wow, just got a new macbook - erutufon|nofuture

bencodec · 9th March 2006

wow, ableton flies on this thing. there goes my social life...

ckpqerjwrpwp · 9th March 2006

Welcome back

bencodec · 9th March 2006

good to be back, been stuck in no laptop land for way too long.

i'm absolutely busting to make a new track on this beast.

ckpqerjwrpwp · 9th March 2006

So how much faster than the G4 laptop do you reckon Ben?

Yer_Maw · 9th March 2006

give us the rundown! is ableton universal binary?

yenorom · 9th March 2006

http://www.ableton.com/index.php?mai...el_mac_support

Ableton is pleased to announce Live 5.2, bringing native support for Apple's new Intel-Macs. One of Ableton's major development goals for 2006 is to deliver faster audio performance to Live users. On the Mac side, this goal coincides nicely with the announcement of the new Intel-based Macs. The upcoming Live 5.2 is the first step in providing Live users support for the Intel-Mac platform and significant gains in audio performance.

Live 5.2 is currently in beta and is expected to be released in early March. Thanks to Live 5.2, early MacBook Pro buyers will be able to run Live immediately and enjoy substantially higher audio performance than on today's fastest Mac notebook.

ckpqerjwrpwp · 9th March 2006

anyone found any benchmarks?

bencodec · 10th March 2006

well, i can give you some of my personal benchmarks, i've got the same ableton session open on my new 2ghz macbook with 2gigs of ram and my old G4 800 Mhz with 1 gig of ram.
when playing tracks the G4 says 7-% the the intel says 28%
or another example would be that my G4 can open 4 ableton reverb plugins before the CPU starts to crackle, where this intel has opened 20 of the some plugin so far and still isn't maxing out.

woohoo, now i need to make some music.

wish m-audio woudl get off their asses and get the midi drivers written for my midisport.

Frankie · 12th March 2006

Where'd you get the maccy?

euterke · 12th March 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by bencodec

when playing tracks the G4 says 7-% the the intel says 28%

Do u mean intel = 7% and g4 = 28% ?

bencodec · 13th March 2006

yeah, sorry, the G4 was using 28% and the intel was at 7%.

i got the macbook from work.

played a gig with it friday (yes i must be insane to play a gig with a computer i've had for 36 hours using a beta version of ableton, but) it worked fantasticly.

bencodec · 23rd March 2006

hey, finally got MIDI drivers for my macbook. the nord G1 editor works fine. it's great to really be able to dig in to the G1 now.

kay101011 · 24th March 2006

i'm jealous

i actually think of selling my 2x2 G5 pmac to get a faster laptop

we should compare those computers, bencodec .. i only have live4 tho

bencodec · 24th March 2006

there are performance tests online for ableton, if yur other apps aren't universal binary though then you might wait a bit. but if the choice is between a G4 powerbook or a macbook i'd go for the macbook again in a minute.

mattp · 27th March 2006

I recently bought a Sony Vaio laptop for business with a similar spec to the 1.83 GHz MacBook Pro (the Sony has a slower disk in it).

Just to see what would happen I put ProTools and Live 5 on it (under Windows XP) and it absolutely killed my G4 1.25GHz Dual Proc Mac.

I’d love to see how it runs on the MacBook Pro under OS X.

*Spandex* · 28th March 2006

Anyone know if the G2 editor runs ok on Intel Mac?

ckpqerjwrpwp · 28th March 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by Spandex

Anyone know if the G2 editor runs ok on Intel Mac?

There was a thread recently on the NM list.. the G1 editor works fine apparently so I'd be surprised if the G2 doesn't.

bencodec · 28th March 2006

yeah, i can definitely confirm that the G1 editor is working great

mattp · 29th March 2006

The G2 maynot because it uses a USB driver and I did read somewhere that USB could be a problem.

9th March 2006	#1
bencodec painting into a corner Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Divided States of America Posts: 1,225	wow, just got a new macbook wow, ableton flies on this thing. there goes my social life...
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9th March 2006	#2
ckpqerjwrpwp SELL OUT Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6,416	Welcome back
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9th March 2006	#3
bencodec painting into a corner Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Divided States of America Posts: 1,225	good to be back, been stuck in no laptop land for way too long. i'm absolutely busting to make a new track on this beast.
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9th March 2006	#4
ckpqerjwrpwp SELL OUT Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 6,416	So how much faster than the G4 laptop do you reckon Ben?
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9th March 2006	#5
Yer_Maw cos we dont fuck about Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: chansville Posts: 5,901	give us the rundown! is ableton universal binary?
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9th March 2006	#6
yenorom Registered Erutufon Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Scotland Posts: 685	http://www.ableton.com/index.php?mai...el_mac_support Ableton is pleased to announce Live 5.2, bringing native support for Apple's new Intel-Macs. One of Ableton's major development goals for 2006 is to deliver faster audio performance to Live users. On the Mac side, this goal coincides nicely with the announcement of the new Intel-based Macs. The upcoming Live 5.2 is the first step in providing Live users support for the Intel-Mac platform and significant gains in audio performance. Live 5.2 is currently in beta and is expected to be released in early March. Thanks to Live 5.2, early MacBook Pro buyers will be able to run Live immediately and enjoy substantially higher audio performance than on today's fastest Mac notebook.
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10th March 2006	#8
bencodec painting into a corner Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Divided States of America Posts: 1,225	well, i can give you some of my personal benchmarks, i've got the same ableton session open on my new 2ghz macbook with 2gigs of ram and my old G4 800 Mhz with 1 gig of ram. when playing tracks the G4 says 7-% the the intel says 28% or another example would be that my G4 can open 4 ableton reverb plugins before the CPU starts to crackle, where this intel has opened 20 of the some plugin so far and still isn't maxing out. woohoo, now i need to make some music. wish m-audio woudl get off their asses and get the midi drivers written for my midisport.
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12th March 2006	#9
Frankie clumblebot Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 260	Where'd you get the maccy?
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13th March 2006	#11
bencodec painting into a corner Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Divided States of America Posts: 1,225	yeah, sorry, the G4 was using 28% and the intel was at 7%. i got the macbook from work. played a gig with it friday (yes i must be insane to play a gig with a computer i've had for 36 hours using a beta version of ableton, but) it worked fantasticly.
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23rd March 2006	#12
bencodec painting into a corner Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Divided States of America Posts: 1,225	hey, finally got MIDI drivers for my macbook. the nord G1 editor works fine. it's great to really be able to dig in to the G1 now.
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24th March 2006	#13
kay101011 pnp 2 npn Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: berlin Posts: 476	i'm jealous i actually think of selling my 2x2 G5 pmac to get a faster laptop we should compare those computers, bencodec .. i only have live4 tho
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27th March 2006	#15
mattp Registered Erutufon Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oxford (UK) Posts: 973	I recently bought a Sony Vaio laptop for business with a similar spec to the 1.83 GHz MacBook Pro (the Sony has a slower disk in it). Just to see what would happen I put ProTools and Live 5 on it (under Windows XP) and it absolutely killed my G4 1.25GHz Dual Proc Mac. I’d love to see how it runs on the MacBook Pro under OS X.
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28th March 2006	#16
Spandex Very Bad Dog Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Nottingham Posts: 8,428	Anyone know if the G2 editor runs ok on Intel Mac? ........................... lovely cloakroom. lovely cloaks - barbam nondum video
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29th March 2006	#19
mattp Registered Erutufon Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Oxford (UK) Posts: 973	The G2 maynot because it uses a USB driver and I did read somewhere that USB could be a problem.
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