Mac Discussion

[Antwan]

Don't know if anyone messes with the mac for music but curious what all is out there as far as free music software goes.
Should I really spend the money on a program, or a suite?
Got the Mac Mini, screen with the pc built in by the way. Not lightning fast but it gets things done and should last.
The instrumentals I've made so far have been in Linux on a new laptop.
Linux recently got some FL Studio type apps.. only catch is the samples and what not are limited, as far as I have searched anyway, not seeing many resources. Not sure how to sample things myself.

[emericaridr11]

I use Reason 5..... but FL has a Mac Version too and will most likely be your cheapest option
or Pirate, you know

I like Reason 5, but it aint the best... but mad mad fun
Ableton, Cubase, Reason, FruityLoops, Avid ProTools, Apple Logic, Sony Acid, Audacity, GarageBand even

after talking with my brother some about it he says that being a Rap type guy, Ableton would be your best bet probably, but he also says try out Logic cause you wont be disappointed
as far as free goes, well you know what to do... you got a mac, everything can be free... wink (to a point of course)

[Antwan]

Cool, Ive heard good things about ableton. Already use audacity, might need something better though, pretty basic. I am learning too, but man hip hop is tough for me haha. Ive just had a mic and some things to say for a long time. Whole new beast.

[Noah eh]

My MacBook Air has basically the same specs except for a 1.6 GHz processor and a smaller hard drive. Definitely not ideal for video editing, but it you can still get decent performance with video nonetheless. But it's great for graphic design, Photoshop and Illustrator run great, Cinema 4D did too when I had it. As for music, great option. I use Logic Pro X for producing and recording, and it doesn't lag too often. iZotope Ozone 6 runs amazing for mastering. It would definitely be worth getting that Mini, or an Air, if your budget is slim. But, if you have some spending money, go for a Pro.

[Antwan]

Meant to say iMac, that's what I ended up gettin fo free!
Someone offered to get me one so I couldn't say no without a setup.
Helps a little bit if you disable the effects on the mac though but I was planning to edit video on a different laptop.
So's all good!

[emericaridr11]

Meant to say iMac, that's what I ended up gettin fo free!
Someone offered to get me one so I couldn't say no without a setup.
Helps a little bit if you disable the effects on the mac though but I was planning to edit video on a different laptop.
So's all good!

I assume you are on Yosemite or El Capitan, man I have to say I have tried them all and I went back to Mountain Lion

if you only have 4gb ram or lower it might be a wise idea to go back to Mountain Lion, and let me tell you why.....
everything after Mountain Lion uses your Ram differently than ML did, the new OSXs use AS MUCH RAM as possible even in idle.... now usually with newer machine with 12gb ram or more this ain't a problem and even more with that amount of ram this new Ram Allotment might work better and snappy-er

but I can assure you if you don't have 8gb ram or above you would benefit from Mountain Lion, your computer would be less stressed (even in idle it can get stressed on these new osx's)

of course I am just giving you my opinions and experiences, my brother has a 4gb Mini that runs EL Capitan and he loves it, but my dad has a imac 4gb and it keeps restarting and freezing and all kinds of goofyness... we put him back on ML and everything is running Super Smooth

you said you had to Disable the Mac Effects.... and Im sitting here like what the fuck is he talking about? then thought to myself "Oh yeah Yosemite and El Capitan have this bullshit transparency crap that just uses unnecessary ram for no good reason).... El Capitan is weak, Mavericks was the last good OS (and I personally think Mountain Lion was and still is the most stable OS I have ever used)

just a thought, if you do decide to revert back to ML, make sure you got the programs that will work with that OSx.... or just keep El Capitan and try to wait on more updates, some people like it... but I don't


and yes if you got mac GRAB LOGIC!!

[Antwan]

I was trying to figure out what it's running myself, the person who got it for me even set it up before hand.

Processor 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo
Memory 4 GB 800 MHz DDR2 SDRAM
Graphics ATI Radeon HD 2400 XT 128 MB
Software OS X 10.9 (13A603)
I took that software number to google and it says something about Maverick but the source only implied it was.
I didn't know graphics cards could have a size either? Confused about what that means haha. 128MB seems low?