Kind of a studio rebuild.

Mark Wein

Mark Wein

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I realized that my new Macbook Pro is a much better platform to running the current version of Protools so I've spent some of yesterday and part of today installing Protools 12, Bias FX Professional, Addictive Drums 2 and a bunch of other stuff and doing some review on how to use it all. With my Apogee Duet I think I'll have a nice little recording platform to start work on a new project that I'm pretty excited about...my 27" iMac is almost 7 years old and even with 16 gigs of ram the processor just can't keep up with a lot of the plugins I use (which is sad when I think of what @El Borrachito uses on a daily basis in his studio). Freezing and rebooting gets old.

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A little frustrated that Macbook Pro's not quite getting it done? I can make you feel. I'll give you the specs on my laptop, and it'l give you a good laugh. :spit:
 
Stratguy said:
A little frustrated that Macbook Pro's not quite getting it done? I can make you feel. I'll give you the specs on my laptop, and it'l give you a good laugh. :spit:
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We used to *dream* of a hole in the road.

I run Reaper on a four-year-old netbook with 1Gb of RAM and Windows 7. I have to render drum tracks to free up enough CPU for freeware guitar amp plugins.

But actually, it's still got enough grunt if you eke it out carefully.
 
Stratguy said:
A little frustrated that Macbook Pro's not quite getting it done? I can make you feel. I'll give you the specs on my laptop, and it'l give you a good laugh. :spit:
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No, the MacBook is what IS getting the job done. My iMac is just a bit elderly.
 
vonbladet said:
We used to *dream* of a hole in the road.

I run Reaper on a four-year-old netbook with 1Gb of RAM and Windows 7. I have to render drum tracks to free up enough CPU for freeware guitar amp plugins.

But actually, it's still got enough grunt if you eke it out carefully.
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I wouldn't be able to use anything like that... I'm running too many virtual things at once and need to be able to make quick alterations on the fly.
 
Mark Wein said:
I wouldn't be able to use anything like that... I'm running too many virtual things at once and need to be able to make quick alterations on the fly.
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Oh, sure. For a professional my rig would be a disaster. But compared to the four-track cassette tape thing I never had, or what the Beatles started with, I'm in the lap of luxury.
 
Mark Wein said:
I just bit the bulletI needed a laptop for school and figured this would get me along for a while before I had to get a new desktop.
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Understood. I want to go back to the Mac platform as well but unsure when that will happen. Need to research it soon, maybe after taxes.
 
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