Starting fresh
Posted: Sun Apr 05, 2015 3:21 pm
About to re-enter home recording after a long hiatus. A couple problems arose, partially due to my insistence on bringing along an Apogee Rosetta 24/96 with S/PDIF output, Apple's moves on updating ports and OSs, and my resistance to change.
What I have: I recently bought a refurbed 2012 Mini Core i7 2.6GHz, primarily because newer Macs don't appear to accept audio natively, let alone S/PDIF. So this should keep the Apogee happy. It shipped with a four gigs of RAM and a TB 5400 drive, loaded with Mavericks, although originally it likely shipped with Mountain Lion. I decided to have OWC install two SSDs and 16 gigs of RAM.
Prior to shipping to OWC, I booted from the internal Mav drive, then tested an external Mtn Lion drive which also booted, leading me to believe I'd be able to drop back a generation. Wrong! The machine's back now, but refuses to accept Mtn Lion on the internal drives—Mini presumably was flashed during original refurb, enabling 6GB comms with drives, but losing the internal ML ability.
What I liked a lot, in mid-olden days: Snow Leopard. What I've used, albeit in a minimalist, day-work fashion: Mtn Lion. What I've never touched: Yosemite.
Software: Even though I haven't recorded since W was president, I've updated DP, and have 7 and 8; Ivory, Sample Tank, Trillian; recently bought, never loaded Reaktor, a Miroslav pkg, 2-3 Slate plugs, couple drum libs (i.e. Addictive) and maybe five others that catch my mind at the moment. Oh, and B4 and JBridge, the latter picked up 1-2 years ago when I thought I'd get to this stage quicker. I'm aware of the utility (32 Lives?) that would "move" B4 AU to 64-bit use, but would prefer not to spend another $100 for B4, although it's an essential plug for me.
Lastly, it's just me in the studio, figure 16-20 tracks and partials per song, plus the noted softwares.
My question(s)…
Will I run into problems running ML from an external SSD? The internal drives will hold the libraries and recorded audio, as well as serving as data repositories. (Side note: When I booted from the external ML drive, the 6GBs speed was incredible, although the drive was otherwise unpopulated; I assume if this boots safely, the internals will prove plenty fast for streaming.)
With the given stats, will I want/need to move to 64-bit, and if so, would I be better moving on to Yosemite and doing some future prepping?
Given the last ?, please note the 16GB of RAM…that's the max allowed.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for any light you can shed. And/or suggestions you might make.
What I have: I recently bought a refurbed 2012 Mini Core i7 2.6GHz, primarily because newer Macs don't appear to accept audio natively, let alone S/PDIF. So this should keep the Apogee happy. It shipped with a four gigs of RAM and a TB 5400 drive, loaded with Mavericks, although originally it likely shipped with Mountain Lion. I decided to have OWC install two SSDs and 16 gigs of RAM.
Prior to shipping to OWC, I booted from the internal Mav drive, then tested an external Mtn Lion drive which also booted, leading me to believe I'd be able to drop back a generation. Wrong! The machine's back now, but refuses to accept Mtn Lion on the internal drives—Mini presumably was flashed during original refurb, enabling 6GB comms with drives, but losing the internal ML ability.
What I liked a lot, in mid-olden days: Snow Leopard. What I've used, albeit in a minimalist, day-work fashion: Mtn Lion. What I've never touched: Yosemite.
Software: Even though I haven't recorded since W was president, I've updated DP, and have 7 and 8; Ivory, Sample Tank, Trillian; recently bought, never loaded Reaktor, a Miroslav pkg, 2-3 Slate plugs, couple drum libs (i.e. Addictive) and maybe five others that catch my mind at the moment. Oh, and B4 and JBridge, the latter picked up 1-2 years ago when I thought I'd get to this stage quicker. I'm aware of the utility (32 Lives?) that would "move" B4 AU to 64-bit use, but would prefer not to spend another $100 for B4, although it's an essential plug for me.
Lastly, it's just me in the studio, figure 16-20 tracks and partials per song, plus the noted softwares.
My question(s)…
Will I run into problems running ML from an external SSD? The internal drives will hold the libraries and recorded audio, as well as serving as data repositories. (Side note: When I booted from the external ML drive, the 6GBs speed was incredible, although the drive was otherwise unpopulated; I assume if this boots safely, the internals will prove plenty fast for streaming.)
With the given stats, will I want/need to move to 64-bit, and if so, would I be better moving on to Yosemite and doing some future prepping?
Given the last ?, please note the 16GB of RAM…that's the max allowed.
Thanks for reading, and thanks for any light you can shed. And/or suggestions you might make.