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At The Back => Time Out => Topic started by: Johnny Mac on April 28, 2010, 08:39:19 PM
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Speechless at a how this thing just looks! It's like a work of art. :D
I'm installing Logic 9. 6 hour install time and 55 gig! PDT_003
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Thats, presumably, a lot of samples!!
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Thats, presumably, a lot of samples!!
Yes more than i'll ever need but i may as well put it all on there as there is plenty of room. Fancy banging out some bubble gum pop projects for the money? :lol:
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Stunning, aren't they? Is it your first Mac, Johnny?
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Stunning, aren't they? Is it your first Mac, Johnny?
Yes, I'm in love already! Photos look like you can walk in to them. I could sit up with this all night but I can't. :lol:
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Oh god, installing Logic is the biggest pain in the arse! We're going to be installing 9 at work soon-- i'm just glad i've only got to do it once, instead of 5 times like we used to!
Top Tip: When you've installed Logic, run Disk Utility (Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility), and perform 'Repair Disk Permissions', i'll help sort out any rogue permissions that might cause issues further down the line :)
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Oh god, installing Logic is the biggest pain in the arse! We're going to be installing 9 at work soon-- i'm just glad i've only got to do it once, instead of 5 times like we used to!
Top Tip: When you've installed Logic, run Disk Utility (Applications>Utilities>Disk Utility), and perform 'Repair Disk Permissions', i'll help sort out any rogue permissions that might cause issues further down the line :)
Ok thanks for the tip Oli :D
I'm just waiting for another disc to pop out. It takes its time! I'll have to leave this on all night. I probably won't get it all done until friday at this rate.
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Well done Johnny. My brother ( the photographer) keeps droning on about how good macs are and I think he uses Logic too.
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Nice one Johnny. My imac is 4 years old and still going strong so I'm sure your in for the long haul now!
You can start to play with cabinet impulses now too, using Space Designer.
Did you get a new external hard drive too? It's better if you do and use that for your recording. Not because of space but the CPU finds it easier to take things off one drive (samples for example) and put them on another drive (your project) rather than trying to do everything on one drive.
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Still installing....zzz I'm up for work now.
Yes its an amazing bit of engineering :D
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Nice one Johnny. My imac is 4 years old and still going strong so I'm sure your in for the long haul now!
You can start to play with cabinet impulses now too, using Space Designer.
Did you get a new external hard drive too? It's better if you do and use that for your recording. Not because of space but the CPU finds it easier to take things off one drive (samples for example) and put them on another drive (your project) rather than trying to do everything on one drive.
Are you sure that that benefit (which does exist - I use a second internal drive for samples and projects) isnt offset by the fact that external drives max out at about 35mb/s transfer rate on USB2 and firewire? You can expect 50 or more out of your installation drive and more still from a second internal.
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Nice one Johnny. My imac is 4 years old and still going strong so I'm sure your in for the long haul now!
You can start to play with cabinet impulses now too, using Space Designer.
Did you get a new external hard drive too? It's better if you do and use that for your recording. Not because of space but the CPU finds it easier to take things off one drive (samples for example) and put them on another drive (your project) rather than trying to do everything on one drive.
Are you sure that that benefit (which does exist - I use a second internal drive for samples and projects) isnt offset by the fact that external drives max out at about 35mb/s transfer rate on USB2 and firewire? You can expect 50 or more out of your installation drive and more still from a second internal.
Yes you should use you internal drives on a project and save all finished files to an external. That's what Paul White and his team recommended at their 'Sound On Sound' lectures at last years LGS.
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Ah, yes, backing up to external is just good practice.
Working off an external is highly questionable IMO.
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I just sneaked home and had my lunch, big truck outside and i'm finishing my Logic 9 install :lol:
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I just sneaked home and had my lunch, big truck outside and i'm finishing my Logic 9 install :lol:
Gives you a nice chance to play with your Koch while you're waiting....
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Glad to hear its awesome so far Johnny, I'm gonna be getting a Mac Mini myself, I can't wait :D
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I just sneaked home and had my lunch, big truck outside and i'm finishing my Logic 9 install :lol:
Gives you a nice chance to play with your Koch while you're waiting....
Time was scarce Andy so I had to concentrate on the job in hand. Besides I'm a mucky pup whilst at work, or with my grubby truck driving hat on, which means my hands are not in the best condition to handle my Koch.
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Glad to hear its awesome so far Johnny, I'm gonna be getting a Mac Mini myself, I can't wait :D
These things are gorgeous, you will love it!
Just started installing Komplete 6. Another Mammoth amount of data.
I was supposed to be rehearsing tonight but surprise surprise the 'between jobs' contingent can't afford the studio fee. It's only £10 each for gawds sake. I knew last weeks sesh was too good to be true.
Oh well I may just be a one man band with this new toy.
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Glad to hear its awesome so far Johnny, I'm gonna be getting a Mac Mini myself, I can't wait :D
Get one you'll love it, I had mine about 3 months now.
My only criticism with the Mac is that you get seduced into buying other mac products - so far my mini has cost me a 23" Apple Cinema Monitor and an iphone :lol:
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Sounds good Johnny. Wish I could afford a decent specced iMac, they look so nice but still have a hard time justifying the price.
