New Mac User Daw Optimization

spacesuit · Post by **spacesuit** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:55 pm

I'm a new mac user. I just got an IMac Intel 1.83 G5 to complement my PC DAW. My question is, do I need to optimize this mac for music? If so, where can I find some sort of guide to set it up? Any suggestions? Where's the good Mac music sites? Also, where do I sign up for the Intel Duo Core Beta program?

longjohns · Post by **longjohns** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 3:57 pm

your comp's not a g5

zebastian21 · Post by **zebastian21** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:11 pm

spacesuit wrote:I'm a new mac user. I just got an IMac Intel 1.83 G5 to complement my PC DAW. My question is, do I need to optimize this mac for music? If so, where can I find some sort of guide to set it up? Any suggestions? Where's the good Mac music sites? Also, where do I sign up for the Intel Duo Core Beta program?

at this moment there is no DAW supported for intelmac....Logic wil be in march...logic late feb.....
what u can use right now is garageband 3.
you can still use other unsupported Daw;s...but their performance will be really poor

robin · Post by **robin** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:12 pm

Some apple techs recommend wiping the machine and doing a custom ground up OS install. This allows you to get rid of unwanted printer drivers and language localisations. Not really essential though.

OSX doesn't really need optimising but I'd make sure you not running any power saving features when running Live and make sure you have 5-10 GB free on your drive to allow space for swap files etc etc.

And yeah it isn't a G5

Hervé · Post by **Hervé** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:22 pm

You might go by www.bigbluelounge.com
Lots of good advices. Skip the front page and dig in the forums...

spacesuit · Post by **spacesuit** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:46 pm

It's a IMac 17" 1.83 Intel Duo Core, not a G5. My apologies.
...and I realize that nothing works on it now and Live (my fav) will work in February. I'll be using my PC with Reason and VSTi's as a workstation SPDIF'd into the Mac for a long time, I'm sure.
So turn off the power saving features. How can I turn off the widgets?
What about plugins, when they work. For instance, would I run NI's FM7 in Live as a VST or as an Audio unit? Which would make the Mac happier?

robin · Post by **robin** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 4:49 pm

spacesuit wrote: How can I turn off the widgets?

Turning of dashboard:

http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php? ... &lsrc=osxh

spacesuit · Post by **spacesuit** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:16 pm

Do I need to turn off the wireless card when using Live like I don on my PC?

robin · Post by **robin** » Tue Jan 31, 2006 5:19 pm

spacesuit wrote:Do I need to turn off the wireless card when using Live like I don on my PC?

Probably wise to really. I never remember and it's caused no probs.

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