I've tracked drums direct onto the SSD of my Air in a pinch before. Would've been 12 tracks for 5 to 6 minutes at a time. I wouldn't claim that it didn't break a sweat, but it coped. It's a slightly lower spec than Orio's (Core I5 and a 128 GB SSD), I'd say it was the 4GB RAM that saved the day in that instance. Also found those Apple Firewire to Thunderbolt adapters to be about as reliable as a chocolate teapot and I'm not the only one, so take spares if you go that route. If I was buying again, I'd almost definitely go for the Mini Server over the Air. Way more power for the price and I like the idea of having two selfcontained drives in something so small.
On 7/2/13, TheOreoMonster <[email protected]> wrote: > I never recorded on my air by i have mixed on it. I did that all on the > internal drive and it surprisingly well handled a 18 to 24 or so track > project with a few plug ins inserted on each track with no hiccups. My air > is mid 2011 with 1.8ghz dual core i7 and 4GB of Ramm and 256GB HD. If you > don't plan to do massive projects, and or use PT 11 which much leaner on > resources, a somewhat top of the line air should be fine. Go for the 8GB of > ram and the fastest processor available if u go that route. iMacs are great > and so are the mac mini servers. The Mini server is great as its also > portable if you can deal with not being able to use it while out and about > as it doesn't have a battery. But its samall enough you can throw it in a > bag with a couple of drives and your interface and travel with it. Also the > apple refurb store is the place to shop. 15% and up discounts and everything > is sold good as new with the same exact warranty as their new products. That > may not seem like a lot but in the case of my iMac it saved me $800. > > On Jul 2, 2013, at 3:11 AM, Cara Quinn <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Sorry, am coming back into this thread late. Busy day today. :) >> >> I'm looking into Thunderbolt docks at the moment and have only gone the >> USB SSD route for convenience in the short-term until I decide whether or >> not to purchase a dedicated PT computer or just use this MBA with external >> drives. >> >> Until I get settled with the software and evaluate any accessibility >> quirks it might have, I'll probably just stay with USB / SSD unless it is >> unbearable. :) >> >> If I get a new dedicated machine, I might get a new iMac but I haven't >> really decided yet. I'm also thinking of another MBA as I really like the >> portability and convenience. >> >> Is anyone using an Air with a TB dock? >> >> What do people find their fav set-ups are for using PT effectively?… >> >> Thanks much and talk with y'all soon! >> >> Smiles, >> >> Cara :) >> On Jul 1, 2013, at 3:38 PM, TheOreoMonster <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> THe only new mac since late 2012 that still fw is the mac mini, so apple >> is start to phase that out as well, requiring you to use fw to thunderbolt >> adapters. So long as you are not running massive pro tools projects you >> shouldn't have issues with USB and latency. Its the reason i haven't >> upgraded to an FW drive yet. >> >> On Jul 1, 2013, at 3:53 PM, Robin Kipp <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> perhaps the best option to go with would have been Firewire, it's still >>> present in most Mac computers and reasonably fast. But I'm afraid that >>> using USB 2.0 means that latency issues will arise, perhaps sooner than >>> later… :-( >>> Robin >>> Am 01.07.2013 um 13:47 schrieb TheOreoMonster >>> <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Yes try, thunderbolt would be the best option or USB 3 would be better >>>> if u are on a mid 2012 or later mach that has USB3. But i imagine >>>> Thunderbolt or USB3 interfaces would of driven the cost up >>>> significantly. >>>> On Jul 1, 2013, at 6:54 AM, Robin Kipp <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hey Cara, >>>>> glad to hear the guys at the Apple Store could help you out here and >>>>> all is running fine now! :-) >>>>> Just one question out of curiosity: did you try to boot up your MacBook >>>>> Air while pressing CMD+Option+R? On an older Mac that came with 10.7 >>>>> Lion, this should bring up the Lion recovery setup. >>>>> The reason for this appears to be that when you press this key combo, >>>>> your MacBook will not try to boot from the recovery partition, but >>>>> instead resort to booting from Apple's servers over the internet. Note >>>>> that this only works with Macs that came with Lion preinstalled, as >>>>> earlier Macs don't have this internet booting capability. Also, this >>>>> will install whichever OS version came with your Mac when you purchased >>>>> it, so if you bought a newer model running 10.8, that's what you're >>>>> gonna get when you try this… >>>>> Once again, I'm not 100% exactly sure about this, but it's what seems >>>>> to be the case from what I know from my own tests and stuff I read >>>>> online. >>>>> >>>>> Also, just curious… Why did you spend so much money on SSDs and then >>>>> connect them to your Mac using USB? SSDs are a great choice for stuff >>>>> like PT, but since USB(2.0) is a real bottleneck, connecting them using >>>>> USB kinda seems to defeat the purpose, unless I'm totally missing >>>>> something here :-) >>>>> Robin >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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. >> >> >> >> -- >> 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. 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