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 Fri 4 Nov 2005, 00:30
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i'm new to recording on the computer. i have a g4 sawtooth with a 1 ghz sonnet cpu and plenty of ram (1.6). i just bought a presonus firebox and am snorkling around in Garageband, which i will either upgrade to Logic Express or Tracktion2 later. i'm wondering if i have enough machine to do several tracks without bogging down, or is it time to buy a new machine.
don't want to if i don't have to. i also have a sata drive hooked up with a pci controller card that i run all my main computer stuff on. i've thought of buying another sata drive and running only the music on it. to do this would i need to install OS X on this drive and boot up from it, or would i just use this drive for back-up? thanks. |
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 Fri 4 Nov 2005, 04:21
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You can start without problem, have only an IDE drive especially for the audio files. If you stay (if it's possible with the sonnet) in OS 9 you get extra power/reactivity. In OS X you'll bang on the wall faster. But a few tracks are no problem.
If your computer is at pain with virtual synths (and it will fast), bounce! 
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Wed 30 Nov 2005, 09:20
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 15 Joined: 29-Nov 05 From: North Hollywood - US Member No.: 73,164 |
Unfortunately GarageBand is actually a real dog. It's rather slow and slams the CPU pretty quickly. You're probably fine for a few tracks, but once things get busy with effects and a high track count you'll probably be in trouble. Hard drive speed won't be the botttleneck, it'll tbe the CPU.
Pro Tools 7 is actually significantly accelerated over previous versions. Maybe a basic M-Audio interface and Pro Tools M-Powered would be the trick? Or finding a used M-Box on ebay or craigslist and getting the PT7 upgrade for $75. Just a few thoughts. -------------------- Alexey Mohr
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 12:18
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 News Translations  Group: Team Posts: 7,560 Joined: 01-Nov 01 From: Paris - FR Member No.: 2,211 |
A good piece of advice for GB on the Apple site
How to cop with the cpu limitation... http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=93618 And click on the padlock of the tracks when finalized This post has been edited by ptilou: Thu 1 Dec 2005, 12:22 -------------------- |
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 12:28
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News Translations Group: Team Posts: 7,560 Joined: 01-Nov 01 From: Paris - FR Member No.: 2,211 |
QUOTE (rustynails @ Nov 4 2005, 00:30) i have a g4 sawtooth with a 1 ghz sonnet cpu and plenty of ram (1.6). i just bought a presonus firebox and am snorkling around in Garageband, It's quiet a good setting up to begin and to carry on seriously 
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 15:51
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That is true, but you can also download GarageBand Anywhere 5.0.1 @
macworld.com/0814 and move that app to somewhere else instead you startup disk. I am experimenting with it right now and all I can say about is "so far so good". But give it a try. |
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 17:06
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 5 Joined: 04-Nov 05 From: Lufkin - US Member No.: 72,082 |
thanks for the info. i do have Logic Express now, seems like a bit of a learning curve. Garageband is fun, and with drytracking i do o.k., but any software instruments and it bogs down pretty quickly. Garageband anywhere looks like a cool little app.
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Thu 1 Dec 2005, 18:03
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 1 Joined: 07-Sep 04 From: Oakland - US Member No.: 50,425 |
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