Re: How big is your mac? (and other computer looping questions)

[Os <os@collective.co.uk>]

This kind of question always amuses me, like it's only in the last
year or two that computers have become useful for music.

I did many gigs running Ableton Live on a 667Mhz G4 Powerbook, which
had a ton of other software installed too, and wouldn't think twice
about running web browsers or email or whatever at the same time as
Live.

Any Mac that will run OS X is absolute fine for audio work, IMHO.


os.


On 23 August 2010 00:21, Philip <toejampc@gmail.com> wrote:
> After getting inspired by Kid Beyond's vids, I decided to get a copy of
> Ableton.
>
> I'm curious about what Macs and configurations people are using with 
>their
> computer looping software.
>
> I've had Logic freeze up and crash on me when I was using it on a 
>Macbook,
> so I wouldn't trust it for live stuff. I'm thinking of getting a one or 
>two
> year old 15" or 17" MBP, maxing out the memory, and not putting any 
>software
> on it except for Ableton.
>
> Is that being overly cautious? Will it matter if I put Mail 
>MSOffice/Firefox
> on it provided I turn them off when looping, or does simply having them 
>on
> the machine use memory?
>
>



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