Does Monolake use a Tibook?

Geraldo · Post by **Geraldo** » Fri Nov 08, 2002 5:58 pm

I'll bet he uses a PC. Anyone know?

macaddled · Post by **macaddled** » Fri Nov 08, 2002 6:08 pm

all the downloads on his site are in .sit format so I'm guessing he uses a mac at some point

FORMAT · Post by **FORMAT** » Fri Nov 08, 2002 9:59 pm

Geraldo,

your posts are really funny

- when they're about proving that using a PC is the only option to make "stage-ready" music.... am I right?

I am falling, slowly but surely, for the TiBook by the way...

cheers,
format

dirtystudios · Post by **dirtystudios** » Sat Nov 09, 2002 12:39 am

at this point, you might as well fall for two ibooks and save yourself a few hundred. as much as i love me tibook, two ibook 700's would be off the hook.

k

astromass · Post by **astromass** » Sat Nov 09, 2002 8:45 am

hi: i just used my ib00k600 (osX, live 1.5, 384mb ram) and it rocked...not a single glitch. i had 3 live "channels" running and would switch patterns quite quickly. each channel had about 3 effects, and the send 1 had 3 effects. not too much response lag, maybe a lil response lag on sweeping the little freq dots in the eq, but it was ok..
WAY fun. ibooks are fun.

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Nov 09, 2002 11:09 am

astromass
what do you mean 3 channels?
how many tracks/ clips were you getting?

FORMAT · Post by **FORMAT** » Sat Nov 09, 2002 11:26 am

dirtystudios

thanx for the twin iBook tip - but I want to run Logic on it as well and have only one xskey - what to do about that

maybe reaktor and live on one and logic on the other..... good thought... still the top-of-the-line ibook times two is more expensive than the smallest powerbook

have you got a clue how to sync the two ibooks?

fromat

astromass · Post by **astromass** » Sat Nov 09, 2002 5:04 pm

hi:
i actually had 3 tracks running, and loaded each track with like maybe 100 clips each. my clips are usually pretty layered and fluid and wet, so for just 3 tracks, i was making a hella racket with minimal processor usage (30%).
i'm loving my mac since i switched in march. peas.

Geraldo · Post by **Geraldo** » Sat Nov 09, 2002 7:30 pm

Hey Astromass,
Try using 8 -10 tracks and see what your performance is like. Track count eats up CPU performance real fast. I'm trying very hard to imagine how I could mix a song using only 3 tracks. That would be a lot of mouse clicking between clips and I would probably miss a lot! I keep maybe 3 or four clips per track and use 6-10 tracks for a basic song. Do you use a controller surface?

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Sat Nov 09, 2002 8:02 pm

thanks for the response astromass and ditto to what geraldo is saying.

dirtystudios · Post by **dirtystudios** » Sat Nov 09, 2002 10:29 pm

nuts to the top of the line ibook, if you're gonna spend that type of money, you might as well drop a few hundred more and get a tibook. nab up a couple 600's and do exactly what you said, run logic on one and reaktor and live on the other. i guarantee that you'll have better performance spreading your apps out over a few machines than trying to cram it all into one, even if it is a rippin' tibook. as for sync, just run some midi action between the two. if you only need midi for sync, just use two of those little 1x1 midisport guys.

k

Geraldo · Post by **Geraldo** » Sun Nov 10, 2002 4:24 pm

Format,
Don't get a Tibook. Get a Sony or a Toshiba with a nice fat FSB and a fast processor. You will be dissapointed with the performance/cost. If you don't beleive me, check out Bioroid's testimonials in the Live performance thread on page 5. Didn't you start that thing?

Kodama · Post by **Kodama** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 5:10 pm

Anyone else notice the iBook 700's benching out about the same as many of the TiBook's?

Makes me want to check out the 800's w/ faster bus, 2x onchip cache, etc...

FORMAT · Post by **FORMAT** » Thu Nov 14, 2002 5:35 pm

that' what I'm most likely to get: an 867 PB w/ Motu 828, configged properly, and I'll be in heaven....

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