 Mac Mini + Live Multitrack Recording |
 Fri 14 Jan 2005, 19:01
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Hi All, glad to have found this knowledgable spot!
First off I know hardly anything about Macs except they have a good track record as stable units good with audio applications. As I'm sure is the case with many others I have become enamoured with the new Mac Mini but am wondering if it will be sufficent for what I need. I run a small Jazz CLub in Ireland and for a long time was considering a laptop to record live gigs there. I was looking at Macs and PC laptops, but on a budget of next to nothing with the venue, all desirable options were off limits. With this new machine there is some hope. I am looking at the 1.4Ghz mac mini with 512MB RAM option. I would also get an Edirol FA-101 usb capture card and was wondering how good these would be at live multitrack recording using Logic or Cubase (Have both). I would need to record usually up to 6 Mic imputs or 4 MIc ins with maybe 2-3 Line ins at a push. The usual setup for a night is about that. Sometimes less. Mix it down when I get home. What can I expect from this box with the FA-101 (or indeed a cheaper alternative if anyone knows??)? Any options / help / advice greatly appreciated! One of the sellers of this for me is that it would also be an excellent replacement for my ailing PC at home. Adding a KVM switch I'd have the best of both worlds. Not a laptop, but a unit in the two places I need it most. (Its' lighter to transport than a lot of Laptops) and a hell of a lot cheaper! If my above expectations are unrealistic then caould anyone suggest the max abilities of this unit for live recording. I could work something out. Sorry for the barage of questions. Cheers in advance, Quintron. |
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Sat 15 Jan 2005, 17:03
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 14-Jan 05 From: Dublin - IL Member No.: 58,460 |
Hey wroyj. Cheers for that. Although I wouldn't use Garage band for live recording. Logic or Cubase SX I'm more familar with and I understand that they are possibily less processor intensive than GB.
I read that the HD in the mini is a laptop 2.5" 4200rpm so I guess it's too slow. I have an external USB HDD (Converted Internal - 160GB 7200rpm) that I could use but it was formatted on a Windows computer. Is it possible I could use this drive for the mac mini? Would I have to reformat could I partition some of the drive for the mini? Any ideas. Cheers. |
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Quintron Mac Mini + Live Multitrack Recording Fri 14 Jan 2005, 19:01
wroyj all i know is my mac pwerbook has 256k of memory a... Sat 15 Jan 2005, 08:55 shaneblyth my external firewire drive is fat32 windows format... Sun 16 Jan 2005, 06:13 editbrain i suggest getting a powerbook instead.
then get a ... Sun 16 Jan 2005, 10:40 javiert QUOTE (Quintron @ Jan 15 2005, 16:03)I read t... Sun 16 Jan 2005, 15:32 Tree Leopard Quintron,
A thought about your objectives...
If ... Mon 17 Jan 2005, 17:35 editbrain i agree that you need to have good hardware for th... Tue 18 Jan 2005, 00:52 Quintron Hi Tree Leopard et al,
Firstly Cheers for all com... Tue 18 Jan 2005, 01:08 editbrain well. if you add the cost of a monitor, keyboard,... Tue 18 Jan 2005, 10:55 Marcia You will be just fine with either the mac mini or ... Tue 18 Jan 2005, 20:03 Tree Leopard Quintron,
Ah, but I did make one brazen assumptio... Wed 19 Jan 2005, 05:46 Quintron Cheers again for all posts,
@ editbrain, Yes you a... Thu 20 Jan 2005, 01:34 JBeat Quintron, I just bought the 1.42GHz Mac Mini and u... Thu 3 Feb 2005, 17:15 gogmagog if the budgets is a constraint why not install a M... Fri 4 Feb 2005, 14:58 Kate Well, now I'm confused. I was going to buy a ... Fri 4 Feb 2005, 20:20 editbrain Kate,
For your sitution i would recomend a G5 iMac... Fri 4 Feb 2005, 20:51 Kate Thanks, editbrain, I am looking into it. I think ... Sat 5 Feb 2005, 16:39 Quintron Hi again all,
ALl I can say about Mac Mini is that... Sat 5 Feb 2005, 18:15 editbrain well the 20" for one has the greater screen a... Sun 6 Feb 2005, 18:30
Kate Thanks, I really appreciate your input, Q. At the... Sun 6 Feb 2005, 21:35 |
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