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> Mini Mac 1.42mhz - 6 Tracks And It's Dropping Out
fatsuma
posté mer. 24 janv. 2007, 22:50
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Hello

Still trying to resolve this.

My Mini Mac, 1.42mhz, 512ram,k 80gb (only a 4200rpm) is running Ableton 5.

Problem. I've reached about 6 tracks and it's started gliching and dropping out. The 'D' lights up in the top right hand corner.

I think it's because it's only got a 4200rpm hard drive, but can't decide to go for either...

a) putting in a Hitachi 7K60 internal 7200rpm hard drive - £50
or
b) Lacie mini+hub external firewire drive 250 gb 7200rpm - £100

Not so much the price difference, just want to get Ableton running with the most track with no drop outs. I have a gig next week so need to sort it fast.

Many thanks

fatsuma
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hahaworld
posté jeu. 25 janv. 2007, 06:11
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I ain't the sharpest tool in the shed huh.gif
So you may want to ask some of my more competent colleagues on this forum, but if I'm not mistaken, I believe you should go for the Lacie mini+hub external firewire drive 250 gb 7200rpm - £100 option, run Ableton from your Mac Mini and put all your samples and record your audio to the external drive.

Anyone who knows more about the Mini, feel free to edit, rebut or trash what I've just recommended wink.gif

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dixiechicken
posté ven. 26 janv. 2007, 16:06
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QUOTE (fatsuma @ Wed 24 Jan 2007, 23:50) *
Hello

Still trying to resolve this.

My Mini Mac, 1.42mhz, 512ram,k 80gb (only a 4200rpm) is running Ableton 5.

Problem. I've reached about 6 tracks and it's started gliching and dropping out. The 'D' lights up in the top right hand corner.

I think it's because it's only got a 4200rpm hard drive, but can't decide to go for either...

a) putting in a Hitachi 7K60 internal 7200rpm hard drive - £50
or
b) Lacie mini+hub external firewire drive 250 gb 7200rpm - £100

Not so much the price difference, just want to get Ableton running with the most track with no drop outs. I have a gig next week so need to sort it fast.

Many thanks

fatsuma


Yes a faster harddrive will enable you to reach i higher track count.
Also 512Mb ram is NOT a lot on OS-X and
doing anything worthwhile.

Right now while typing this on my G5-2.0 GHz double-kernel I have 272 Mb ram resident and
135 Mb active and 318 Mb inactive memory out of grand total (haha) of 5,5Gb.
I only run the OS-X and Firefox just now. (your numbers will be different - but...)

I would recommend at least 1Gb memory - the more the better - up to your "minis" capacity.

Dont by apple-ram Apple will charge you heavily - buy third party ram from reputable makers like -
Kingston, Samsung, Corsair or whatever.
I actually have my G5 stocked with cheap no-brand pc DDR-II ram - they work just fine.
Just check that you get the correct type of ram, SDRam, DDR or DDR-II no need to buy fast ram either
unless they actually are cheaper or your mini should demand it. ( I dont think so - but check )

Cheers: Dixiechicken


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mortalengines
posté sam. 27 janv. 2007, 01:48
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Also check out www.pacificproaudio.com for firewire drives that are optimized for multimedia and are very reasonable in price.
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