Re: Would like an opinion on this computer
I am not sure was version 8 even accessible? Jake - Original Message - From: soundog stiles@gmail.com To: Pro Tools Accessibility ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 6:35 PM Subject: Re: Would like an opinion on this computer Yes Jake, I was looking at the 003 interface as an option for you also. I'd go with the 003 Factory though... echoing Frank's suggestion about starting simple, I think you're throwing $700 away with 003 Complete and you haven't even started learning the software yet.Also t's not even the current version of the software so you're going to want to upgrade at some point to PT9. Unfortunately, I haven't found a vendor who's selling a Digi003 bundled with ProTools 9, just with version 8. You don't want a solid state drive for your audio recording drive, not allowed for ProTools. You can get that solid state drive for your internal program drive if you like. For your projects get an external Firewire drive with an Oxford chipset in it, as detailed on the Avid recommended hard drives page http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=380567 I also support Frank's other suggestions for the computer and I'm copying this to your email. regards, Tom On May 20, 12:53 pm, Frank Carmickle fr...@carmickle.com wrote: Hello Jake If you are going to have some agency purchase you a computer make sure you include some of the things that you would add on. You really need two drives. One for system and software and one for audio. If it were me I would be buying a machine with a solid state disk. It's really really so so so much faster. The 27 inch imac is the best machine to buy right now if you aren't going to be looking at using hd. So this is a great choice. I'm glad to see that you are getting 8 gb of memory. Make sure that you get them to buy you a control surface and audio interface. I think right now the best thing is probably the 003. I think it has the right controls for the money and the a/d and d/a is good enough. As we talked about on a conference calls some months ago now, you really need to start out with a small analog unit like a portastudio to start understanding how to work with audio. Please do not just jump in to a computer based audio setup with out doing this step first. Get some experience. Go to sessions with helpful engineers. Tom, on this list, is near by you. I'm sure he would love to give you a hand and maybe already is for all I know. HTH --FC On May 19, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Jake wrote: - Original Message - From: Joshua Egdamin To: jake Fry Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:56 AM Subject: here it is= you save 6% off cpu and 12% off apple care for being a government agency. Apple Store Mac iPod iPhone iPad iTunes Support Apple Store (U.S.) 1-800-MY-APPLE Live Chat Home Shop Mac iMac Configure Help Account Cart Compare Macs MacBook Just $999 MacBook Pro From $1199 MacBook Air From $999 Mac mini From $699 iMac From $1199 Mac Pro From $2499 Configure your iMac. Hardware Pre-Installed Software Service and Support Accessories Promotions Thinking about your first Mac? Answers to some of the most common PC-to-Mac questions Popular Choices Choose from our most popular configurations. Hardware Processor Get amazing performance from the quad-core Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor, which features four processor cores on a single chip. Choose the speed and processor you want. Learn more The Intel Core i5 and i7 processors are based on new 32-nanometer process technology with an advanced Core microarchitecture that features an integrated memory controller and level 3 cache, giving iMac faster, more direct access to memory. In addition, these processors feature: Turbo Boost 2.0 - a dynamic performance technology that automatically boosts the processor clock speed based on workload, giving you extra processing power when you need it. Hyper-Threading (Intel Core i7 only) — a technology that allows two threads to run simultaneously on each core. So a quad-core iMac has eight virtual cores, all of which are recognized by Mac OS X. This enables the processor to deliver faster performance by spreading tasks more evenly across a greater number of cores. Processor 3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 [Subtract $200.00] 3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 Memory More memory (RAM) increases performance and enables your computer to perform faster and better. Choose additional 1333MHz DDR3 memory for your iMac. Learn more The more memory your computer has, the more programs you can run simultaneously, and the better performance you get from your computer. Select the standard memory configuration to support day-to-day tasks such as email, word processing, and web browsing as well as more complex tasks such as editing photos, creating illustrations, and building presentations. Upgrade your
