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Mar 13 2008, 01:35 PM
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What would you suggest for a music computer. No PC, which Mac model? Would a mini do or iMac or do one have to take the step up to a Power Mac?
Two cores in the minimum I guess? If you can suggest model and how much RAM is needed. -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Mar 13 2008, 02:42 PM
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QUOTE (Nick Kellie @ Mar 13 2008, 01:48 PM)  well I use apple stuff... I have a macbook and a new imac (silver one) You cant really go wrong with any of the new stuff they are selling - ultra stable, no viruses and really fast. Can't say enough good words about them really. I have Logic on both and it runs a dream. i hear good things about the mac mini - they are a good price too... but the big shiny screen on the imac is incredible! I suggest going for a large hard-drive and extra memory... but you can buy that someplace else because apple overcharge on the memory. Nick I guess iMac is still within my price range. But I could add a LCD screen to the mini? As for memory how much can the mini and iMac have, or should have for music production actually. And I would be ablew to plug in an extrenal USB harddrive, right? I'm completely new on Mac. I have five external drives so that part should not be a problem  So even the mini could be added with extra memory, plug in an external Firewire sound card, add a USB harddrive, right? -------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Mar 13 2008, 02:44 PM
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QUOTE (audiopaal @ Mar 13 2008, 01:51 PM) Mac Mini Reason 2.5 Garageband M-box with pro-tools lite Shure sm57 - 58 mic and two event or KRK monitors That should do it  Ofcourse with a powermac you could process stuff faster, loading of VST and effects and stuff.. But a mini should be enough really, but a wise choice would be to upgrade the RAM to 2 gb 2 GB alright, nor from Apple  And two monitors, heh, I'm not that professional yet 
-------------------- My bands homepage
All time favourites: B. Streisand - Woman in Love, M. Hopkin - Those were the days, L. Richie - Hello |
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Mar 13 2008, 04:30 PM
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Well good processor and 2gb of ram is a must here..Also see does it have enough usb inputs and firewire ones to suit your needs...And check out if recording software you are going to use work with mac...You need a large hard drive just to make sure you always have space for recordings and various software..External one should work too..
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Mar 13 2008, 09:14 PM
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Im Producing music on a 2.0 Ghz Macbook, with 2 gb ram. I'm using Logic 8 and it works fine.
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Mar 14 2008, 11:58 AM
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minimum of 2Ghz and 2 GB Ram is needed on any platform. I would recommend Mac Pro platform.
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Mar 14 2008, 01:44 PM
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Yes I am also interested in getting a mac - too bad they are so pricey!
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Mar 14 2008, 02:05 PM
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angelica, thats not true at all! there is tons of freeware software for the mac.... anything I have needed I have done a search and always found it. Check these sites out
http://www.pure-mac.com/ http://www.freemacware.com/ http://www.dontcrack.com/freeware/ and there are tons more trust me.... Nick |
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Mar 14 2008, 02:05 PM
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@Angelica
Maybe Myriad Harmony (around 70 Euros) is something for you: http://www.myriad-online.com/en/products/harmony.htm -------------------- "Rock's so good to me. Rock is my child and my grandfather. "
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Mar 14 2008, 02:08 PM
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guitar pro 5 is also really cheap to register and free to download at their website... works great on my mac
nick |
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Mar 14 2008, 02:23 PM
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QUOTE (Nick Kellie @ Mar 14 2008, 02:05 PM) angelica, thats not true at all! there is tons of freeware software for the mac.... anything I have needed I have done a search and always found it. Check these sites out http://www.pure-mac.com/ http://www.freemacware.com/ http://www.dontcrack.com/freeware/ and there are tons more trust me.... Nick Hey NICK thank you so much for sharing!!! I didn't know these sites! I'll add them to my favorites soon! I've now downloaded, a notation software, looking forward for it to work!!!
This post has been edited by Angelica: Mar 14 2008, 02:24 PM --------------------  It's better to please much to a few, than to please a few to many |
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