I have a juno G, great machine. Especially if you expand the ram. On Sep 15, 2010, at 3:04 PM, Chris Blouch wrote:
> My old Ensoniq ESQ1 has been replaced by a Roland Juno-G but the ESQ1 is > still in the basement somewhere. Weighs about 30-40 pounds so it wasn't fun > lugging around. I remember having a lot of fun with a Yamaha DX7 in the early > 80s making lots of interesting but not do musical sounds with it. Now days > there are kids and family life outside of work so not much noodling with macs > and music. > > I still have some old PowerMac 9500s that I use for firewalls of all things > since they have no command line to hack into. As one dies I just grab another > from the pile. > > CB > > On 9/13/10 7:24 PM, Scott Granados wrote: >> 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. > -- 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.