Re: Would like an opinion on this computer
I know that Avid says that solid state drives haven't been qualified for use with Pro Tools, but I don't understand why that matters. They read and write faster. They seek faster. They are higher performing devices in every regard over mechanical drives, other than price. It is like hearing that Avid has not qualified Pro Tools for computer monitors larger than 42 inches, as if that would matter. I've successfully used them, and have seen people on forums using them, also. I've also used them very successfully with other DAWs. In Sonar, due to their extremely low seek time, you can run with practically no disk buffer, and not get a drop out. Bouncing projects with high track counts is far faster than when using mechanical drives, since the DAW doesn't need to waste time seeking back and forth among the audio files of many tracks while bouncing through a project. Then again, Sonar doesn't need to bounce in real-time. With a real-time bounce, this last speed advantage wouldn't matter. Is the SSD thing a situation where it works, but just isn't officially supported, or is their some pitfall that I haven't run in to yet? Bryan On May 23, 2011, at 9:35 PM, soundog wrote: Yes Jake, I was looking at the 003 interface as an option for you also. I'd go with the 003 Factory though... echoing Frank's suggestion about starting simple, I think you're throwing $700 away with 003 Complete and you haven't even started learning the software yet.Also t's not even the current version of the software so you're going to want to upgrade at some point to PT9. Unfortunately, I haven't found a vendor who's selling a Digi003 bundled with ProTools 9, just with version 8. You don't want a solid state drive for your audio recording drive, not allowed for ProTools. You can get that solid state drive for your internal program drive if you like. For your projects get an external Firewire drive with an Oxford chipset in it, as detailed on the Avid recommended hard drives page http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=380567 I also support Frank's other suggestions for the computer and I'm copying this to your email. regards, Tom On May 20, 12:53 pm, Frank Carmickle fr...@carmickle.com wrote: Hello Jake If you are going to have some agency purchase you a computer make sure you include some of the things that you would add on. You really need two drives. One for system and software and one for audio. If it were me I would be buying a machine with a solid state disk. It's really really so so so much faster. The 27 inch imac is the best machine to buy right now if you aren't going to be looking at using hd. So this is a great choice. I'm glad to see that you are getting 8 gb of memory. Make sure that you get them to buy you a control surface and audio interface. I think right now the best thing is probably the 003. I think it has the right controls for the money and the a/d and d/a is good enough. As we talked about on a conference calls some months ago now, you really need to start out with a small analog unit like a portastudio to start understanding how to work with audio. Please do not just jump in to a computer based audio setup with out doing this step first. Get some experience. Go to sessions with helpful engineers. Tom, on this list, is near by you. I'm sure he would love to give you a hand and maybe already is for all I know. HTH --FC On May 19, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Jake wrote: - Original Message - From: Joshua Egdamin To: jake Fry Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:56 AM Subject: here it is= you save 6% off cpu and 12% off apple care for being a government agency. Apple Store Mac iPod iPhone iPad iTunes Support Apple Store (U.S.) 1-800-MY-APPLE Live Chat Home Shop Mac iMac Configure Help Account Cart Compare Macs MacBook Just $999 MacBook Pro From $1199 MacBook Air From $999 Mac mini From $699 iMac From $1199 Mac Pro From $2499 Configure your iMac. Hardware Pre-Installed Software Service and Support Accessories Promotions Thinking about your first Mac? Answers to some of the most common PC-to-Mac questions Popular Choices Choose from our most popular configurations. Hardware Processor Get amazing performance from the quad-core Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor, which features four processor cores on a single chip. Choose the speed and processor you want. Learn more The Intel Core i5 and i7 processors are based on new 32-nanometer process technology with an advanced Core microarchitecture that features an integrated memory controller and level 3 cache, giving iMac faster, more direct access to memory. In addition, these processors feature: Turbo Boost 2.0 - a dynamic performance technology that automatically boosts the processor clock speed based on workload, giving you extra
