 Help Me Get The Best Setup For Me.. Thanks |
 Fri 16 Jul 2004, 06:09
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I am totally new to Macs so new I have not bought one yet but want to in the next little while purely for Music.
I have a really good Keyboard Midi Synth, and a proffessional Mixer, PA, and Mics as well as an electric guitar and base. I am a one man band who wants to record on this equipment using a MAC.. I dont expect to be selling my stuff but who knows one day Can people suggest what is a good system to buy ? and what about additional hardware ? I intend to be recoding only 1 audio track at a time so what should I use to interface with my external gear and MIDI . what spec of MAC would you suggest ? and what would you recommend for software and why.. I know it is a big ask but you would be helping a soon to be EX PC user get into some good gear and systems finally where i can hopefully create some good quality Music. Cheers I appreciate your time and input Shane 
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Sun 18 Jul 2004, 07:30
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QUOTE (majn @ Jul 18 2004, 06:19) Er I run LogicPro on a 1.25 ebook with max RAM and it starts to groan when you put space designer and a few other effects on - or more than a couple of VSTi's I talked to the the Logic guys at a recent trade fair about Logic Pro - and they said basically you need a G5 with as much RAM as poss to get the best out of it. As the software progresses they wll write it for the latest machines with the highest specs - yeah it will work on lower spec machines - but you lose a lot of the features - or it just grinds to a halt when you try and run them. The problem with G4's is (amongst other things) there is a much lower limit to RAM. External Firewire - yeah - don't ever use an internal IDE drive - not just for security (if your machine goes down you still have the data and can just plug it into another machine) - but performance is better. Buy cheaper - buy twice.  an external firewire drive is quicker than another internal drive.. or did i missunderstand you thanks |
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shaneblyth Help Me Get The Best Setup For Me.. Thanks Fri 16 Jul 2004, 06:09
kaboombahchuck Here is my 2 cents worth.
First you will need to c... Fri 16 Jul 2004, 13:22 gingau I would certainly encourage anyone who could to ge... Fri 16 Jul 2004, 23:19 shaneblyth QUOTE (kaboombahchuck @ Jul 16 2004, 12:22)He... Fri 16 Jul 2004, 23:40 gingau external firewire drives are recommended for audio... Sat 17 Jul 2004, 00:01 gingau ooh, here's something I read in a post down a ... Sat 17 Jul 2004, 03:25 shaneblyth QUOTE (gingau @ Jul 17 2004, 02:25)ooh, here... Sat 17 Jul 2004, 04:39 arvidtp be cautious of the Mbox - while quick and easy, it... Sat 17 Jul 2004, 05:08 gingau QUOTE (shaneblyth @ Jul 17 2004, 03:39)would ... Sat 17 Jul 2004, 14:52 shaneblyth QUOTE (gingau @ Jul 17 2004, 13:52)QUOTE (sha... Sat 17 Jul 2004, 21:28 majn Er
I run LogicPro on a 1.25 ebook with max RAM an... Sun 18 Jul 2004, 07:19 majn Much quicker. You can get Fireire 400 or Firewire ... Mon 19 Jul 2004, 06:27
gingau QUOTE (shaneblyth @ Jul 17 2004, 20:28)I have... Mon 19 Jul 2004, 13:05 |
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