dinofond

Powerbook G4's And Logic Pro 7 Tips Needed

Gawd I hate being a OS X newb.........

I need performance help with my powerbook
and am a bit lost at the moment.

Gear Stats:

Big room:
Dual G5 1.8 W/ 4GB RAM
80 GD SATA Main Drive
200 GB SATA 2nd Drive
Motu 896 HD

Plenty of Auralex Studio Foam and gear yadda yadda yadda

Powerbook
1.67 17" 1.5GB RAM PC 2700
100 GB 5400 HDD
Firebox

I have a degree in IS but OS X was not around when I was in school,
if it had been I would not be posting this =) I am a reborn Apple IIe
convert.. W00t! (9 months of OS X in personal life and loving it).

I need answers to all this based on using Logic 7.1 pro as the primary
use of my Powerbook. The G5 seems to laugh at anything a feed it but
the powerbook is bliss when inspired.

Does the new DDR2 powerbook have huge performance increase over the
1.67 (17") that I bought with SD pc2700 60 days ago? I cant seem to
locate any motherboard front side bus speeds anywhere.

Is there a Hard drive enclosure that runs Firewire 800 (IE:1394b)
and SATA drives? Does it have a fan?

How can I tune my G4 Powerbook 1.67 1.5 GB RAM, 100 GB 5400 rpm
HDD to perform better specifically using Logic 7.1 Pro?

Can I do more then drop resolution and omit shadows such as shut off
services with tools (Tinker Tools / Shadow Killer) or via the command line
to improve performance?

I am currently running a Firebox on the powerbook but own an 896 HD
for the main room. I have read the 896 has less latency and would be
much more powerful on the notebook. Is this true? Is it worth the hassle
of making the 896 HD portable? (I only use the powerbook for composition
but can get carried away when inspired quickly).

Is it worth pulling my rack out of my main room and making it mobile
with my Powerbook?

I ask all of this because I believe my Powerbook is underperforming.
I have 8 tracks of recorded input via apple loops and live instruments
via the Presonus firebox on a secondary IE1394A firewire drive (400) and am
running Logic 7.1 (OS X4.2) on a 100GB 5400 RPM Drive. I only have
native plugins running on the 2 guitar tracks (EVH 5150 direct into
the firrebox) everything else is dry. I try to add a 9th track and the machine
chokes. I have run latency settings as low as 128 and as high as 256.

Please help if you can.

Thanks

-=DF=-

Os X Disaster Recovery From Powerbook

I have the elusive blinking folder on boot with my power book running OS X 3.9 with a question mark. I was on the road to Denver working on a track for an artist I am engineering, I had about 7 tracks going and opened up the Sampler in Logic Pro. It froze, after waiting about a half hour I shut the notebook down. When I rebooted I was in OS X hell. I need to recover this song, I am assuming it’s a bad hard drive. I know there is a way to hook a fire wire drive up and boot the machine to do a complete backup. Before I troubleshot the notebook to see if I can fix it I need to do the data recovery. Any help with the recovery and repair would be absolutely helpful.

Thanks,

-Dino

Logic Pro 7.1 And Audio Controllers?

I am having some difficulty understanding why they don’t make something better in this arena, it’s a great idea.
But here is my issue: I have an 896HD so I really don’t need a full DAW controller or Digital Console. I was going to by the Tascam because it has automated faders and a Jog wheel (which are my prerequisites) but I have read the drivers are so horrible it doesn't work much at all. The B-control and the m-audio uc-33 do not have Jog wheels and the iControl does not appear to work on any Logic Platform only Garage band. I do some pretty intensive editing on vocals so I really need a Jog Wheel to scroll through the interface when it’s opened up very wide. Can anyone give me any recommendations or info on what I have listed here and / or what’s available out there that I may have missed please =)

Thanks,

-Dino

802.11g And Airport

Hi All, I have an odd set of circumstances which I need some wisdom on. I have a dual g5 running logic 7.1 pro in in a small studio in the back of my company. I have a nice iso room there that works perfect for live drums and loud amplification. The network at the office runs 802.11g for wireless. Now here is the curve ball, I just bought a used 897 MHz powerbook that has an airport card in it. I also live literally next door; my apartment is a 100 feet away tops. I can now hook my company wintel notebook up to the office with a USB wireless nick, but I have to run it out to my balcony from the office. I don't think the airport card inside the chassis of the Powerbook is going to pick up the signal. I need some kind of amplefier and the outline knowledge to run airport over 802.11G. I have the garden flavor Linksys WUG series wireless router at the office. This way I can do my midi and pre production from the house on the powerbook but still have access to the Dual G5's second Hard Drive. Any help would be deeply appreciated.

Thanks,

-Dino

Finishing My Dual G5 Upgrades For Recording

Greetings everyone, this is my first post. In the last 3 weeks I have re-tooled my project studio with a dual G5 1.8 running Logic 7.0 pro, 1.25 G/RAM PC3200 and a Motu 896HD. I should be picking up the second Hard Drive Tomorrow afternoon although I wish I had picked it up today. I have a degree in information systems but haven’t been on a MAC since college a few years back. I plan on a full new install when I install the second drive to keep it clean. My questions are these simple ones if someone can lend a hand:

When I put in my second drive to store samples and music on (Since the OS and Logic should run native on the main drive for performance) is there anything I should know as far as formatting and such? For example should I run partitions on either one of the drives for better performance? Should I use one specific format as opposed to another? Are their services running that should be shut off as you would a Linux or M$ machine?

Sorry if this makes no sense, it’s far past my bedtime. Thanks in advance for the help!

-Dino