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rustynails View Member Profile	Fri 4 Nov 2005, 00:30 Post #1
Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 04-Nov 05 From: Lufkin - US Member No.: 72,082	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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rustynails G4 Ighz Enough? Fri 4 Nov 2005, 00:30

lepetitmartien You can start without problem, have only an IDE dr... Fri 4 Nov 2005, 04:21

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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