Speaking of old Mac gear, I know the Synclavier has been reworked around Modern Intel Macs now. I wonder if you could grab an old post pro SD or 9600 from Ebay and use it with Voice over. I saw one from Lucass Film on ebay for under 10 grand and I think you can get one from synclavier.com for under 25 grand which might osund like a lot but they were 750 large back in the day.
I used to work with one (synclavier 6400) and loved it! On Sep 13, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Chris Blouch wrote: > Right, this was just straight audio recording. Any processing was done with > outboard gear or post processed. Software synths and effects can definitely > chew up a lot of CPU. While I haven't played with this a lot I would assume > rendering out the processed track to a new track would free up some > resources. Back then we had a 32-channel analog Mackie fed into a Mac > ProTools rig. At home I was running a little MOTU 8-channel firewire box with > their Sound Desk software. Haven't played with it in years so I don't know if > they even make it anymore or if it would work with OSX. Someday I should put > the stuff I don't use up on ebay, just too much bother and would anyone still > want a Emu Proteus MIDI box or a DAT recorder anymore :) > > CB > > On 9/13/10 5:02 PM, Cameron wrote: >> Hi. it depends on what sort of recording we're referring to; If we are >> talking about audio tracks, or, soft synths/virtual instruments that use >> wave streaming etc. the latter is where your processor and ram as well as >> hd rpm really become important. >> >> Are you a voiceover user by the way? If so, the current versions of logic >> are not accessible. Pro tools is accessible for audio, but not for midi. >> For example, the event list editor is not accessible with vo. Hopefully >> that will be addressed in a future update. >> >> Cameron. >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Chris Blouch >> Sent: Monday, September 13, 2010 4:51 PM >> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com >> Subject: Re: duo core or i5 in mbp >> >> Back in the day, like 10 years ago, I was able to record 8 concurrent >> tracks on an old powerMac g4. I would suspect even mundane hardware >> today could handle all but the most extreme cases. >> >> CB >> >> On 9/8/10 6:08 PM, Matthew Johnson wrote: >>> hi, >>> >>> I'll be using this for lectures, some language stuff, and also >>> possibly for recording music with logic or garage band down the line. >>> My concern is future proofing. Unfortunately, you can't get the 7200 >>> rpm harddrives in the 13 inch mbp's or I'd just go duo with a better >>> harddrive. >>> >>> Gotta love apple's packaged deal options, instead of letting you >>> configure your heart out. >>> MJ >>> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
