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<blockquote data-quote="Steve Milner" data-source="post: 23349" data-attributes="member: 9">Re: MacbookHey Steve... I have gone through it all over the years. . . &nbsp;-Started with a pile of ADAT machines and a BRC remote.... that got old quickly. &nbsp;-Built an Audio Only PC to run Nuendo... had a MOTU PCI based 2402Mk3 for i/o and loved it, but it was a Windows 2000 NT OS and I eventually had to move on. That rig was rock solid (when it got up and running), but was in a HUGE tower that I spent a fair amount of time building myself and tweaking..and by todays standards really wouldn&#039;t be impressive at all.&nbsp;-Had an Alesis HD24 for a while, and while this was super rock solid for live recordings... the back end work to get the files out of the proprietary system was just killing me. I had mine prior to the availability of the Firewire card (actually bought the Demo model off my Alesis Rep at the time)... and the SLOW transfer rate was just murdering me. &nbsp;&nbsp;I now have the system that I have really always wanted... and I find myself enjoying doing more recordings now that it is so much easier to deal with. My current setup is as follows. . . &nbsp; -2008 Macbook Pro 15&quot; 2.4G Core 2 Duo w/ 4GB ram &amp; a 500GB HD onboard. &nbsp; -2010 Mac Mini with similar specs and an even bigger HD. &nbsp; -1.5 TB External Firewire HD. &nbsp; -For i/o I am using the MOTU 896mk3 (decent enough pre&#039;s onboard &amp; 16ch of light-pipe i/o for expansion)&nbsp; -Mackie HUI (recent addition) which stays at home for back end mixing. &nbsp;&nbsp;I run Logic Pro 9 for everything, and could not be happier really. On the mini, I do use Audacity a fair bit as it is much lighter to run on the computer and I can have Studio Manager up and running at the same time on the Mini when I&#039;m recording a live gig. &nbsp;The biggest advantage of the Apple platform for me is that it all just works... I sometimes take it all, sometimes just certain pieces... plug it in and it all just works. I cannot say how big of a difference this is from the Audio PC that I had before that was just so damned temper mental to deal with when you would start unhooking things and moving them to and from a live gig. I transfer files between the two macs for editing and have never once had an instance where something went screwy. I know the MOTU stuff isn&#039;t loved by everyone, but I have somehow become comfortable with their software over the years, and for the money, they do a really solid job for me.&nbsp;Sorry for the long post... I hope some of that was helpful to you.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Steve Milner, post: 23349, member: 9"] Re: Macbook Hey Steve... I have gone through it all over the years. . . -Started with a pile of ADAT machines and a BRC remote.... that got old quickly. -Built an Audio Only PC to run Nuendo... had a MOTU PCI based 2402Mk3 for i/o and loved it, but it was a Windows 2000 NT OS and I eventually had to move on. That rig was rock solid (when it got up and running), but was in a HUGE tower that I spent a fair amount of time building myself and tweaking..and by todays standards really wouldn't be impressive at all. -Had an Alesis HD24 for a while, and while this was super rock solid for live recordings... the back end work to get the files out of the proprietary system was just killing me. I had mine prior to the availability of the Firewire card (actually bought the Demo model off my Alesis Rep at the time)... and the SLOW transfer rate was just murdering me. I now have the system that I have really always wanted... and I find myself enjoying doing more recordings now that it is so much easier to deal with. My current setup is as follows. . . -2008 Macbook Pro 15" 2.4G Core 2 Duo w/ 4GB ram & a 500GB HD onboard. -2010 Mac Mini with similar specs and an even bigger HD. -1.5 TB External Firewire HD. -For i/o I am using the MOTU 896mk3 (decent enough pre's onboard & 16ch of light-pipe i/o for expansion) -Mackie HUI (recent addition) which stays at home for back end mixing. I run Logic Pro 9 for everything, and could not be happier really. On the mini, I do use Audacity a fair bit as it is much lighter to run on the computer and I can have Studio Manager up and running at the same time on the Mini when I'm recording a live gig. The biggest advantage of the Apple platform for me is that it all just works... I sometimes take it all, sometimes just certain pieces... plug it in and it all just works. I cannot say how big of a difference this is from the Audio PC that I had before that was just so damned temper mental to deal with when you would start unhooking things and moving them to and from a live gig. I transfer files between the two macs for editing and have never once had an instance where something went screwy. I know the MOTU stuff isn't loved by everyone, but I have somehow become comfortable with their software over the years, and for the money, they do a really solid job for me. Sorry for the long post... I hope some of that was helpful to you. [/QUOTE]

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