 12" Ibook G4 W 1.25 Gb Ram, A workable setup for soft samplers? |
  Fri 27 Aug 2004, 18:49
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 9 Joined: 27-Aug 04 From: Den Haag - NL Member No.: 49,646  |
Hi everyone,
I'm considering to buy a 12" iBook G4 with maximum ram (1.25 GB) and Logic Express as a replacement for my current setup (an aging PC with 512 MB ram and Logic Silver 4.8). My main worry is whether or not I will get any decent performance out of my software samplers (most importantly Garritan Personal Orchestra) on such a configuration. I don't mind having to freeze a bunch of tracks if I'm working on a big project (which, in my world, means 20+ tracks), but I do need to be able to run at least a handful of tracks in real-time. Anyone have any experience with iBooks and soft samplers? I searched the forum a bit, but mostly got "PowerBooks are better than iBooks" - which I'm sure is true. Unfortunately, my budget doesn't really allow for a PB at the mo...  (I could get the 12" PB, but then I'd have to cut on the amount of RAM to stay within budget... more RAM is prolly a better idea  )thx, Jim. |
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Tue 7 Sep 2004, 05:50
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 17-Oct 01 From: Rio de Janeiro Member No.: 2,064 |
my iBook g4, 640 ram, logic pro can handle 15+ exs orchestra tracks (vsl) with no problem.... I stream vsl from a lacie FW when I need better performance. Freezing becomes necessary when mixing heavy (space designers, etc..)
Personally, I thing any apple portable is weak in terms of dsp, but since sample playback demands low cpu (especially turning exs filters off) it's more a hard disk issue... (hitachi 7k60 hd 7200rpm in this case is very adviceable ;-) Garritan uses kompakt players, which are not so efficient like exs so expect running less tracks... if u don't need portability and operating from battery go imac g5 (and it's enough portable for taking to the gig!) |
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jofferman 12" Ibook G4 W 1.25 Gb Ram Fri 27 Aug 2004, 18:49
mhues I use a 15 inch powerbook with logic...Im getting ... Sat 28 Aug 2004, 13:12 jofferman I've delved through the Garritan forums quite ... Tue 31 Aug 2004, 10:28 aptmunich How about a iMac G5 - seems like the best of both ... Mon 6 Sep 2004, 10:47
jofferman Hey,
I've weighed all the cons and pros and d... Tue 7 Sep 2004, 06:49 |
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