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Message posted by George G <georgic_99@...>
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I am a logic pro user for over a year now. So far I have been using a Power
Mac G5 (dual 2.7) and everything has been running perfectly in my amature
home studio.  However since I am going away from home to study in university
I can not bring my G5 and all the equipment with me,
. I was considering buying the new intel based iMac and use it with
digidesig's Mbox for recording.  In general I dont need more than 30 audio
channels and 5 midi channels in my recordings, (or 25 audio 10 midi) but I
can get quite heavy on the plug-ins that I use.  Is this a reasonable amount
of pressure that the new iMac could handle without having noticable latency,
or am I better off not even trying to use the iMac for recording purposes? 
If anybody has had any experience with this please let  me know.  
Thank you.

> Message posted by George G <georgic_99@...>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> I am a logic pro user for over a year now. So far I have been using  
> a Power
> Mac G5 (dual 2.7) and everything has been running perfectly in my  
> amature
> home studio.  However since I am going away from home to study in  
> university
> I can not bring my G5 and all the equipment with me,
> . I was considering buying the new intel based iMac and use it with
> digidesig's Mbox for recording.  In general I dont need more than  
> 30 audio
> channels and 5 midi channels in my recordings, (or 25 audio 10  
> midi) but I
> can get quite heavy on the plug-ins that I use.  Is this a  
> reasonable amount
> of pressure that the new iMac could handle without having noticable  
> latency,
> or am I better off not even trying to use the iMac for recording  
> purposes?
> If anybody has had any experience with this please let  me know.
> Thank you.


It's too soon to use the intel macs for Logic or ProTools software.   
You need to wait for Apple & Digi to release "universal" versions of  
their software.

If you must get something right now and use it immediately, you need  
to stick with the G5 until the new software is available, probably a  
few months.  Even then, it might be a while till they get the bugs out.

- Dave

--- In logic-ot@yahoogroups.com, David Gordon <music-pro@...> wrote:
>
> It's too soon to use the intel macs for Logic or ProTools software.   
> You need to wait for Apple & Digi to release "universal" versions of  
> their software.

Actually, Logic 7.2 is shipping, the first Universal Binary version of 
Logic. People are already using it on sintel imacs.
> 
> If you must get something right now and use it immediately, you need  
> to stick with the G5 until the new software is available, probably a  
> few months.  Even then, it might be a while till they get the bugs 
out.

This makes sense as far as 3rd party plugins, such as NI and Waves, 
might be concerned.

kind regards

Mark Cahill

> Actually, Logic 7.2 is shipping, the first Universal Binary version of
> Logic. People are already using it on intel imacs.
>>
>> If you must get something right now and use it immediately, you need
>> to stick with the G5 until the new software is available, probably a
>> few months.  Even then, it might be a while till they get the bugs
> out.
>
> This makes sense as far as 3rd party plugins, such as NI and Waves,
> might be concerned.
>
> kind regards
>
> Mark Cahill


OK, I stand corrected, it is shipping.

On the other hand, if you are making music professionally and can't  
take a chance on work interruptions, it might be better to wait for a  
few updates to get the bugs out.

And third party stuff will take longer to catch up as you pointed out.

- Dave

What's the deal with OEM software?

I get emails advertising Photoshop, Illustrator, etc for $70-

Is it Legit?

Thanks, David

> What's the deal with OEM software?
>
> I get emails advertising Photoshop, Illustrator, etc for $70-
>
> Is it Legit?

No, never. OEM software, by definition, cannot be sold separately.

General rule of thumb: ALL spammers are liars, and NEVER buy ANYTHING from
them (even if it is legit).

OEM software from a reputable dealer is legit!  

By definition the OEM software can not be legally sold separately 
without hardware.  Therefore some dealers will sell the OEM software 
accompanied by an old piece of worthless hardware to meet legal 
requirements.

On 24 Feb 2006, at 04:58, dkiner@... wrote:

> OEM software from a reputable dealer is legit!
>
> By definition the OEM software can not be legally sold separately
> without hardware.  Therefore some dealers will sell the OEM software
> accompanied by an old piece of worthless hardware to meet legal
> requirements.
Hands up those who bought a cheap copy of Windows accompanied by a  
Microsoft IntelliMouse!

Aye!, Mike