Hey Shawn, I wouldn't call that machine disappointing, there are plenty of folks making good music with a lot less power at their disposal. Mac OS and PT tend to take less background resources than what you've been seeing from Sonar on Windows. You'll need to have your audio on a separate drive from the OS, but other than that, you should be good to go.
First thing to check about that MOTU interface is whether 64-bit drivers have been released. Google can help you find that out. So far as I know, there's no way of booting back to a 32-bit colonel in Yosemite as there was in previous iterations of Mac OS, so the driver issue has started to be a bit of a dealbreaker for some gracefully aging interfaces. Hth a bit Scott On 5/26/15, Shawn Brock <[email protected]> wrote: > > > List, > > I'm making the plunge into protools, (another convert from sonar and > windows). > > I have available for my use the following Mac book Pro, non-retina display, > OS Yosemite, 16 gig of RAM, and perhaps somewhat disappointing, a Intel I > seven quad core 2.2 processor. So now that the machine in question has been > identified I will move forward with my inquiries of you. > > 1- do you have any speculation or experience as to how a motu 828 MKII > FireWire interface will react with protools 10, voiceover and Yosemite? Yes > I already know these are elderly interfaces. However, I have always had good > experience with them and their stability. If it does not or will not work, > that is another matter entirely... > > 2- assuming I need to go another route, what would you recommend as far as a > FireWire or thunderbolt interface? My parameters are stability, ease of use, > and portability. I need something which would at least house 2 preamps, as i > travel and hate packing a lot of gear. > > Thanks, > Shawn > Sent from my iPhone > > -- > 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/d/optout. > -- 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/d/optout.
