Thanks, and your right, it is 21.5 and it is 2011. I think it maxes at 4 or
6 GB ram if I remember correctly. I do not have the UA card/shuttle, I was
looking into it, but I couldn't find out how accessible it was with VO. I
think that I just need to max out the ram and see what that does for me. My
Mac is like a woman, I got to treat her just right, massage her a little and
give her rest when she gets too tired, got to love it. I am finding out that
Antari stuff can be a CPU hog from what I can tell and I am just avoiding it
in real time recording for now.
Thanks for your thoughts
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From: "Monkey Pusher" <monkeypushe...@gmail.com>
To: <ptaccess@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2013 10:27 AM
Subject: Re: Anyone using an Imac
I am assuming you have a 21.5 iMac and not an 11.5. The problem here
is ram 2GB isn't enough really. All modern iMacs have a ram hatch on
the back you can get to by removing two screws on the back. I'd
suggest figureing out which model you have (can be found in about
this mac) and using a site like OWC or Crucial to figure out how much
ram that model maxes out at and do just that. If you aren't using
DSP cards for plug ins, the most amount of RAM you can throw at the
system the better off you will be. I myself am running a 2011 27"
iMac with lion and i can tell you that its definately desktop
calibier parts in there. In fact as teh iMacs has become increasingly
more powerful its teh reason the mac pros haven't gotten such radical
updates in a while. If memory serves correct you have some DSP cards
from UA i believe. I'd suggest looking into one of those expansion
chasis that hold desktop cards and connect via thunderbold or
firewire, then you could offload some of that processing as well.
On 2/13/13, Poppa Bear <heavens4r...@gmail.com> wrote:
I have an 11.5 Imac, quad core, 2GB ram running lion and PT 8.4. Now that
I
am activly using waves with some other plugins I am experiencing buffer
bugs
and CPU issues. Is anyone else using an Imac and if so, are there any
tips
to help stream line the way PT functions in it? Also I was talking to a
friend yesterday and he was telling me that an Imac was more or less a
highbread laptop and further away from the desktop family, does anyone
have
thoughts on that statement? I am asking because I feel like I should be
able
to put a heavier load on it. The load I can put on my desktop PC is
hurckilian compared to my Imac at this point.
Nate Kile, Cross Road Recording Studios, specializing in Mixing,
Mastering
and all your audio needs. www.crossroadrecording.com
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