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kgenus
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 Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 12:57 pm Post subject: Question: Mac Mini |
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I've been very busy the last couple of days and one of my rather important hard disks took a hit. I've restored everything but believe I've decided to just hang up the PC and buy a mac. I checked the DigiDesign website about the Mac Mini, it's supported, but I wanted to find out if the unit's fan was excessively loud. Anyone?
Thanks,
Kevin
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Charlie Channel
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| Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2005 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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Hi Kevin,
I've got no personal experience with the MiniMac, but after the unit was introduced, I was also interested in getting one. I've read (on the Digidesign Users Conference board) that the machine is as stable as a rock and it's super quiet, according to some users.
I think it's a great solution, and one I'm seriously considering when I make my next hardware move.
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Kevin,
You may want to check out this site:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/archive/index.php/t-500682.html
It is a FORUM discussion about the Mac Mini fan... and opinions about the noise coming from it, at times.
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Mike
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 4:31 am Post subject: Re: Question: Mac Mini |
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| kgenus wrote: | I've been very busy the last couple of days and one of my rather important hard disks took a hit. I've restored everything but believe I've decided to just hang up the PC and buy a mac. I checked the DigiDesign website about the Mac Mini, it's supported, but I wanted to find out if the unit's fan was excessively loud. Anyone?
Thanks,
Kevin |
My G4 tower is a very noisy beast and I when I wanted to record I used to move it into the bedroom next to the studio, stick it in a box and connect the extra long cables. Keeping it there permanently was not an option (according to wife & baby). Needless to say, I got sick of doing this, so I decided to go with a Mac Mini for recording voice and keep the G4 for the post production.
Under normal working conditions the Mac Mini is a deathly quiet best. The fans do kick in if things get a little hot. This can come from a high ambient temprerature around the unit or if you are pushing it really hard. But if you are recording just a mono track in a comfortably warm room you should have no issues with the fan noise.
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kgenus
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 5:38 am Post subject: |
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Mike, that's exactly the information I needed. Done deal.
Kevin
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I've got everything set up now. I haven't used a Mac in about 10 years, and I'm not use to one mouse button.
Charlie, it's silent, well worth the expense.
Kevin
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 1:27 pm Post subject: |
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just press the ctrl button and click--
That's like a right-click.
You can get a two-button mouse-- Kensington makes a dandy and Apple even makes one now.
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Mike
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:41 pm Post subject: |
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| kgenus wrote: | I've got everything set up now. I haven't used a Mac in about 10 years, and I'm not use to one mouse button.
Charlie, it's silent, well worth the expense.
Kevin |
Welcome back to the Mac!
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| Posted: Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:55 pm Post subject: heh heh |
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Kevin, here's something I whipped up for you today after reading this post. Call is a brain-fart...just had some time to kill and was in a mood today 
Enjoy!
http://oppcatv.com/webmaster/pctomac.mp3 |
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kgenus
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Hopefully I'll be able to get this working with ProTools before I go to bed. The Mac Mini requires ProTools 6.9. I had 6.4 so I had to run down to Guitar Center earlier today. Ran into an old friend, AOL employee No. 6, who still hasn't started looking for a job, he quit a couple years ago. After I got the new version installed, I couldn't get the workspace to recognize my volumes as "Recordable" volumes, a non-issue on the PC. That was after I realized my FW hard disk had to plugged into the 002, after the DigiDesign docs state 002 -> FW Drive -> Mac Mini.
The wireless functionality works great ... but it's been a cluster this evening so far.
Kevin
btw - Allen, thanks for the good laugh! I needed it.
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After buying a $200 FW drive, system smokes. Hands down the best VO setup I've used (because it's quiet), this rocks.
Viva la Mac!
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Charlie Channel
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| Posted: Sun Aug 21, 2005 6:54 pm Post subject: |
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| kgenus wrote: | After buying a $200 FW drive, system smokes. Hands down the best VO setup I've used (because it's quiet), this rocks.
Viva la Mac! |
That's great news, Kevin. That's a super-glue endorsement of the unit, for me.
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Dang! I love my Powerbook, to be sure-- but the Mac Mini would have been a less-expensive life-saver if it had been available last summer.
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(Sorry, I posted this on the wrong thread.)
I use the old Digi 001 with an even older PowerMac G3 B/W. Works great every day. I'm just curious though, can I use my Digi 001 with a Mini Mac? Or do I have to upgrade to a Digi 002?
Deirdre, are you using an MBox with your PowerBook?
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| Posted: Mon Aug 22, 2005 2:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Jim Barton wrote: | (Sorry, I posted this on the wrong thread.)
I use the old Digi 001 with an even older PowerMac G3 B/W. Works great every day. I'm just curious though, can I use my Digi 001 with a Mini Mac? Or do I have to upgrade to a Digi 002? |
I'll bet you do-- Check the compatibilty at Digi!
| Quote: | | Deirdre, are you using an MBox with your PowerBook? |
Yessir, I am! Top-flight. also got the Mbag from Digi so I have a way to carry my Mbox and Powerbook in one super-protected pack. Massively geeky but very functional.
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