Re: mac question

2012-01-18 Thread Stephen Martin
as far as i know no apple laptop has a ful keyboard. On Jan 18, 2012, at 10:30 PM, J. R. Westmoreland wrote: > Thanks for the correction. I was unaware of the difference and the lack of > firewire. > I have a 15 inch and it doesn't have a full keyboard. Does the 17 inch? > I used the 15 inch witho

RE: mac question

2012-01-18 Thread J. R. Westmoreland
See below. J. R. From: ptaccess@googlegroups.com [mailto:ptaccess@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Brian Howerton Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 6:24 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: mac question Thanks JR. Is this something I can actually buy off the shelf? J. R

RE: mac question

2012-01-18 Thread J. R. Westmoreland
Thanks for the correction. I was unaware of the difference and the lack of firewire. I have a 15 inch and it doesn't have a full keyboard. Does the 17 inch? I used the 15 inch without a full keyboard for a while but I must say that the full is better. As far as Bluetooth goes, I don't know of a ful

Re: mac question

2012-01-18 Thread Nick Gawronski
Hi, I currently have a mac book pro model late 2011 the 17 inch with pro tools 10. I was wondering for a beginner what is the best type of audio interface and or control surface to buy? I would prefer something that is powered by the computer directly as this way when I take it somewhere I on

Re: mac question

2012-01-18 Thread Frank Carmickle
If you don't want to be portable you can get the the mini server. It's only a 2.0 ghz proc but it is a quad core. You can get the mini server with two 7200 drives or one ssd and one 7200. The 4 gb with two 500 gb 7200 drives is only $1,000. It's got thunderbolt so it's expandable in the futu

Re: mac question

2012-01-18 Thread Nickus de Vos
As already said I also think macbook pro is your answer. I'll say the 15 or 17 because they come with the quad core i7 processors and the 13 only comes with dual core i7's. If you configure your perchis in the online apple store you can opt for the 7200 RPM 750 GB hard drive rather than the 5400 RP

Re: Avid Virtual instrument

2012-01-18 Thread Ronald van Rhijn
Hi Gord, Here is the link to the Structure Free presets. I think these were made by Kevin Reeves, but Jason made presets for the full version which I never got. Probably someone else here has. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6945672/Structure_free.zip Let me know when you got them okay. best, Ronald Op

Re: mac question

2012-01-18 Thread Monkey Pusher
Oh and you will need a full sized keyboard, as most of the pro tools keyboard shortcut relies on the number pad. whether u use a bluetooth full sized keyboard or just plug in a wired full sized keyboard to one of your usb ports is up to you. On 1/18/12, Brian Howerton wrote: > Thanks JR. Is th

Re: mac question

2012-01-18 Thread Monkey Pusher
The macbook air is a very light and thin laptop and maxes out at a 1.8Ghz dual core i7 processor 4GB of ram and a 256GB solid state drive. I have one and love it and while it handles my Pro tools taks with ease, i wouldn't recommend it for your only mac as it is limited to 2 usb ports and thunde

Re: Avid Virtual instrument

2012-01-18 Thread Gordon Kent
Hi: I’d love to have whatever is available. Thank you for the offer. Let me know where I should go to get them or you can send them directly to me as an attachment since they wouldn’t be that big. Gord From: Ronald van Rhijn Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 5:42 AM To: ptaccess@googlegroup

Re: mac question

2012-01-18 Thread Brian Howerton
Thanks JR. Is this something I can actually buy off the shelf? Also would I need a bluetooth keyboard? Also, what's the difference in the mac book pro and the mac book pro air? Also, just as a side question, I saw you were possibly converting the protools 101 textbook in to braille, and I wa

RE: mac question

2012-01-18 Thread J. R. Westmoreland
Mac Book Pro is great. I have one. Mine os a bit older but is still very sericable. The new Mac Book Pro Air with quad-core processor is very nice. If you can get the 7200 RPM drive the performance of the drive would help. Get at least 8GB of memory as well. Just my 2c worth. J. R.

Re: mac question

2012-01-18 Thread Christopher-Mark Gilland
I definitely say go for it, and absolutely you can get the macbook in an Apple store. Chris. - Original Message - From: Brian Howerton To: ptaccess@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 4:05 AM Subject: mac question Hello folks, I am really considering

Re: Avid Virtual instrument

2012-01-18 Thread Ronald van Rhijn
Hi Gord, About Structure, Jason made a bunch of accessible presets for Structure a while ago. Perhaps you can get it from someone, perhaps I have it somewhere archived. Ronald Op 17 jan. 2012, om 18:42 heeft Gordon Kent het volgende geschreven: > Chuck: > The instruments are not bad, especially t

mac question

2012-01-18 Thread Brian Howerton
Hello folks, I am really considering jumping in to the world of mac for recording now. My question is this... I am thinking about buying a laptop for recording. What would you guys recommend as the best laptop to buy? I was thinking about purchasing the macbook pro but I was wondering wh