 Mac Mini Upgrade With Pro Tools 7 And Reason 4? |
 Tue 12 Aug 2008, 16:28
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 31-May 05 From: Seoul - KR Member No.: 66,288  |
Hey there folks,
I'm hoping someone might be able to help me with a little problem I'm having. Here's my setup: Mac Mini 1.42 GHz with 1 GB of RAM (running Tiger 10.4.9) Pro Tools LE 7.3.1 with an Mbox 2 Reason 4 I had a feeling this setup was going to be a bit weak, but I got the Mac at a good deal from a friend who switched to an iMac. Needless to say, it can't handle more than one or two Pro Tools plug-ins, and it struggles when Reason is slaved through rewire. My question is will the newer 2.0 GHz Intel Mac Mini (upgraded to 2 GB RAM) be able to handle up to 24 tracks with plug-ins and run rewire without crashing? I'm living in Korea for about a year to a year and a half, so I don't want to sink any money into an iMac that's gonna cost a fortune to ship back to Canada. A new Mac Mini would be the most practical option for me, if it can handle these tasks reasonably well. Does anyone have any experience with the Intel Mac Minis? |
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Tue 12 Aug 2008, 21:36
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 Maniac Member  Group: Members Posts: 899 Joined: 12-Oct 01 From: Kirkland Member No.: 2,002 |
I have one of the older core duo Minis, no problems with sessions of 32-48 tracks using Logic studio. CPU never goes over 35%.
The new ones are more than powerful enough for PTLE withit's limited trackcount. Just max out the RAM The mini and the Macbook are basically identical component wise. iMac=macbook pro. 
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j_grim14 Mac Mini Upgrade With Pro Tools 7 And Reason 4? Tue 12 Aug 2008, 16:28
houstonmusic I use a new mac mini at work running theater sound... Tue 12 Aug 2008, 16:59 mishmashmole Is it fair to say "one" could think abou... Wed 13 Aug 2008, 08:35 j_grim14 Thanks for the input on this.
houstonmusic - the... Wed 13 Aug 2008, 15:12
gdoubleyou I have a 1.83GHz core duo, and a 2.2GHz black Mac... Wed 13 Aug 2008, 19:08 j_grim14 Cool - so do you think there would be much differe... Fri 15 Aug 2008, 06:36 |
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