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Imac Or Mac Pro

Hi!
I realise the MacPro is the best way to go for power and was curious to know if the imacs are any good for music production. I'm concerned about fan noise for a start.

Cheers

Solution To Interface Challenge

Hi!

I have a TLAudio 5052 going into a motu 828mk11 . I've had feedback that the sound could be better and I've read that the motu is not considered the best sound due to poor pre-amps. I'm assuming that doesnt matter to me as I'm using the preamps in the 5052.

Questions

1) Is the 5052 pre amp good enough to not worry about the motu pre amps?
2) What do people think about the 5052 sound
3) If I need to replace the motu, what would be the best solution? I need multiple inputs (8 max)

Thanks!

A

Phase Problem Detection

Hi

How do I detect phase problems in DP? or with a plugin? I am recording guitar with 2 mics (1 cond and 1 dyn) very close together about 40cms from neck and body join. I have clicked the phase reversal plug in one of the tracks on DP and sometimes the sound changes - my question is ... its great to have an easy fix but how do I know there is a phase problem in the first place? is there a meter/method that is in DP i can use? I examined the waves of the latest recording i did and on one track when the wave is up the wave on the second track is down - and when I pan them both to 12 oclock a lot of the bass and mid disappears - when i pan them apart the bass and mid reappears. So any ideas on easy phase problem detection?

Thanks!

Very Portable External Hard Drive

Hi

I need an very portable ( ie not nor standard size external hard drive eg ice cube) that has
FW 800. 7200 rpm, 100+ gigs and can be powered by usb from the computer.

I record on the go and intend to have my software on my macbook pro and my sample sounds (bfd,mach five etc) on the very portable hard drive. I've searched the internet shops with little luck

Any ideas/reccomendations

Thanks!

Ade

Macbook Pro And 2 Monitors

Hi

How do I get two monitors attached to my macbook pro? yes I could attach 1 and use my laptop screen but I want 2 x 23 inches that I have (lucky i know!) to run off the macbook pro and be able to arrange them so the are not mirrored but showing different stuff. They are currently attached to a g5 tower (since died) that has two connectors but the mbook has only one. I have looked at splitter cables but my impression is that these will only duplicate the same image on each monitor (mirrored)

Any ideas

Ade