imac i7

[ericlees]

hi, planning to buy an imac i7 8gb ram... wanna know if its capable of handle nice 64 audio tracks, 10 midi and arround 100 plug ins including waves, mcdsp and sonox

[bradch00]

I bought one of the i7 iMacs and although I haven't put together as intense session as the one you describe, I've driven it pretty hard. I loaded mine to 16GB of RAM (just cuz..) using after market RAM through Crucial, which saved me a bundle. I like love the machine and the big 27" screen is a bonus. The only thing that I noted (I think in another thread) is that if you are doing live recording in the same room as the host, after a couple of hours (unless you let the screen dim after a few minutes) the fan sound becomes audible, not loud but definitely more audible that in the 3.8Ghz core duo 2 iMac that this one replaced. I don't use Sonox plug-ins, but McDSP (EQ and compression), Izotope (Alloy), Toontrack (SD2, EZMix), Spectrasonics on just about every session. Not one -6101 yet.

[ericlees]

ok, maybe i'll buy one soon... i'm gonna use it on separate rooms so the fans won't be a problem. i only upgrade the cpu at apple store and then the ram aftermarket but only 8gb cause pro tools is only capable on handle 4gb and the other 4gb for other system tasks.

[Undertones]

Just bought one this tuesday. Same specs, i7 and 8GB ram. Getting it tomorrow, I hope. Will report back!

[mindnoise]

hi, planning to buy an imac i7 8gb ram... wanna know if its capable of handle nice 64 audio tracks, 10 midi and arround 100 plug ins including waves, mcdsp and sonox

to run 64 track you need at least 2 seperate Harddisks, according to ProTools perfomance specs.
Since the are external FireWire and OXFORD chipset is a must.

check for Glyph, newegg.com and macsales.com for candidates.


best

[ericlees]

ok so...how do i hook em out together? the imac only have 1 fw800 so... i connect one hd then another and then daisy chain the profire 2626 or how?

[bradch00]

ok so...how do i hook em out together? the imac only have 1 fw800 so... i connect one hd then another and then daisy chain the profire 2626 or how?

I have iMac-FW800 > F400-Maxtor >F800-Lacie > FW400-ProjectMix I/O

This works for me, however I haven't tried 64 tracks.

[ericlees]

yeah...i send an e mail to Brad Lyons and he told that...so i can daisy chain multiple hd and the my interface...so...i'll try it soon...