Lots of Basic Questions about DP and Macs :(

DMac · Post by **DMac** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 7:15 am

...it's official. Gonna order my Mac Pro with DP next Monday. Thx for all the great insight. I don't doubt I'll love it, if I can just find where the on/off switch is. I'm pretty sure based on all I've read, I just have to is think good thoughts and it powers up all by by itself, right?

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 8:46 am

DMac wrote:...it's official. Gonna order my Mac Pro with DP next Monday. Thx for all the great insight. I don't doubt I'll love it, if I can just find where the on/off switch is. I'm pretty sure based on all I've read, I just have to is think good thoughts and it powers up all by by itself, right?

It won't be official until you post your first major complaint about the program. THEN it's official.

DMac · Post by **DMac** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:16 am

MIDI Life Crisis wrote:It won't be official until you post your first major complaint about the program. THEN it's official.

...hehe. And I demand full use of your forum handle

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sat Aug 02, 2008 9:37 am

DMac wrote:
MIDI Life Crisis wrote:It won't be official until you post your first major complaint about the program. THEN it's official.
...hehe. And I demand full use of your forum handle

Sorry, it's registered with the State of California and BMI already. But I'll come up with an even better one for you - and license it to you!

toodamnhip · Post by **toodamnhip** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 12:56 am

magicd wrote:DMac,
Welcome to the forum!

You'll find this board to be an first rate source of information, technique, opinions, etc.

I am a MOTU employee. My email address is magicd@motu.com If you ever need direct contact with MOTU, I am at your service.

Dave Roberts

That's a really nice note to see Dave

monkey man · Post by **monkey man** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 5:21 am

Yeah, I got that warm and fuzzy feeling all over, Hipster.

Larry Mal · Post by **Larry Mal** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:33 pm

I just got my new Mac Pro and am installing all my programs, including DP. Has anyone used the automatic setup to do this from one Mac to another? Or should I just do what I am doing?

DMac · Post by **DMac** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 2:50 pm

toodamnhip wrote:
magicd wrote:DMac,
Welcome to the forum!

You'll find this board to be an first rate source of information, technique, opinions, etc.

I am a MOTU employee. My email address is magicd@motu.com If you ever need direct contact with MOTU, I am at your service.

Dave Roberts
That's a really nice note to see Dave

...hehe, you're right. I just kind of glossed over that one. In the back of my mind, I think I just dismissed it as a spambot that got through

And since Dave chimed it, I might post one new thread in one of the other forums about my choice of the MOTU ultralite as my audio interface. I just need to record one mic and one guitar (both me) and possibly input some external synths and samplers. I don't really know how or if those still fit into the new VI world. I still have my MOTU MPT MIDI Timepiece with 8-in/8-out from when I was syncing all my external hardware to SMPTE using a mixer. I'm not exactly sure how to incorporate this hardware into the virtual world (not really sure that I even want to but I still have a lot of equipment). I guess if I'm triggering external modules via MIDI I have to bring the 1/4 in output back into the MOTU ultralite and record it as an audio track in DP.

I hate the technical aspect of all this

Frodo · Post by **Frodo** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:00 pm

Larry Mal wrote:I just got my new Mac Pro and am installing all my programs, including DP. Has anyone used the automatic setup to do this from one Mac to another? Or should I just do what I am doing?

MOTU has mentioned that some of the automated features are not a good idea for DP. You're doing the best thing by getting a fresh start with installs.

Larry Mal · Post by **Larry Mal** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:23 pm

Thanks Frodo- I'm going to have to download it directly from the MOTU site anyway, it's not installing correctly. Thanks for the off-topic help as always.

Larry Mal · Post by **Larry Mal** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:27 pm

I see I can't do that. Any thoughts on why the install fails? It seems to install correctly, but does not boot up.

Larry Mal · Post by **Larry Mal** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 3:27 pm

I'm going to start a new thread.

MIDI Life Crisis · Post by **MIDI Life Crisis** » Sun Aug 03, 2008 4:24 pm

Larry Mal wrote:I just got my new Mac Pro and am installing all my programs, including DP. Has anyone used the automatic setup to do this from one Mac to another? Or should I just do what I am doing?

Migration Assistant has always worked great for me.