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 ven. 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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mer. 30 nov. 2005, 09:20
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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
Mixer/Engineer The Lex Factory See my most recently mixed/mastered album on the iTunes store! |
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rustynails G4 Ighz Enough? ven. 4 nov. 2005, 00:30
lepetitmartien You can start without problem, have only an IDE dr... ven. 4 nov. 2005, 04:21 ptilou A good piece of advice for GB on the Apple site
Ho... jeu. 1 déc. 2005, 12:18 ptilou QUOTE (rustynails @ Nov 4 2005, 00:30)i have ... jeu. 1 déc. 2005, 12:28 emgcarra That is true, but you can also download GarageBand... jeu. 1 déc. 2005, 15:51 rustynails thanks for the info. i do have Logic Express now, ... jeu. 1 déc. 2005, 17:06
fred sanford How about BoomRecorder:
http://www.macmusic.org/s... jeu. 1 déc. 2005, 18:03 |
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