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dsharits said:
Right, I do have the Kaoss Pad and the dual cd player there, as well as a total of 20 mixing channels on my desk. I also have a rack with a few EQ's, some compressors and amps next to my desk (on the right side) along with another 10 mixing channels. Everything is piped through two 12" Gemini GSM 1250's on either side of my setup. I do most of my audio work and all of my video work on my G4. I haven't really gotten into video besides basic stuff until recently, because my most powerful computer was my iBook up until a month ago. Now, with the Dual G4, it's a little easier to get into it.
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20 outboard channels? So are you running a loop then? If they're mono your only using 6 channels (stereo: Kaos-2, CD player-4) and your EQs on the insert/sends? I guess i just don't 'see' the process. I've been making music with the Mac for quite sometime and don't really use outboard mixers unless im recording real instruments. Different ways of working i guess.

Check out osxaudio if you haven't already. :)

Those Kaos pads are fun ... i've been meaning to get an Air FX, but they're getting harder to come by.


peace | neut
 
cleanup said:
Just received my iMac G5! I'm a switcher. In a few hours I had Office, Creative Suite 2 and my music all loaded up. I'm NEVER going back to Windows!

Hey, my Applications folder has iWork in it... is that normal? Does Tiger come with a trial of iWork? If I buy iWork, should I remove the iWork folder that's already there? Or did I just receive a free copy?

This is a temporary setup... :D
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Yeah, I noticed that too with the iWork thing on my new iMac G5. The version on my computer doesn't say it is a trial version, it works just fine and never prompts me to insert a key. I will just keep it there until somethings says I have to buy it.
 
neut said:
20 outboard channels? So are you running a loop then? If they're mono your only using 6 channels (stereo: Kaos-2, CD player-4) and your EQs on the insert/sends? I guess i just don't 'see' the process. I've been making music with the Mac for quite sometime and don't really use outboard mixers unless im recording real instruments. Different ways of working i guess.

Check out osxaudio if you haven't already. :)

Those Kaos pads are fun ... i've been meaning to get an Air FX, but they're getting harder to come by.


peace | neut
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The way I have it set up, I have my iBook, my Power Mac and the cd player taking up four channels on the board in the middle of my desk. I have that board feeding to two channels (left and right) on the console on the right. I have a channel for my mic, a channel with a radio feed and a channel for my iPod also on the console. That leaves me with six open channels for anything else that I might need (depending on what I'm working on). I have the Kaoss Pad set up in a loop on the second console as well as a second line from the Power Mac (in case I want to bypass the main feed). The main output is fed to the rack, and therefore to the speakers, and I have two group outputs (left and right) sent back to the Power Mac for recording. I can also switch the record line to a feed from the rack, if I need to add anything else in.
 
dsharits said:
The way I have it set up, I have my iBook, my Power Mac and the cd player taking up four channels on the board in the middle of my desk. I have that board feeding to two channels (left and right) on the console on the right. I have a channel for my mic, a channel with a radio feed and a channel for my iPod also on the console. That leaves me with six open channels for anything else that I might need (depending on what I'm working on). I have the Kaoss Pad set up in a loop on the second console as well as a second line from the Power Mac (in case I want to bypass the main feed). The main output is fed to the rack, and therefore to the speakers, and I have two group outputs (left and right) sent back to the Power Mac for recording. I can also switch the record line to a feed from the rack, if I need to add anything else in.
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Hmmm ... i may need to rethink my setup. :)

Thanks for the info; I live in software land most of the time. I forget things can be routed in real life to. :D I think i should get myself a bigger mixer. ;)


peace | neut
 
neut said:
Hmmm ... i may need to rethink my setup. :)

Thanks for the info; I live in software land most of the time. I forget things can be routed in real life to. :D I think i should get myself a bigger mixer. ;)


peace | neut
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That's understandable. I actually started out with the audio equipment and added the Macs to the system, so I never had the opportunity to be in a software-exclusive environment. :)
 
The G5 has got to be the best-looking computer when photographed with a flash

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new powermac 2.3

just bought 2.3 dualie, 2.5 gig ram, dell 2405fpw
yamaha pianocraft, gallo set up with qed cables.
mp3s are great and cds......... :p
 

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proper furniture

I got a decent table so my setup looks a bit better than before.

My 12" PowerBook is connected to the 23" LCD and my DP G5 is powering the 17" LCD. I need to do something about speakers though.

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Rod Rod said:
I got a decent table so my setup looks a bit better than before.

My 12" PowerBook is connected to the 23" LCD and my DP G5 is powering the 17" LCD. I need to do something about speakers though.

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That's better :p Nice ;)

But why are you using the big screen with the "less powerful" machine :confused:
 
Platform said:
That's better :p Nice ;)

But why are you using the big screen with the "less powerful" machine :confused:
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Thanks.

I'm using the bigger screen with the PowerBook because I'm putting together a DVD and having a big screen helps. I've encoded the video assets on the G5. Both machines are connected by ethernet so file transfers are pretty fast.

Motion (the application) runs a little faster when one (relatively smaller) screen is connected, compared to one big monitor or two monitors.
 
Platform said:
That's better :p Nice ;)

But why are you using the big screen with the "less powerful" machine :confused:
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I was wondering the exact same thing, so thanks for clearing that up Rod Rod. Kickin' setup by the way... :)
 
Rod Rod said:
Thanks.

I'm using the bigger screen with the PowerBook because I'm putting together a DVD and having a big screen helps. I've encoded the video assets on the G5. Both machines are connected by ethernet so file transfers are pretty fast.

Motion (the application) runs a little faster when one (relatively smaller) screen is connected, compared to one big monitor or two monitors.
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Oh....thanks

But that wa wired.....less pixles = real life differnce in Motion...what GPU do you have :confused:
 
ham_man said:
Kickin' setup by the way... :)
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Thanks. It all started with a 12" iBook two and a half years ago, and escalated from there. :) You seem to be well on your way.

Prom1 said:
Rod Rod, your setup is looking excellent!

Say do you do HD video onto DVD as well?
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Thanks. I've yet to create an HD-DVD in DVDSP 4 but I soon will, within the next couple of weeks.

Platform said:
Oh....thanks

But that wa wired.....less pixles = real life differnce in Motion...what GPU do you have :confused:
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You're welcome. Well if you think about it, less pixels = less strain on the GPU and CPU (Motion taxes both). I have a 9600XT at the moment. Yesterday I submitted a proposal that would get me an X850 XT (well it would belong to a production but it'd be all mine to use). Hopefully that'll come through.
 
barneygumble said:
which team?
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He was with a Super Comp team back in the late 80's and early 90's. Unfortunately not a Top Fuel or Pro Stock team, but at least it was close enough to the action to experience an NHRA event. Now, we go every year as spectators to the Gatornationals in Gainesville. :)
 
dsharits said:
If you read his sig, it says it's a 23". ;)
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Oh, I have signatures turned off and didn't think to look...:eek:

That is a nice setup though - matching... :)
 
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