Re: Would like an opinion on this computer
Hi Tom There should be people selling the 003 factory with the cross grade to PT9. Just did a quick search and it looks like guitar center and sweetwater are still doing it. --FC On May 23, 2011, at 9:35 PM, soundog wrote: Yes Jake, I was looking at the 003 interface as an option for you also. I'd go with the 003 Factory though... echoing Frank's suggestion about starting simple, I think you're throwing $700 away with 003 Complete and you haven't even started learning the software yet.Also t's not even the current version of the software so you're going to want to upgrade at some point to PT9. Unfortunately, I haven't found a vendor who's selling a Digi003 bundled with ProTools 9, just with version 8. You don't want a solid state drive for your audio recording drive, not allowed for ProTools. You can get that solid state drive for your internal program drive if you like. For your projects get an external Firewire drive with an Oxford chipset in it, as detailed on the Avid recommended hard drives page http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=380567 I also support Frank's other suggestions for the computer and I'm copying this to your email. regards, Tom On May 20, 12:53 pm, Frank Carmickle fr...@carmickle.com wrote: Hello Jake If you are going to have some agency purchase you a computer make sure you include some of the things that you would add on. You really need two drives. One for system and software and one for audio. If it were me I would be buying a machine with a solid state disk. It's really really so so so much faster. The 27 inch imac is the best machine to buy right now if you aren't going to be looking at using hd. So this is a great choice. I'm glad to see that you are getting 8 gb of memory. Make sure that you get them to buy you a control surface and audio interface. I think right now the best thing is probably the 003. I think it has the right controls for the money and the a/d and d/a is good enough. As we talked about on a conference calls some months ago now, you really need to start out with a small analog unit like a portastudio to start understanding how to work with audio. Please do not just jump in to a computer based audio setup with out doing this step first. Get some experience. Go to sessions with helpful engineers. Tom, on this list, is near by you. I'm sure he would love to give you a hand and maybe already is for all I know. HTH --FC On May 19, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Jake wrote: - Original Message - From: Joshua Egdamin To: jake Fry Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:56 AM Subject: here it is= you save 6% off cpu and 12% off apple care for being a government agency. Apple Store Mac iPod iPhone iPad iTunes Support Apple Store (U.S.) 1-800-MY-APPLE Live Chat Home Shop Mac iMac Configure Help Account Cart Compare Macs MacBook Just $999 MacBook Pro From $1199 MacBook Air From $999 Mac mini From $699 iMac From $1199 Mac Pro From $2499 Configure your iMac. Hardware Pre-Installed Software Service and Support Accessories Promotions Thinking about your first Mac? Answers to some of the most common PC-to-Mac questions Popular Choices Choose from our most popular configurations. Hardware Processor Get amazing performance from the quad-core Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor, which features four processor cores on a single chip. Choose the speed and processor you want. Learn more The Intel Core i5 and i7 processors are based on new 32-nanometer process technology with an advanced Core microarchitecture that features an integrated memory controller and level 3 cache, giving iMac faster, more direct access to memory. In addition, these processors feature: Turbo Boost 2.0 - a dynamic performance technology that automatically boosts the processor clock speed based on workload, giving you extra processing power when you need it. Hyper-Threading (Intel Core i7 only) — a technology that allows two threads to run simultaneously on each core. So a quad-core iMac has eight virtual cores, all of which are recognized by Mac OS X. This enables the processor to deliver faster performance by spreading tasks more evenly across a greater number of cores. Processor 3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 [Subtract $200.00] 3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 Memory More memory (RAM) increases performance and enables your computer to perform faster and better. Choose additional 1333MHz DDR3 memory for your iMac. Learn more The more memory your computer has, the more programs you can run simultaneously, and the better performance you get from your computer. Select the standard memory configuration to support day-to-day tasks such as email, word processing, and web browsing as well as more complex tasks such as editing photos, creating
