AllyMusicGirl Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Hey! I have a 733 MHz G4 Laptop w/ 1 Gig of RAM - and I'm not really using it for anything beside a paper weight these days. It's a great machine and I'm keeping it around so I can boot into OS9 and access old Cubase files if need be - but I do have Panther installed and it runs Reason 3.0.5 really well. So I was wondering based on my set-up listed in my signature what would you guys and gals do with this given my set-up? I hate for it to go to waste! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 I'd say if you don't have any designs on performing live electronic stuff, and you never travel, and you don't write emails in bed, you should give it to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllyMusicGirl Posted May 9, 2007 Author Share Posted May 9, 2007 e-mails in bed huh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeAMP Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 You could use it as a Node to give you a bit more power in the RAm dept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivermetimbers Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Use it as a Node machine. It will be happy that it is still useful. check it out in the manual pg 382 - or - http://www.apple.com/logicpro/distributedaudio.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllyMusicGirl Posted May 9, 2007 Author Share Posted May 9, 2007 Wow - so you think my 733 MHz can hang with my 2.16 GHz machine? Neato! shivermetimbers you rawk! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivermetimbers Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Shucks!!! JoeAmp beat me to it. ...anyway Let me know how it turns out. I am on a G4 iMac that will oneday be turned into a node. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen May Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Shiver.... nice reply. Thanks for the web address on the info for pooling processors together. Any chance you would entertain my question, or is my question more of a polling type thing: Who of you (or how many if any) still use emagic's Logic Pro 6? Is there any forums where people exchange ideas on that platform, or is Apple's Logic 7x the only platform people in this forum use? -Thanks, Stephen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivermetimbers Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Hi Stephen, I think Joe answered you in your other post, but I am at 7.2.3 and I won't go backwards. I have version 6 still on the computer and I launched it a few months back. I closed it back down and open 7 back up. I have seen many 6.x users on this forum, but I don't know how often they frequent this site. So as not to hijack Ally's thread, I will answer your original thread on that post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 (edited) Use it as a Node machine. It will be happy that it is still useful. She can't. She's using Logic Express (you need Pro), and the usefulness of a 733 MHz G4 with no gigabit as a node for a Core 2 Duo is of questionable value anyways. We're back to emails in bed. Edited May 9, 2007 by nebula Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Shiver.... nice reply. Thanks for the web address on the info for pooling processors together. Any chance you would entertain my question, or is my question more of a polling type thing: Who of you (or how many if any) still use emagic's Logic Pro 6? Is there any forums where people exchange ideas on that platform, or is Apple's Logic 7x the only platform people in this forum use? I still use Logic 6 on my G3/500 MHz iBook for playing live. If only I had something a bit more powerful ... When I upgraded to Pro 7 I was really worried I'd be back and forth. Despite what anybody says, 7 is a HUGE improvement over 6 in almost every way, even though there's not a lot of truly new stuff. Lots of subtle little improvements, particularly in UI, that make things flow better (except zooming, but I just got a Mackie Control so I can forigive Apple for botching up the good ol' telescope tools. But most ideas and concepts pertaining to version 6 also apply to version 7 and vice versa. BLAH BLAH BLAH - just wondering, how much more do I need to write before this thread is officially hijacked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivermetimbers Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Nebula is correct as usual. Give him your old machine. BTW, I looked at the comparison chart and look at the price of each. Did they go UP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nebula Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Hey Shiver, what country's site are you on? I just checked US and it's $299/ 999, while Canada is $349/1299. Or did you just discover one of those weird Apple site glitches that tips people off to a big change underfoot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shivermetimbers Posted May 9, 2007 Share Posted May 9, 2007 Whew! It was a CA site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arafel Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Your G4 laptop can be put to great use... Use it like any external hardware/ synth. Your using Panther, but if your on Tiger you can use the built-in networking midi routing. But anyway...route midi out of Logic (external instrument au), thru your soundcard / midi controller into another one, into your G4 lappy and into Reason. Mix 2 lappys output together in your mixer. Bounce your Reason files down when ready and import back into Logic for final mixing/ reediting/ et al. I do this using Reason on an old G3 500mhz. Works great, and can spark creativity processing files/ sounds in a different manner/ system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prospect Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I use my old G4 867mhz for DJ sets (either on Serator or Ableton Live). I also like it for taking it to a park or a coffee shop, or a bar and creating sample kits for EXS. Other than that its great for... ebay? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jizzer Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 I use my old G4 867mhz for DJ sets (either on Serator or Ableton Live). yep, thats what I was going to say too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllyMusicGirl Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 Prospect rockin' the bike! Top Toddy! That's alot of options - my head is spinning! Maybe I'll send it back to Mum in Brighton she can use it for downloading quilty patterns! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrewMusic007 Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Top Toddy? You must be English. Where about in America do you live now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prospect Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Top Toddy? thats a new one for me too hopefully it's not a bad thing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllyMusicGirl Posted May 10, 2007 Author Share Posted May 10, 2007 Top Toddy - cute / hot Yes, I'm English. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prospect Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Top Toddy - cute / hot Yes, I'm English. Woo hoo ! I'll take it 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vpunk Posted May 10, 2007 Share Posted May 10, 2007 Noding is by the far one of the slickest moves you can do with Logic, Wouldn't it be cool if you could have like a whole farm of them like the matrix? I got to get out more . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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