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laughing_bear Platinum Member
Joined: 30 Jan 2002 Posts: 2970 Location: atlantic coast - northwest ireland
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Posted: Fri Mar 14, 2008 10:39 pm Post subject: New Mac User |
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Greetings,
I took the plunge and configured a Mac Pro and a Macbook Pro, should be with me in April.
The Desktop will be my workhorse with 8 cores at 3.0Ghz, 16 Gb Ram and 2 TB internal. The Macbook my in the field Mac for photography, 2.6 Ghz, 4 Gig Ram and the faster 200 Gig HD. For the desktop I got two 24 Inch Eizos and a Quato 26 inch wide gammut monitor in the middle. Sound card will be from Lynx.
Really look forward to work with this setup.
You folks who use Mac's since long, can you give me some hints on what websites and eventually fora are a "must visit regulary" to learn and stay on track? Thanks a bunch! |
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Diego Platinum Member
Joined: 13 Sep 2003 Posts: 2882 Location: Italy
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Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2008 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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OMG WHAT AN AMAZING SETUP!!!
I regularly check the Apple website, there are tons of infos in the Developer section.
Always give a look to Version Tracker, too.
Regards _________________ Diego http://www.myspace.com/diegoinmusic
Korg M3 with EXB Radias & EXB-256 onboard
MOTU Traveler - iBook G4 |
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laughing_bear Platinum Member
Joined: 30 Jan 2002 Posts: 2970 Location: atlantic coast - northwest ireland
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:40 am Post subject: |
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Thanks Diego.
I am all new to Macs, but I am reasonably certain this setup will do me fine for the next 3 years or longer. The latest CPUs they use are all "Penryns" with lesser power consumption.
I hope to be able to squeeze in the Euphonics artists series controller and mix expansion as well.
http://www.euphonix.com/artist/index.php
Looks really good to me! |
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Voltan Senior Member
Joined: 02 Nov 2007 Posts: 370 Location: Poland
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:50 am Post subject: |
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omg, what a system |
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laughing_bear Platinum Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:52 am Post subject: |
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kinda slimline... but plenty power. |
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Voltan Senior Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 2:56 am Post subject: |
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and I wanted to get a simple MacBook Pro sometime this year |
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Lorenzo Platinum Member
Joined: 07 Sep 2002 Posts: 3681 Location: Italy
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:10 am Post subject: |
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I'm waiting for my 2.4 15 inch 7200rpm hd in these days (I already have here at home 4 gigabyte of ram ready to be installed)... I'll let you know how it works! _________________ http://www.synthaddicted.com |
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laughing_bear Platinum Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 6:20 am Post subject: |
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I chose Kingston RAM... should do the trick and so much more affordable. |
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Diego Platinum Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:03 am Post subject: |
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Hey Bear, you won't regret your choice, you'll love Mac setup.
Much more smooth to use, more stable, more pleasure to work with.
These control surfaces are simply amazing, but I think they still cost a little too much; I would choose a mackie control with all its expansions.
What sequencer will you go for on the Mac side?
Regards _________________ Diego http://www.myspace.com/diegoinmusic
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laughing_bear Platinum Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:16 am Post subject: |
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stick with Nuendo, also because the Eucon Protocol is directly supported, no HUI needed, better fader resolution 1024 instead of 512 etc. |
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Diego Platinum Member
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Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:25 am Post subject: |
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Oh, yes, Nuendo supports a lot of innovative protocols...
But I still think that 512 steps are more than enough for a 10cm fader
BTW, these are great control surfaces, and it will be a pleasure to use them!
I've always being fascinated by the Mackie Control series, but that's just my two cents.
regards _________________ Diego http://www.myspace.com/diegoinmusic
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OmarNoori Senior Member
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:56 am Post subject: |
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wow congrats on the new system sounds powerful _________________
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laughing_bear Platinum Member
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Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:33 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks again,
however, could you point me to sites that are worth my time to scan on a weekly basis for example? - All new to OSX etc... -
Cheers! |
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Lorenzo Platinum Member
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