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Quintron
posté ven. 14 janv. 2005, 19:01
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Hi All, glad to have found this knowledgable spot!
First off I know hardly anything about Macs except they have a good track record as stable units good with audio applications.

As I'm sure is the case with many others I have become enamoured with the new Mac Mini but am wondering if it will be sufficent for what I need.

I run a small Jazz CLub in Ireland and for a long time was considering a laptop to record live gigs there. I was looking at Macs and PC laptops, but on a budget of next to nothing with the venue, all desirable options were off limits.

With this new machine there is some hope. I am looking at the 1.4Ghz mac mini with 512MB RAM option. I would also get an Edirol FA-101 usb capture card and was wondering how good these would be at live multitrack recording using Logic or Cubase (Have both). I would need to record usually up to 6 Mic imputs or 4 MIc ins with maybe 2-3 Line ins at a push. The usual setup for a night is about that. Sometimes less. Mix it down when I get home. What can I expect from this box with the FA-101 (or indeed a cheaper alternative if anyone knows??)?

Any options / help / advice greatly appreciated!

One of the sellers of this for me is that it would also be an excellent replacement for my ailing PC at home.
Adding a KVM switch I'd have the best of both worlds. Not a laptop, but a unit in the two places I need it most. (Its' lighter to transport than a lot of Laptops) and a hell of a lot cheaper!

If my above expectations are unrealistic then caould anyone suggest the max abilities of this unit for live recording. I could work something out.

Sorry for the barage of questions.

Cheers in advance,
Quintron.
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- Quintron   Mac Mini + Live Multitrack Recording   ven. 14 janv. 2005, 19:01
- - wroyj   all i know is my mac pwerbook has 256k of memory a...   sam. 15 janv. 2005, 08:55
- - Quintron   Hey wroyj. Cheers for that. Although I wouldn...   sam. 15 janv. 2005, 17:03
- - shaneblyth   my external firewire drive is fat32 windows format...   dim. 16 janv. 2005, 06:13
- - editbrain   i suggest getting a powerbook instead. then get a ...   dim. 16 janv. 2005, 10:40
- - javiert   QUOTE (Quintron @ Jan 15 2005, 16:03)I read t...   dim. 16 janv. 2005, 15:32
- - Tree Leopard   Quintron, A thought about your objectives... If ...   lun. 17 janv. 2005, 17:35
- - editbrain   i agree that you need to have good hardware for th...   mar. 18 janv. 2005, 00:52
- - Quintron   Hi Tree Leopard et al, Firstly Cheers for all com...   mar. 18 janv. 2005, 01:08
- - editbrain   well. if you add the cost of a monitor, keyboard,...   mar. 18 janv. 2005, 10:55
- - Marcia   You will be just fine with either the mac mini or ...   mar. 18 janv. 2005, 20:03
- - Tree Leopard   Quintron, Ah, but I did make one brazen assumptio...   mer. 19 janv. 2005, 05:46
- - Quintron   Cheers again for all posts, @ editbrain, Yes you a...   jeu. 20 janv. 2005, 01:34
- - JBeat   Quintron, I just bought the 1.42GHz Mac Mini and u...   jeu. 3 févr. 2005, 17:15
- - gogmagog   if the budgets is a constraint why not install a M...   ven. 4 févr. 2005, 14:58
- - Kate   Well, now I'm confused. I was going to buy a ...   ven. 4 févr. 2005, 20:20
- - editbrain   Kate, For your sitution i would recomend a G5 iMac...   ven. 4 févr. 2005, 20:51
- - Kate   Thanks, editbrain, I am looking into it. I think ...   sam. 5 févr. 2005, 16:39
- - Quintron   Hi again all, ALl I can say about Mac Mini is that...   sam. 5 févr. 2005, 18:15
- - editbrain   well the 20" for one has the greater screen a...   dim. 6 févr. 2005, 18:30
- - Kate   Thanks, I really appreciate your input, Q. At the...   dim. 6 févr. 2005, 21:35


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