If I am not mistaken, the 2011 iMac's max out at 16GB of ram. Though the 21.5 may be 8GB or so. Yes things like auto tune are resource hogs and are best saved for mixing. Even then set it up how you want it, print it to another track and then archive the track which its an insert on which removes it from being used in the session. Should you need to make a change, unarchive it make your change, print to a new track and re archive it. Archive may be the word sonar used for this functionality, so not sure if its called the same in Pro Tools. Also if its in the budget, consider grabbing the expansion bay from somewhere with a decent return policy and return it if it not accessible. Just a thought.
On 2/14/13, Poppa Bear <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks, and your right, it is 21.5 and it is 2011. I think it maxes at 4 or > > 6 GB ram if I remember correctly. I do not have the UA card/shuttle, I was > looking into it, but I couldn't find out how accessible it was with VO. I > think that I just need to max out the ram and see what that does for me. My > > Mac is like a woman, I got to treat her just right, massage her a little and > > give her rest when she gets too tired, got to love it. I am finding out that > > Antari stuff can be a CPU hog from what I can tell and I am just avoiding it > > in real time recording for now. > Thanks for your thoughts > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Monkey Pusher" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:27 AM > Subject: Re: Anyone using an Imac > > >>I am assuming you have a 21.5 iMac and not an 11.5. The problem here >> is ram 2GB isn't enough really. All modern iMacs have a ram hatch on >> the back you can get to by removing two screws on the back. I'd >> suggest figureing out which model you have (can be found in about >> this mac) and using a site like OWC or Crucial to figure out how much >> ram that model maxes out at and do just that. If you aren't using >> DSP cards for plug ins, the most amount of RAM you can throw at the >> system the better off you will be. I myself am running a 2011 27" >> iMac with lion and i can tell you that its definately desktop >> calibier parts in there. In fact as teh iMacs has become increasingly >> more powerful its teh reason the mac pros haven't gotten such radical >> updates in a while. If memory serves correct you have some DSP cards >> from UA i believe. I'd suggest looking into one of those expansion >> chasis that hold desktop cards and connect via thunderbold or >> firewire, then you could offload some of that processing as well. >> >> On 2/13/13, Poppa Bear <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I have an 11.5 Imac, quad core, 2GB ram running lion and PT 8.4. Now that >>> >>> I >>> am activly using waves with some other plugins I am experiencing buffer >>> bugs >>> and CPU issues. Is anyone else using an Imac and if so, are there any >>> tips >>> to help stream line the way PT functions in it? Also I was talking to a >>> friend yesterday and he was telling me that an Imac was more or less a >>> highbread laptop and further away from the desktop family, does anyone >>> have >>> thoughts on that statement? I am asking because I feel like I should be >>> able >>> to put a heavier load on it. The load I can put on my desktop PC is >>> hurckilian compared to my Imac at this point. >>> Nate Kile, Cross Road Recording Studios, specializing in Mixing, >>> Mastering >>> and all your audio needs. www.crossroadrecording.com >>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups >>> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an >>> email to [email protected]. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >>> >>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> >> "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> >> email to [email protected]. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Pro Tools Accessibility" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
