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Subject: Re: [motm] OT: Digital recording and the Mac Mini

From: Jason Proctor <jason@...>
Date: 2005-01-11

it would probably be fine for lightweight stuff but that 256mb thing
worries me - if there's one thing that macos x likes lots of, it's
memory, and paging kills audio performance.

now, if you could run macos 9 on it.... [fx: dodges flying garbage]



>Ok, well I do not know much about digital recording. I have never
>done it, and I am unaware of the "gotcha's" that must exist. Apple
>today announced the new Mac Mini. It has 256 MB of memory. I am
>interested in this little thing to do multitrack audio recording.
>Any opinions on this? Is this Mac too small? Are there products
>out there that would work well with the new Mac Mini?
>
>I would like to do home multi-track recording of my MOTM synth,
>nothing really elaborate.
>
>Thanks for any thoughts.
>
>Andy
>