Powerbook G4's And Logic Pro 7 Tips Needed, Is there a tune up to free up the OS? |
mar. 25 oct. 2005, 03:41
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Gawd I hate being a OS X newb.........
I need performance help with my powerbook and am a bit lost at the moment. Gear Stats: Big room: Dual G5 1.8 W/ 4GB RAM 80 GD SATA Main Drive 200 GB SATA 2nd Drive Motu 896 HD Plenty of Auralex Studio Foam and gear yadda yadda yadda Powerbook 1.67 17" 1.5GB RAM PC 2700 100 GB 5400 HDD Firebox I have a degree in IS but OS X was not around when I was in school, if it had been I would not be posting this =) I am a reborn Apple IIe convert.. W00t! (9 months of OS X in personal life and loving it). I need answers to all this based on using Logic 7.1 pro as the primary use of my Powerbook. The G5 seems to laugh at anything a feed it but the powerbook is bliss when inspired. Does the new DDR2 powerbook have huge performance increase over the 1.67 (17") that I bought with SD pc2700 60 days ago? I cant seem to locate any motherboard front side bus speeds anywhere. Is there a Hard drive enclosure that runs Firewire 800 (IE:1394b) and SATA drives? Does it have a fan? How can I tune my G4 Powerbook 1.67 1.5 GB RAM, 100 GB 5400 rpm HDD to perform better specifically using Logic 7.1 Pro? Can I do more then drop resolution and omit shadows such as shut off services with tools (Tinker Tools / Shadow Killer) or via the command line to improve performance? I am currently running a Firebox on the powerbook but own an 896 HD for the main room. I have read the 896 has less latency and would be much more powerful on the notebook. Is this true? Is it worth the hassle of making the 896 HD portable? (I only use the powerbook for composition but can get carried away when inspired quickly). Is it worth pulling my rack out of my main room and making it mobile with my Powerbook? I ask all of this because I believe my Powerbook is underperforming. I have 8 tracks of recorded input via apple loops and live instruments via the Presonus firebox on a secondary IE1394A firewire drive (400) and am running Logic 7.1 (OS X4.2) on a 100GB 5400 RPM Drive. I only have native plugins running on the 2 guitar tracks (EVH 5150 direct into the firrebox) everything else is dry. I try to add a 9th track and the machine chokes. I have run latency settings as low as 128 and as high as 256. Please help if you can. Thanks -=DF=- |
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mer. 26 oct. 2005, 20:01
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HONESTLY. TO BE BLUNT. Powerbook G4 are way inferior in Logic 7. I just sold mine after 5 months of frustration. Latency issues, Core Audio Overload. No Matter what they say, No matter how they glorify it for Logic Use. It will a point where youd be dealing more with technical issues than making music. Obviously when you ask advices, they would either ask you to limit buffer size or freeze tracks or limit your instruments. Limit is such a negative word as far as your vast creative space is concerned. Ok so say logic works but its obvious you are limiting your resources just so your Powerbook works. It has to be the other way around... Never compromise with your creativity and productivity, a G5 workstation will always be your best bet.
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dinofond Powerbook G4's And Logic Pro 7 Tips Needed mar. 25 oct. 2005, 03:41
banevt It is good to keep your buffer settings low while ... mar. 25 oct. 2005, 06:34
klownshed Have you tried recording to the internal HD instea... mer. 26 oct. 2005, 00:54
bigyello i had a simillar issue - drove me absolutely nuts.... mer. 26 oct. 2005, 02:04
lepetitmartien What a bunch of questions… please, next time could... mer. 26 oct. 2005, 02:23
banevt QUOTE (adcalonte @ Oct 26 2005, 12:01)Obvious... mer. 26 oct. 2005, 23:00
adcalonte On that aspect i commend you. That perspective on ... mer. 26 oct. 2005, 23:33
lepetitmartien Trouble is it's not the first time I see perso... jeu. 27 oct. 2005, 00:08
dinofond Thanks for all the replies, I have done the follow... ven. 28 oct. 2005, 13:28
Luke Davison Doesn't sound like a problem with your comp...... sam. 29 oct. 2005, 06:31
Luke Davison Oh, sorry, forgot to add this to my last post....a... sam. 29 oct. 2005, 06:43
dinofond Thanks Luke, that was some great information. How ... mar. 1 nov. 2005, 15:47
banevt It is good to keep your buffer settings low while ... mar. 25 oct. 2005, 06:34
klownshed Have you tried recording to the internal HD instea... mer. 26 oct. 2005, 00:54
bigyello i had a simillar issue - drove me absolutely nuts.... mer. 26 oct. 2005, 02:04
lepetitmartien What a bunch of questions… please, next time could... mer. 26 oct. 2005, 02:23
banevt QUOTE (adcalonte @ Oct 26 2005, 12:01)Obvious... mer. 26 oct. 2005, 23:00
adcalonte On that aspect i commend you. That perspective on ... mer. 26 oct. 2005, 23:33
lepetitmartien Trouble is it's not the first time I see perso... jeu. 27 oct. 2005, 00:08
dinofond Thanks for all the replies, I have done the follow... ven. 28 oct. 2005, 13:28
Luke Davison Doesn't sound like a problem with your comp...... sam. 29 oct. 2005, 06:31
Luke Davison Oh, sorry, forgot to add this to my last post....a... sam. 29 oct. 2005, 06:43
dinofond Thanks Luke, that was some great information. How ... mar. 1 nov. 2005, 15:47
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