Macintosh And Protools for a budget Project Studio??

Archived from groups: rec.audio.pro (More info?)

Stressmane wrote:

> First, I'd like to State I'm not trying to spend over 1500 for a Mac hook up.
> So, What should I look for in a Mac Hook up?? G4?? iMac?? G5?? And How much
> should I expect to pay??

> If your're wondering I plan to use a Digidesign M-Box and Protools LE
> for Recording

Your first step is to learn which systems are supported by Digidesign
and select from those when searching for a used Mac. If you go too far
back, you'll also need a used M Box/PT setup.

--
ha

Archived from groups: rec.audio.pro (More info?)

>stressmane@aol.com (Stressmane)

>First, I'd like to State I'm not trying to spend over 1500 for a Mac hook up.
>So, What should I look for in a Mac Hook up?? G4?? iMac?? G5?? And How much
>should I expect to pay??
>
>If your're wondering I plan to use a Digidesign M-Box and Protools LE
>for Recording
>
>Thanks in advance!

The way I might think about it, the M-Box is about $450, if you have to
include that in your $1500 budget then you might like to consider a refurbished
Emac from the Apple store at $799 (eMac 1.25GHz/ 256MB/ 80GB/ SuperDrive/ E/
56K), and you'd have maybe a couple hundred left over for more ram and a mic.
You'd burn CD's on the superdrive to back up your sessions.

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-AP [...] 72603/wo/5
h67OdRAg0IR3AgU1cEfiAbe4GK/0.0.11.1.0.6.61.0.0.0.0.0.0.3.1.1.0?81,63

If you already have an M-Box/a vocal mic and a pretty new version of
Protools the new G5 Imacs have a nice big flatscreen and are pretty powerful,
like a 17 inch 1.8Ghz/256/80gig/Superdrive for $1,499.00, probably you should
at least go for the extra 512 meg of ram for $75.

All OS 10.3 stuff, but if I was starting out buying everything new from
scratch might as well. And hey, they throw in Garage Band ...

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-AP [...] 72603/wo/5
h67OdRAg0IR3AgU1cEfiAbe4GK/0.0.11.1.0.6.13.0.4.1.3.0.5.1.2.1.1.0

Will Miho
NY Music & TV Audio Guy
Audioist / Fox News
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits

Archived from groups: rec.audio.pro (More info?)

> walkinay@thegrid.net (hank alrich)

>
>WillStG wrote:
>
><snipitty doo dah>
>
>> you might like to consider a refurbished
>> Emac
>
><snipitty yay>
>
>Will, the only one of those with which I have experience is rather
>ambiently noisy. It doesn't bother the guy who has it, but it would
>drive me buggier.
>

$1500 Budget Protools Project Studio Hank, with an M-Box. He is probably
more interested in how many plugins he can instantiate than noise and his
bedroom - err, studio - isn't likely very quiet either. But you could replace
the fan, and I have played with a couple of new ones that didn't seem that
bad.

Actually the fans on the accellerator on my Dual G4 is driving me crazy
too, I need to find a couple of quieter fans for it or move it or something...



Will Miho
NY Music & TV Audio Guy
Audioist / Fox News
"The large print giveth and the small print taketh away..." Tom Waits