No question about the horsepower. I was also trying to figure out the configuration in terms of FireWire ports, etc. Some MacBook Pro models from different years have different ports, etc. Yeah, in terms of processing, you'll be able to play back 48 stereo tracks easily.
Slau On Jul 10, 2010, at 5:44 PM, clarence griffin wrote: > I have a mac book pro with a core II duo 2.53 GHZ with 8 gigs of DDR II ram. > I think that should do the trick for most, if not all of my projects. > lol > > GF > > > On Jul 10, 2010, at 1:58 PM, Slau Halatyn wrote: > >> I don't recall whether you're using a laptop or Mac Pro but, whatever the >> case is, if there's only one FireWire port available on the laptop, you >> absolutely need a chassis with at least 2 FireWire ports and hang the >> control surface off the drive. With FireWire stuff and Pro Tools, the >> interface is always last in the chain. Otherwise, yeah, if it's a MacBook >> Pro with 400 and 800 ports, it's possible to just keep the drive and >> interface on separate busses. Whatever configuration you're using, it should >> be way more than powerful enough to handle a ton of tracks. >> >> Years ago, I did a remote session with an iBook which was only a 600 MHz >> processor and recorded 16 tracks live without any hiccups at all. >> >> Slau >> >> On Jul 10, 2010, at 12:03 PM, clarence griffin wrote: >> >>> ah! thanks. this sounds good. I didn't even think of that. so I need to get >>> a caddy with 2 fw ports on it, then I can connect that to the mac, and the >>> project mix to the drive. >>> Is this correct? I just want to make sure I am understanding you correctly. >>> I think that's right. >>> >>> GF >>> >>> >>> On Jul 10, 2010, at 10:19 AM, Slau Halatyn wrote: >>> >>>> OK, yeah, I see what other people have since commented and, certainly, >>>> stay away from USB and I woldn't at all recommend recording to your >>>> internal drive. Yes, it will work and it'll work for a while but you're >>>> asking for trouble. The way the interface connects is by being the last >>>> item in the FireWire chain. Get a drive with two FireWire ports and >>>> connect computer to drive and drive to interface. The smaller compact >>>> bus-powered drives have fewer options in terms of multiple You'll want to >>>> go with something a bit more substantial. If the computer has a FW 800 >>>> port, you can record to that bus and use the 400 bus just for the >>>> interface. >>>> >>>> HTH, >>>> >>>> Slau >>>> ports. >>>> On Jul 9, 2010, at 8:19 PM, clarence griffin wrote: >>>> >>>>> I disabled the drive I was recording to from the spot light settings. >>>>> Maybe I can't use an external drive? Its USB 2.0. I would think that's >>>>> fast enough. Maybe I need to record to my hard drive? If so. I have a lot >>>>> of clearing out of stuff to do. >>>>> Any suggestions?? >>>>> >>>>> GF >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >> >