My only criticism with the Mac is that you get seduced into buying other mac products - so far my mini has cost me a 23" Apple Cinema Monitor and an iphone :lol:
ooh dear.. those monitors are such a ripoff! They do look very pretty though.
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Nearly finished the last of my installs on Sat night. I had to validate all the native instruments stuff to unlock it. But it seems to be ok. I get a sound from the piano roll and the mouse pointer. I haven't got the Motu interface done yet as I had to buy a FireWire 400 to 800 cable and it only shipped with the 400.
I've had a mess about with the loops that logic 9 has and it's a piece of piss to knock something up in it. I heard it 9 got all the loops to compete with Reason. Anyway it's scary how easy that drag and drop sh!t is.
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Sounds good Johnny. Wish I could afford a decent specced iMac, they look so nice but still have a hard time justifying the price.
My only criticism with the Mac is that you get seduced into buying other mac products - so far my mini has cost me a 23" Apple Cinema Monitor and an iphone :lol:
ooh dear.. those monitors are such a ripoff! They do look very pretty though.
You're right Tom, they're not cheap. I was looking at getting a G5 quad core until I saw the price of their moniters. I didn't realise iMac's are so powerful until I went through the Apple site a few weeks back. It's so quiet too. The screen resolution is jaw dropping! Get one Tom! All you need is a job and lots of saving, don't do it the way I did :lol:
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Still waiting for my Kore 2 controller but should be here this week.
I love this thing!
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I have a confession, I didn't get the Mac Mini..
I got an iMac.
Pics soon.
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I have a confession, I didn't get the Mac Mini..
I got an iMac.
Pics soon.
Nice one! They have great options don't they Jonny! Did you get Logic too?
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This thread is giving me MAS! Only got about £600 in the bank though, not even enough for a macbook!
I have to say the mac mini is very tempting but dunno how well it'd handle recording if at all?
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This thread is giving me MAS! Only got about £600 in the bank though, not even enough for a macbook!
I have to say the mac mini is very tempting but dunno how well it'd handle recording if at all?
My calculations of the Mac Mini and the eventual purchasing of everything else that I'll need, i.e. monitor, etc. cost up to the same as the iMac. But I guess you have a monitor, keyboard, etc. already.
And no Johnny, I didn't get Logic. I got Aperture though and will probably get more when the time comes. I probably couldn't afford Logic anyways :P
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Yeah I already have everything, I'd basically be swapping my oversized/inefficient tower for the mac mini box. Would have to get an apple keyboard though just because! Maybe swap the monitor for a white or silver one as well.. :lol:
Currently installing OSX on my pc, looks like it might actually work this time. I don't feel so guilty as the disc is a fully legal Snow Leopard one rather than torrented hackintosh :P
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I'd say bide your time and keep saving for something that will slay! You will make so much use out of it Tom, with your 3D rendering and photoshop. I'm going to get photoshop on this one too soon. I've got one more thing to add and thats in a courier depot now.
Anyone know why I can't get the Wi-Fi to work on this iMac? A bit of a vague question there I know but you've gotta start somewhere!
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I have to say the mac mini is very tempting but dunno how well it'd handle recording if at all?
It'll handle it fine :) I've seen an old MacBook (the white ones), record 12 tracks (full drums, guitar and vocals) at once with a Digidesign 002 and an OctoPre, and there was no indication of things going south at all-- very reliable.... i'm sure a Mac Mini would cope fine with those, they can certainly handle 2 track recording, as we've been using them for tape-transfers here at work :)
Edit: Johnny Mac, do you mean that it won't connect to your Wi-Fi network, or you can't get anything happening with the Airport at all on the machine?
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Sounds good to me! I guess it'd handle a bit of Photoshop/Light Room/Aperture alright as well then?
Johnny I don't really do much 3D stuff outside of uni so I think I could get away with having a lesser machine that doesn't eat up so much 'leccy!
Got snow leopard working on my pc now, just need to figure out how to get the wireless adaptor to work with it, may need to buy a different one!
(http://i44.tinypic.com/2u3v7m8.jpg)
Doesn't look quite as nice as a proper mac though does it :lol:
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Sounds good to me! I guess it'd handle a bit of Photoshop/Light Room/Aperture alright as well then?
No, Mac Mini can't.
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I've used Aperture 1.5 and 2 on my Mac mini although it is happer on my iMac
Aperture is my favourite application
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Hi Oli,
It won't connect to my BT router. I've heard of this Airport thing. Is that the wireless hardisc?
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Johnny set that Airport thing to on. That's what you use to connect.
Took me 10 minutes to figure that out on my brothers Macbook Pro :lol:
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Yeah it should just be Apps > Utilities > AirPort something. It'll scan for airport devices and then you can connect.
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Ok thanks. I'm at my girlfriends right now, I'll have a look when I'm back home next. I think I did try that, not sure.
I've got my head stuck in the manual for NI's Kore 2 right now. This concept behind this is fantastic. It can blend together, tweek all the sounds on your system and manage them in different ways. Act as a host or plugin or sub host. My mind is running away with ideas each time I read a section!
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I just tried the airport thing again but no joy. I had tried this in the past so its not the obvious thing of turning on the wifi. Not sure what else to do now.