Folkrav
Jean-Sébastien Beaulieu
You're right. Fortunately, for any other DAW not supporting AU plugins, any convolution-type plugin set the right way should do fine too. I forgot how, but it's pretty simple to do...
I'm finally buying a Mac! Need some advice.
- Thread starter Erik Monsonis
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Thanks guys!! That's great news!
I'll keep using Reaper 4 (the Mac version supports AU, so no problem!
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I'll keep using Reaper 4 (the Mac version supports AU, so no problem!
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Ermz
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Congrats about the steady workload, Erik. It's a good milestone.
I would say that your priority should be in getting room treatment and monitoring sorted, above all. But you mix a lot on headphones, don't you? So it may be a moot point unless you're willing to change over.
As far as the computer system goes, it seems extremely expensive to me, hardware wise. Even here in Oz you can get a PC for half that with hardware that still smokes it. Though I suppose that's the price of admission to turtleneckville.
The Duet is probably fine for your workflow. Alternatively you can look at something a bit more purpose-built for mixing like the Benchmark DAC-1 to feed your monitors off.
I would say that your priority should be in getting room treatment and monitoring sorted, above all. But you mix a lot on headphones, don't you? So it may be a moot point unless you're willing to change over.
As far as the computer system goes, it seems extremely expensive to me, hardware wise. Even here in Oz you can get a PC for half that with hardware that still smokes it. Though I suppose that's the price of admission to turtleneckville.
The Duet is probably fine for your workflow. Alternatively you can look at something a bit more purpose-built for mixing like the Benchmark DAC-1 to feed your monitors off.
Virgil.
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Macs allocate memory better than PC's as well. I've had mine for 2 years and only have had to force kill a program ONCE! Whereas, every windows based PC I've ever owned or built, I always have to restart or force shutdown almost on a weekly basis for dumb shit.
On the mac tho... Just be sure to upgrade ram to max out how much it can handle and you'll be all good to go
On the mac tho... Just be sure to upgrade ram to max out how much it can handle and you'll be all good to go
Shinozoku
Senior Memory
I'll vouch for how well a Mac allocates memory. I've not done any recording work yet, but just from general usage, my girlfriend's Macbook Pro (which I'm on now) equipped with 4GB RAM operates 2-5x faster than my Dell with the same amount of RAM. It's glorious! About to pick up a Pro of my own to start building my recording setup, too! I'm also gonna be working on Reaper, and will probably start out with a similar setup for some basic tracking.
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