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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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Sat 16 Sep 2006, 13:15
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Absolutely. With core audio, a fast processor and a decent amount of ram you shouldn't really suffer from latency.
One thing to bear in mind tho is that the current MacBook line up features 5400 rpm HDs which aren't really fast enough for audio work. If you're looking for a really portable music machine you'll either need an to get an external firewire drive or go the extra mile and buy a MacBook Pro with the optional 100Gb HD which seems to be the only one on offer than runs at 7200 rpm. -------------------- www.myspace.com/commercialmusicstudios
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Sun 17 Sep 2006, 05:59
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One thing to bear in mind tho is that the current MacBook line up features 5400 rpm HDs which aren't really fast enough for audio work. If you're looking for a really portable music machine you'll either need an to get an external firewire drive or go the extra mile and buy a MacBook Pro with the optional 100Gb HD which seems to be the only one on offer than runs at 7200 rpm.
[/quote] Jim is right as far as working with loops & audio files in apps like Logic & Live where the app will "stream" the audio files from the hard drive any Sony Oxford Firewire drive will do (I bought my FW enclosure for 65 bucks from Tiger Direct). However, if you are working with Reason as your only app, you really won't need to worry much about it since Reason runs on RAM more than anything else. I can't really say enough good things about Reason for its ease of use & stability. If you don't have it...get it. Even if you want to move on to a more complex DAW like Logic or Pro Tools, Reason can operate as an instrument inside of those apps. |
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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 mortalengines I took a MIDI class a couple of years ago that us... Thu 14 Sep 2006, 03:27 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 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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