Mac Pro for Recording

[sporadicMotion]

So after Christmas is all said and done, I'm finally breaking down and getting myself a shiny new Mac Pro. I've been doing audio recording on my trusty little MacBook for a while and I've realized that while I like being able to take my music with me to work on over at friends places and all that jazz, I want a proper desktop... a machine that I don't need to lock down the tracks before playing a song! Anyone in here using there Pro for such good fun? If so, what was most important to you (aside from having a fast drive).

 

[product26]

i am using my mac pro (original base model with 4gb of ram and plenty of storage on multiple 7200 rpm drives) with Protools M-Powered 7.4.x and a M-Audio Profire 2626.

As i type I am mastering a 5 song demo that I just recorded with my band. 29 audio tracks, 12 aux tracks, loads of effects.... and still PLENTY of headroom. I would recommend 4+ gigs of ram, and at least 2 extra hard drives, one for recording and another for backup.

 

[rockinrocker]

yeah, i'm using cubase and native instruments komplete.

optimal drive setup:
drive 1: (stock if you like)
boot and apps only

drive 2: for reading/writing audio files (so save your projects to this drive)

drive 3: for samples if you do any midi instruments

and another for backup/time machine.

you'll be able to do as many tracks/effects other junk as you could possibly want.

 

[afireintonto]

everybody knows all good bands use garageband...ahaha

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well they do.

 

[BeyondMountains]

i am using my mac pro (original base model with 4gb of ram and plenty of storage on multiple 7200 rpm drives) with Protools M-Powered 7.4.x and a M-Audio Profire 2626.

As i type I am mastering a 5 song demo that I just recorded with my band. 29 audio tracks, 12 aux tracks, loads of effects.... and still PLENTY of headroom. I would recommend 4+ gigs of ram, and at least 2 extra hard drives, one for recording and another for backup.

Hey I got the 2626 too!! pretty sweet. However, I mostly use logic. I am thinking about trying protools out some more.

I had 2gb of ram for a while and there were a lot of times that my ram was really close to being maxed out. Now I have 10, since its so cheap and got plenty of room to spare.

 

[product26]

Hey I got the 2626 too!! pretty sweet. However, I mostly use logic. I am thinking about trying protools out some more.

I had 2gb of ram for a while and there were a lot of times that my ram was really close to being maxed out. Now I have 10, since its so cheap and got plenty of room to spare.

the 2626 is great. I had a Firewire 1814 previous with audio buddy preamps... the sound quality is immediately noticeable. The preamps in the 2626 are excellent.

 

[chrisdee]

Has anybody here with a MacPro tested how many intrument tracks they get in ProTools with Structure / Xpand! ?

What about adding effect plugins like dynamics, reverb, eq to the same intrument tracks. How does this work ?