Re: Would like an opinion on this computer
Yes Jake, I was looking at the 003 interface as an option for you also. I'd go with the 003 Factory though... echoing Frank's suggestion about starting simple, I think you're throwing $700 away with 003 Complete and you haven't even started learning the software yet.Also t's not even the current version of the software so you're going to want to upgrade at some point to PT9. Unfortunately, I haven't found a vendor who's selling a Digi003 bundled with ProTools 9, just with version 8. You don't want a solid state drive for your audio recording drive, not allowed for ProTools. You can get that solid state drive for your internal program drive if you like. For your projects get an external Firewire drive with an Oxford chipset in it, as detailed on the Avid recommended hard drives page http://avid.custkb.com/avid/app/selfservice/search.jsp?DocId=380567 I also support Frank's other suggestions for the computer and I'm copying this to your email. regards, Tom On May 20, 12:53 pm, Frank Carmickle fr...@carmickle.com wrote: Hello Jake If you are going to have some agency purchase you a computer make sure you include some of the things that you would add on. You really need two drives. One for system and software and one for audio. If it were me I would be buying a machine with a solid state disk. It's really really so so so much faster. The 27 inch imac is the best machine to buy right now if you aren't going to be looking at using hd. So this is a great choice. I'm glad to see that you are getting 8 gb of memory. Make sure that you get them to buy you a control surface and audio interface. I think right now the best thing is probably the 003. I think it has the right controls for the money and the a/d and d/a is good enough. As we talked about on a conference calls some months ago now, you really need to start out with a small analog unit like a portastudio to start understanding how to work with audio. Please do not just jump in to a computer based audio setup with out doing this step first. Get some experience. Go to sessions with helpful engineers. Tom, on this list, is near by you. I'm sure he would love to give you a hand and maybe already is for all I know. HTH --FC On May 19, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Jake wrote: - Original Message - From: Joshua Egdamin To: jake Fry Sent: Thursday, May 19, 2011 10:56 AM Subject: here it is= you save 6% off cpu and 12% off apple care for being a government agency. Apple Store Mac iPod iPhone iPad iTunes Support Apple Store (U.S.) 1-800-MY-APPLE Live Chat Home Shop Mac iMac Configure Help Account Cart Compare Macs MacBook Just $999 MacBook Pro From $1199 MacBook Air From $999 Mac mini From $699 iMac From $1199 Mac Pro From $2499 Configure your iMac. Hardware Pre-Installed Software Service and Support Accessories Promotions Thinking about your first Mac? Answers to some of the most common PC-to-Mac questions Popular Choices Choose from our most popular configurations. Hardware Processor Get amazing performance from the quad-core Intel Core i5 or Core i7 processor, which features four processor cores on a single chip. Choose the speed and processor you want. Learn more The Intel Core i5 and i7 processors are based on new 32-nanometer process technology with an advanced Core microarchitecture that features an integrated memory controller and level 3 cache, giving iMac faster, more direct access to memory. In addition, these processors feature: Turbo Boost 2.0 - a dynamic performance technology that automatically boosts the processor clock speed based on workload, giving you extra processing power when you need it. Hyper-Threading (Intel Core i7 only) — a technology that allows two threads to run simultaneously on each core. So a quad-core iMac has eight virtual cores, all of which are recognized by Mac OS X. This enables the processor to deliver faster performance by spreading tasks more evenly across a greater number of cores. Processor 3.1GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5 [Subtract $200.00] 3.4GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i7 Memory More memory (RAM) increases performance and enables your computer to perform faster and better. Choose additional 1333MHz DDR3 memory for your iMac. Learn more The more memory your computer has, the more programs you can run simultaneously, and the better performance you get from your computer. Select the standard memory configuration to support day-to-day tasks such as email, word processing, and web browsing as well as more complex tasks such as editing photos, creating illustrations, and building presentations. Upgrade your memory to enjoy greater performance for more intensive computing tasks, such as video editing and DVD authoring Your iMac uses one of the fastest
