midi and audio based production together with some VST instruments and EFX. My question is...will the G4 PB 17" accomodate my demands and needs. I have heard from others that its a true workhorse and I shouldnt have a problem. Is there anyone out there that can shed some light on this for me possibly user experiences...pros...cons...or just good old opinions. Much respect and thanks in advance. PS...I will soon be running with the Mac gurus..LOL |
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Tue 5 Aug 2003, 09:09
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 13 Joined: 08-Jul 03 From: Veldhoven - NL Member No.: 20,952 |
Hello,
In the meantime I was informed in other (Dutch) forums as well and there I was helped to solve my problem. My major problem was how to use the MBox for other applications than just Pro Tools. So I was adviced to download a driver at http://www.digidesign.com/download/coreaudio/. Here you can read, that this driver allows you to use MBox and several other programmas such as Cubase, Qiuck Time 6.0 and others. So I downloaded it, installed and set the MBox drivers and now I can play f.e. I-tunes directly from the MBox. So that was my major problem and I'am very happy again with my MBox. Because I'am very new with Pro Tools and MBox, i cannot say anything about latency under OSX by myself, but proffesionals in the Netherlands assured me that there is no problem whatever with latency and OSX / PT + Mbox. As soon as I have some experience by myself I'll let you know if you are still interested. Greetings from a hot, hot, hot Holland. |
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THE DUDE G4 Powerbook 17" Thu 24 Jul 2003, 22:02
c.frederik I join to the people owning a 17" Powerbook G... Sun 3 Aug 2003, 07:13 Synthetic yep... the Mbox is nice... but not sure how it pla... Mon 4 Aug 2003, 17:18 Synthetic c.fred.... i don't use Mbox but my Digi001 use... Mon 4 Aug 2003, 17:22 THE DUDE Thank you to everyone who has replied so far...it ... Tue 5 Aug 2003, 19:51 c.frederik Hello The Dude,
So, in answer to your first quest... Wed 6 Aug 2003, 08:13 THE DUDE Well c.frederik I thank you aswell for your experi... Fri 8 Aug 2003, 07:38 c.frederik Hello the Dude,
Thanks for your advice. Indeed 12... Fri 8 Aug 2003, 08:52 THE DUDE Maybe I should have also asked what kind of music ... Fri 8 Aug 2003, 21:50
c.frederik Hello the Dude,
Thanks a lot for all your informat... Sat 9 Aug 2003, 09:03 |
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