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Moving To A Mac?
After a decade of using a PC for PT, I'm considering moving to a Macbook Pro. How well can PT run on a Macbook Pro w/one SSD? You can configure the latest retinas with up to a 1TB of PCIe SSD.
The plus of using my Lenovo (PC) workstation laptop is that I can install 4 separate SSDs in the laptop. The plus on the Mac is also access to Logic X. I also like that you can run PT on a Macbook w/its internal soundcard (ASIO4ALL is not the greatest solution on the PC) Anyone move from a PC to a Mac and not regret it?
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Re: Moving To A Mac?
No regrets here
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Re: Moving To A Mac?
Can you record large sessions w/lots of plug ins to ONE drive?
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Re: Moving To A Mac?
If you're recording with plugin you would wanna be on an HDX system or the like so you won't have issues with latency
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Re: Moving To A Mac?
I use PT on both pc and Mac at at 32 buffer and while HDX would be really nice, latency isn't really an issue for me...
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Yes as long as the plugins you use WHILE RECORDING doesn't have inherent latency or doesn't require latency to operate then you'll be fine.
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Re: Moving To A Mac?
Are you able to use PT on your Macbook w/the System Drive only?
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Re: Moving To A Mac?
Yes I can but I haven't really tested the track/plugin count using the system drive instead of an external.
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Re: Moving To A Mac?
Good point! I really only use basic eq, compression and reverb when tracking. It can be an issue though if you've mixed a session using plugins with latency but have to record something new. In that case it's usually not a big deal to deactivate those plugins during the recording.
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Re: Moving To A Mac?
A MacBook Pro can be a great little PT setup, if you get the right features. The fastest i7 quad core cpu, 8GB of RAM minimum(16 is better) and avoid the Fusion drives. I can't speak for how well it will do recording to the internal SSD, but I have been impressed with HDN(small Magma chassis) and an external audio drive(150+ tracks with lots of plugins, AND video at the 128 buffer setting)
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