Levon
Active Member
Hello,
I'm planning to jump ship from PC to an iMac for my music production.
I'm currently using Cubase (started using it back in 2010) but I've never really got into it and dislike the various pop-up windows and the floating transport bar. I've mainly used it for composition and haven't really done any mixing/mastering production work with it as I've used other producers to knock my songs into shape. However I'm now wanting to take more control and make a serious attempt to get into the production side of things as well. I've got to the point with Cubase were I don't look forward to opening it up and battling with it. Also since moving to Cubase 7.5 and 8 I've had several serious problems with the eLicense/Dongle system that has rendered Cubase unusable for weeks at a time. The latest battle was the other week when I couldn't open Cubase because it was complaining there wasn't a valid license. I raised a support ticket but 10 days later I still haven't had any response from Steinberg. In the meantime I've eventually managed to get it working again thanks to various online forum suggestions. So the plan is to move across to Logic Pro X and hopefully kick start my music recording again. One big factor for moving to Logic is that most musicians/producers that I have collaborated with in the past tend to work in Logic. Obviously the biggest minus point is the initial outlay on an Apple computer. But I think a fresh start will be beneficial.
The iMac specification I'm thinking about is as follows:
iMac 27" 5K Retina
4.0GHz Quad Core i7
8Gb RAM (I plan to buy additional third party RAM to take it up to 16Gb or perhaps even 32Gb)
256Gb Flash Storage (For a system drive - I plan to use external SSD/HDD drives for audio and sample libs)
AMD Radeon R9 M395 with 2Gb
Superdrive
Apple Care
Logic Pro X
That is coming in at approx £2500. An expensive machine!
I'll be using the following VI's that I already own:
Komplete Ultimate
Spitfure Audio's Hans Zimmer Piano
Eventually I'll probably look to add some orchestra VIs to my collection.
A few questions that I have are:
1. Do you think the above specification for an iMac is overkill for my music recording/production?
2. Would I notice any difference if I were to go for an i5 rather than i7?
3. Is 256G a big enough System drive?
4. Should I opt for the higher spec graphics card which has 4Gb memory?
Any assistance would be very much appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Paul.
I'm planning to jump ship from PC to an iMac for my music production.
I'm currently using Cubase (started using it back in 2010) but I've never really got into it and dislike the various pop-up windows and the floating transport bar. I've mainly used it for composition and haven't really done any mixing/mastering production work with it as I've used other producers to knock my songs into shape. However I'm now wanting to take more control and make a serious attempt to get into the production side of things as well. I've got to the point with Cubase were I don't look forward to opening it up and battling with it. Also since moving to Cubase 7.5 and 8 I've had several serious problems with the eLicense/Dongle system that has rendered Cubase unusable for weeks at a time. The latest battle was the other week when I couldn't open Cubase because it was complaining there wasn't a valid license. I raised a support ticket but 10 days later I still haven't had any response from Steinberg. In the meantime I've eventually managed to get it working again thanks to various online forum suggestions. So the plan is to move across to Logic Pro X and hopefully kick start my music recording again. One big factor for moving to Logic is that most musicians/producers that I have collaborated with in the past tend to work in Logic. Obviously the biggest minus point is the initial outlay on an Apple computer. But I think a fresh start will be beneficial.
The iMac specification I'm thinking about is as follows:
iMac 27" 5K Retina
4.0GHz Quad Core i7
8Gb RAM (I plan to buy additional third party RAM to take it up to 16Gb or perhaps even 32Gb)
256Gb Flash Storage (For a system drive - I plan to use external SSD/HDD drives for audio and sample libs)
AMD Radeon R9 M395 with 2Gb
Superdrive
Apple Care
Logic Pro X
That is coming in at approx £2500. An expensive machine!
I'll be using the following VI's that I already own:
Komplete Ultimate
Spitfure Audio's Hans Zimmer Piano
Eventually I'll probably look to add some orchestra VIs to my collection.
A few questions that I have are:
1. Do you think the above specification for an iMac is overkill for my music recording/production?
2. Would I notice any difference if I were to go for an i5 rather than i7?
3. Is 256G a big enough System drive?
4. Should I opt for the higher spec graphics card which has 4Gb memory?
Any assistance would be very much appreciated.
Kind Regards,
Paul.