onegram
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Joined: 03 Apr 2005
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| G5 iMAC & MBox |
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Will a base-model iMac and Protools LE give me enough grunt for about 16 tracks with heaps of effects? |
Sun Apr 03, 2005 10:11 pm |
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Jonrenie
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Joined: 22 Jun 2004
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16 tracks? Yep
Heaps of effects - no |
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Mon Apr 04, 2005 4:53 pm |
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onegram
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Joined: 03 Apr 2005
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| Specs on iMac |
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the iMac i'm looking at has a 1.6 processor, a NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra w/64MB video memory, 1GB DDR400 SDRAM (the 1GB isn't base, I want to up it). I'd be running Protools LE, amplitube on a few tracks, T-Racks ideally on loads of tracks. |
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Mon Apr 04, 2005 11:40 pm |
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AUdIoCoUrSeS
Joined: 31 Oct 2002
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On the digi-design site the computer specification for ProTools LE is quoted as:
Pro Tools M-Powered System Requirements
A supported M-Audio® peripheral*
A Digidesign®–qualified computer running Windows XP or Mac OS X**
Minimum Requirements
Windows XP
Intel Pentium IV or Athlon processor, 1 GHz or higher
384 MB of RAM
Windows XP Home or Professional, Service Pack 2
Display resolution 1024 x 768 or higher
Free USB port for iLok USB Smart Key
Mac OS X
G4 processor, 933 MHz or higher
384 MB of RAM
Mac OS X version 10.3.7
Display resolution 1024 x 768 or higher
Free USB port for iLok USB Smart Key
Recommended System
Windows XP
Intel Pentium IV or Athlon processor, 2.8 GHz or higher
512 MB of RAM
Mac OS X
G5 processor, 1.8 GHz or higher
512 MB of RAM
Supported M-Audio Peripherals*
FireWire 1814
FireWire 410
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Wed Apr 06, 2005 11:51 am |
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Jonrenie
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Joined: 22 Jun 2004
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If you're wanting to run t-racks and amplitube (i'm assuming you're talking about the bundled with pro tools software) then your going to need plenty of CPU power. 1GB Ram sounds about right and I think you might even just get away with a 1.6 ghz cpu.
You computers response will start to slow down if your using functions like quick punch to do overdubs and things like that... so you might want to spend a little more on a low end dual G5 instead. Depends how patient you are I suppose.
Failing that... scratch build your own audio PC system and save a fortune.  |
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