Will my pre-Intel G5 be ok for recording 10+ tracks & mixing?

[J.DavisNJ]

Hello dudes,

My band will move into our monthly space in August or so. I'm preparing and researching all the necessary gear to record us when we are ready.

I plan on getting a cheap laptop for home use, music, net, downloading, etc. I will reformat my G5, upgrade to 4GB RAM, and use this for recording. It has a pre-Intel 2.3 dual core processor.

Do you think this processor speed and RAM will be sufficient for this? The computer itself will have the bare minimum of programs necessary installed on it.

thanks

-Joe

 

[PhilTheBeard]

Yeah dude it should work the old g5's are still beast computers. shit erik rutan still uses a g4 mac in his studio. so i think you will be fine with the beefer ram in it.

 

[J.DavisNJ]

Yeah, I'm mainly concerned with the processor. 2.3 dual core should be ok?

-Joe

 

[PhilTheBeard]

2.3 ghz on a dual core should be fine i ran pro tools on a amd 64 processor with 1.6 ghz and it work pretty well haha.

 

[Line666]

Yeah, I'm mainly concerned with the processor. 2.3 dual core should be ok?

-Joe

Should be easily ok man.

The G5's are still really nice machines.

 

[006]

I run a G5 dual 2.0 with OSX10.5, 4gb RAM and don't have problems even when I was running 24-tracks simultaneous into Cubase. Sheeet my Powerbook G4 (1.33 processor and 768mb ram) can handle 16 tracks no prob.

And the amount of progs doesn't matter it will run like it's suppose to with 3 or 30.

 

[J.DavisNJ]

Cool, thanks guys. It will be my first full project, so I just want to make sure everything goes smoothly. Cheers,

-Joe

 

[006]

good luck

 

[Ashgarth]

I do it in my Pentium IV 3,2 2gb Ram, so...I think you won't have big problems

 

[J.DavisNJ]

good luck

Cheers!

-Joe

 

[Lasse Lammert]

I'm running around 120-150 tracks in cubase and PT on my 2Ghz Dual G5

 

[J.DavisNJ]

I'm running around 120-150 tracks in cubase and PT on my 2Ghz Dual G5

Awesome, good to hear.



I might even, dun dun dun!!!, buy a PC notebook for home use.

-Joe

 

[greyskull]

God yes!