Is this computer strong enuff?

[clarke]

Greetings to the the board.
I've cometed myself to building my own
in home studio.
Wanted to get it started useing
g4 pwr book (1 gig CPU) 256 Ram.
with the 8PRE until i get the $$ for an IMAC
i know i can bump the ram up to 1gig
would this be enuff to record useing all 8 inputs
at the same time? im looking to do live band (drums)
recording in my live room, and didnt want to get
clients inline an not have this thing hold up.

Is this strong enuff?
im using DP4.6/reason.

clarke

[aitikin]

Pretty sure it would if you can upgrade the RAM a bit. 256 is very little for you to work with. Which version of OS X are you using? If your answer is higher than 10.3.x you definitely need to upgrade. RAM is something that OS X eats up like none other. I use a powerbook g4 with something like a 333 mhz processor at my job when we go on location, but it has 512MB of RAM and we have a firewire hard drive. You'll really want an external because the internal hard drive is really slow.

All in all, it might be, but I wouldn't feel safe working with that.

[BradLyons]

Obviously, a newere computer would be a significant help....but until then, this computer will work but you absolutely must have more ram!

[monkey man]

Nooooo! Don't mention the "R" word, Brad. [Looks around worriedly]

[Whispers] "RAMFro's back as of yesterday, and he's got a new slogan to boot. It's '16G is the new 4G".
Mum's the word. See you on the hustings."

[Monkey hobbles into the distance, the creek of his mobile poo cleaning rig's axle permeates the hypnotic tones of his shuffling feet, set to a background of traditional organ-grinding toons from his portable, er, organ grinder.]

[Phil O]

RAM!!!! Did somebody say RAM!!!!!!!!!!!!

RRRRRRRRRRR
AAAAAAAAAA
MMMMMMMM

"Calling Mr. Frodo! I have a call for a Mr. Frodo!"

Sorry, Mister Monkey Man sir. I couldn't resist. Besides, the cat's already out of the bag.

Phil

[Phil O]

Err, umm. Clarke, don't mind us. Sometimes we get a little off topic and James has to jump in and send us to the corner.

Welcome aboard! You'll find some really good folks here, and amid all the nonsense, some great info.

Phil

[monkey man]

RAM!!!! Did somebody say RAM!!!!!!!!!!!!

RRRRRRRRRRR
AAAAAAAAAA
MMMMMMMM

"Calling Mr. Frodo! I have a call for a Mr. Frodo!"

Sorry, Mister Monkey Man sir. I couldn't resist. Besides, the cat's already out of the bag.

Phil

Oh, no.
[Monkey's complexion turns white as snow]

Never mind Phil, you're a good kid and I know you mean well.
Mind you, if RAMFro starts tellin' this guy he needs 16G minimum, that the silicon content must be of consistent quality and origin across all chips, that his outdated RAM modules can be ground up and used as guitar nut lubricants for fluid string movement and tuning, or that it might be an idea to do away with his hard drive and install a bank of RAM modules in an expansion chassis and record exclusively within POLAR, don't say I didn't warn you.

Err, umm. Clarke, don't mind us. Sometimes we get a little off topic and James has to jump in and send us to the corner.

More often than not though, after we've touched upon every subject known to man, we find ourselves back where we started.
I s'pose it's a measure of self discipline that we're committed to exploring all areas, knowing that we'll always end up where we start.

Welcome aboard!l

Yeah Clarkie, welcome to our humble abode.
Please excuse the skid marks on the walls - some crazed little chimp just blazed through here with a big gun and a pile of poomunition.

You'll find some really good folks here, and amid all the nonsense, some great info.

Or to put it another way, amongst all the info here you'll find some great nonsense.

Welcome to the mad world of the Unicorn, Clarke.

[BradLyons]

We're not crazy, everyone else is......at least that's what my therapist said before I shot him. And well the judge looked at me and said I belonged in a mental hospital, but that just proved everyone else was crazy instead because if they weren't---they wouldn't be there already! hehehehe

[daniel.sneed]

I've made two records with a powerbook Titanium G4 667MHz.
That was a great machine.
I had upgraded ram to 684Mo and hard disk to 100Go 7200rpm.

Just had to be cautious on plugins. Keep these simple rules in mind :
Low buffer (256) with very few stock plugins for tracking step.
High buffer (1024) with some plugins (preferably DP stock ones) for mixing step.
Be cautious about third party plugins, which are often CPU hog.
Be extremely cautious about virtual instruments : use none or very CPU-light ones (as DP stock VI, or Reason/Rewire VI).

But, surely, great music can be done with your machine.

[monkey man]

Be cautious about third party plugins, which are often CPU hog.

Be extremely cautious about virtual instruments

... and last but not least, be uber cautious about Unicorns.

[clarke]

thanks guys
I like the skid marks on the wall
they add style to the room
I ended up getting a G4 Dual 1gig with 1.5 gig of Ram
desktop unit for the studio, and got a great deal on a G4 1.25g cpu
with 2Gig ram 15in pwr book for working at home on mixes.
with the 8pre and the Mbox1 i get 10 input recording with
no problems so far no big issues other then what ive posted elsewhere on the boards.


Clarke
Control Freq Studios
http://www.myspace.com/controlfreqstudios

[mhschmieder]

If you comet yourself, be careful when re-entering Earth's atmosphere .

[clarke]

i like to stay above the At-Most-FEAR !!!!!!

[kassonica]

RAM!!!! Did somebody say RAM!!!!!!!!!!!!

RRRRRRRRRRR
AAAAAAAAAA
MMMMMMMM

"Calling Mr. Frodo! I have a call for a Mr. Frodo!"

Sorry, Mister Monkey Man sir. I couldn't resist. Besides, the cat's already out of the bag.

Phil

A PAUL McCARTNEY album maybe