Kronos (hardware) vs Komplete8 (software)

Zeroesque · Post by **Zeroesque** » Fri Aug 26, 2011 8:24 pm

Sina172 wrote:Parallels isn't virtual anymore.

Yes it is.

Sina172 wrote:It runs any OS you want

Not any.

Sina172 wrote:natively

Virtually.

Sina172 wrote:on top of OS X and you can switch back and forth to full screen between Mac OS X and your secondary OS.

This is hardware virtualization.

apex · Post by **apex** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:15 pm

RonF wrote:
GarageBand for iPad does provide for Midi input, so that you can midi record with an external keyboard controller. But it does not provide for midi output at current version. So you cannot route the midi thru...and therefore cannot midi sequence external gear. Its just a matter of time, I would think, before that gets added. BTW...this functionality does not exist in Garage Band for Mac either.....at this time.

Ron

there is actually a small plugin that you can load into garsgrband on Mac that allows MIDI output. ill have to check. but I'm.sure you can find it in a MIDI search. I have it on my MacBook pro, but I don't remember what it's called.

apex · Post by **apex** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:34 pm

Bruce Lychee wrote:
RonF wrote:I hope you are thinking about using the SSD as a "second" drive ? I would think carefully about using it as your system drive, while using it at the same time as your streaming sample library. In fact.....if you are doing this currently, IT may be more the source of any speed deficiency than the fact that you are using a 7200 HDD. I bet you'd find that if you got a second 7200 HDD, and put your sample library there.....then you would get a notable speed improvement. However, of course, SSD (as you have already purchased it) is going to improve that exponentially. CAN YOU do it all on one drive.....sure you can. And indeed an SSD will have better speed in THAT situation than an HDD. But either drive will slow down over time due to OS system operations, and software updates/upgrades....and so will your sample streaming as a result. And in no case will it be as efficient or speedy as using a separate "library drive". With Thunderbolt....and the right TBolt enclosure or ext drive...you should be able to accomplish this easily on your new MBP.

PS....have you tried Razor in Reaktor yet? If not...RUN...don't walk...to do so!
I took your advice and ordered a second SSD drive. I returned the MacMini and decided to focus on making the MacBook setup as good as possible. The MacBook optical drive can be removed and a second hard drive can be installed internally. I will use the OWC Mercury Extreme Pro 6G 480 gig SSD for my files and the 240 gig SSD for the programs. I think it should be a pretty bulletproof setup.

My greatest interest in the Thunderbolt monitor is seeing if the 3 USB ports can act as an effective hub for my keyboards. I could use the FireWire or additional Thunderbolt connection on the monitor for a storage device.

what do you mean the "optical drive" can be removed?

Bruce Lychee · Post by **Bruce Lychee** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:49 pm

apex wrote:
what do you mean the "optical drive" can be removed?

You take out the DVD optical drive and there is a bracket kit that allows you to use that connection for another hard drive instead. The only limitation is that even though Apple specs the new MacBook as a 6g bus on both connections, the optical drive will only allow 3g. The main drive will allow true 6g.

OWC calls their kit the data doubler. It is really simple to do and instead of having the seldom used optical drive, you can have 2 hard drives in your MacBook Pro. It worked out perfect for me with the dual OWC SSDs. I have the 240 gig system drive, the 480 gig data drive and a third 480 gig SSD connected via FireWire 800 just for the EastWest libraries. The main drive is a 6g and the other two are 3g.

On a side note... Installed Komplete 8 last night. I know I read somewhere they said the samples take over 100 gigs, but I'm only seeing around 80 gigs.

rkuli · Post by **rkuli** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 1:50 pm

apex wrote:
what do you mean the "optical drive" can be removed?

the company sells a kit that allows you to remove your CD/DVD/optical drive on the right side of the macbook and replace it with a second hard drive. the kit may be called the "data doubler." i don't remember for certain but i think that is what it is called at other world computing (owc). there is also another company that sells a similar kit but i've forgotten their name. i replaced my stock hdd in my macbook pro with an ssd and then replaced my optical drive with a seagate hybrid ssd/hdd and so far have been very happy with the additional speed from the ssd and the additional storage in the 2nd ssd/hdd.

RK

apex · Post by **apex** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 3:53 pm

rkuli wrote:
apex wrote:
what do you mean the "optical drive" can be removed?
the company sells a kit that allows you to remove your CD/DVD/optical drive on the right side of the macbook and replace it with a second hard drive. the kit may be called the "data doubler." i don't remember for certain but i think that is what it is called at other world computing (owc). there is also another company that sells a similar kit but i've forgotten their name. i replaced my stock hdd in my macbook pro with an ssd and then replaced my optical drive with a seagate hybrid ssd/hdd and so far have been very happy with the additional speed from the ssd and the additional storage in the 2nd ssd/hdd.

RK

does this void your warranty?

Bruce Lychee · Post by **Bruce Lychee** » Sat Aug 27, 2011 4:32 pm

apex wrote:
does this void your warranty?

Technically, no, but I would just keep the parts to swap back in if you need to bring it in for service. It's takes less than 10 minutes to swap everything.