Re: Which macbook for live audio?

[Michael Ellis <michael.f.ellis@gmail.com>]

Short answers:

1. If money's not an issue, get the biggest baddest macbook available -- just because you can.

2. If money matters,  consult with the developers of ableton because every piece of software uses resources differently and they would be in the best position to advise you.

FWIW,  1 Gb will store about 1.5 hours of uncompressed CD audio stereo data.

Cheers,
Mike

On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 12:24 PM, Os <os@collective.co.uk> wrote:

I used to do live looping/audio in Live on a PowerBook G4, 667MHz,
with 512MB RAM.

Anything currently on sale is more than adequate.


os.

On 26 October 2011 17:14, marcus kirby <marcusloops@gmail.com> wrote:
> I know this has been asked, but I had trouble finding the threads dealing
> with macbooks in particular.
> I am running ableton live, with some built-in basic effects.
> I would like to move towards using ableton's looper for my looping needs, so
> I probably need something with 8gb ram. What about processor requirements?
> Will the newest macbook pros be overkill?

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