Your priority should be to get either an SSD or a Fusion Drive it is much better for audio recording in real time when the audio is being written to the HD while you are recording, with an SSD the writing will be much faster so you won't notice any slowdows or hiccups. I use to use an older iMac with an i5 2.7ghz for recording 15 tracks with 10 VST and it had no hiccups but I was using Logic Pro X which is supposed to be more optimized on Macs. I'd like to get something soon but it wouldn't kill me to wait a few months if major performance upgrades are around the corner.Īny computer can handle 8 track recording heck even a 10 year old computer can. Any love for the Fusion or other types of external hard drives?
Is this a deal-breaker (compared to being able to have 16 gig of RAM) in a 27" iMac?Įxternal SSD drives seem like the preferred way to go, though they're relatively expensive.
It looks as though the 21.5" iMacs have a maximum of 8 gig RAM. And when I want more screen space, I was thinking a 21.5" iMac along with an external monitor might be preferable to a 27" iMac. A big screen is nice, but I'd rather haul around a 21.5" than a 27". I may very occasionally take it outside my place to record in bigger rooms, etc. Will an i5 handle live 8-track recording? Or is an i7 really necessary? I don't have a handle on what kind of performance difference there might be recording audio between the 2.7, 2.9 and 3.1 processors. But I'll be using the UA plugins which run off the Apollo's internal UAD2 processor. I'll be using it with a Universal Audio Apollo 8 Thunderbolt II interface which records up to eight analog tracks at a time.įor music production the use of plugins often dictates what kind of horsepower & RAM the computer will need to have. Currently leaning toward buying a 2015 refurb from Apple. Hi folks, hoping you can help this bargain hunter out with purchasing an iMac.
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