<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Not that I've done much music making over the past 5 years, but here is my (very) minimalist studio/DAW:</div><div><br></div><div>1) Beat Thang hardware with 2x32GB SD cards + thousands of samples accumulated over the last 20 years</div><div>2) AKG K240s studio headphones</div><div>3) 2.3 GHz i7 Quad Core Mac Mini (late 2012 model) with 16GB DDR3 RAM</div><div>4) When needed, use built in audio input & output on Mac Mini (no external sound card)</div><div><br></div><div>DAW/Audio software loaded on the Mini:</div><div>1) Beat Thang Virtual</div><div>2) Audacity</div><div>3) Ableton Live Lite 8.x version (4 track free version that came with my former Axiom 25 MIDI controller keyboard)</div><div>4) Garage Band</div><div>5) ReBirth 338 & ReCycle running in Windows XP SP3 under Virtual Box emulation on OS X Yosemite</div><div>6) A handful of BeOS audio programs running in Haiku OS R4A1 under Virtual Box emulation</div><div><br></div><div>Other than occasionally noodling with the Beat Thang hardware & software when I have the time (and inspiration) I really don't know much about the other software other than setting them up.<br><br>--komatos/wasted<div><a href="http://home.comcast.net/~komatos">home.comcast.net/~komatos</a></div><div><a href="http://twitter.com/KomatosRecords">twitter.com/KomatosRecords</a></div><div><a href="http://soundcloud.com/KomatosRecords">soundcloud.com/KomatosRecords</a></div></div><div><br>On Dec 10, 2014, at 6:20 PM, Rom MUSIC BAR <<a href="mailto:xtechcode@gmail.com">xtechcode@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8">Mac mini 2.6Ghz Intel core i7<div>16GB DDR3</div><div>RME fireface 400</div><div>Logic , ableton , reason. </div><div><br></div><div><br><div>
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<br><div><div>On 10 Dec 2014, at 22:18, random variate <<a href="mailto:randomvariate@hotmail.co.uk">randomvariate@hotmail.co.uk</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;"><div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">Out of interest, what are Barians running?<br><br>I am...<br><br>Intel i5 4750k clocked to 3.8ghz<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>Win7 on SSD<br>16gb Corsair CL10<br>Cubase 7.5<br>EMU 1820m soundcard<br><br>Not exactly a high spec set up<br><br><br>Sent from my Syncussion</div></div><div dir="ltr"><hr><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:forums@punkdisco.co.uk">foRUMS 4 punkdISCO</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Sent:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">10/12/2014 20:55</span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;"><a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org">'Music-bar'</a></span><br><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: bold;">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;">RE: OK, I Give Up</span><br><br></div><div lang="EN-GB" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="x_WordSection1"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Nice!</span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Have fun over the next 6 month configuring/installing <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Wingdings; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">J</span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">I despro need a new DAW but just cant face the pain of installing everything again. I upgraded to Win7 about 18months ago so the memory is still fresh – I should have just binned it and brought a new PC.. </span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Let us know how you get on.. Looks very sexy..</span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">Paul</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);">London</span></div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><a href="http://www.punkdisco.co.uk/">www.punkdisco.co.uk</a></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span></p><div style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-color: blue; border-left-width: 1.5pt; padding: 0cm 0cm 0cm 4pt;"><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0cm 0cm;"><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>deeplfo [<a href="mailto:deeplfo@gmail.com">mailto:deeplfo@gmail.com</a>]<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>10 December 2014 09:18<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Music-bar<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>OK, I Give Up</span></div></div></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </p><div><div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">I've been very frustrated recently as Live on my mainstay PC (Win7/SSD and all) has been consistently crashing. In the interim a few macbooks have been a nice mix to the Windows based world of mine. However, with my PC getting to be around 13 or so years old, it was time for an upgrade. So, I've decided to go all out and splurge:</p></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Here is my new machine:<br><br><a href="http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/">http://www.apple.com/mac-pro/</a><br><br></p></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">More specifically this one:<br><br><a href="http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/mac-pro?product=ME253LL/A&step=config">http://store.apple.com/us/buy-mac/mac-pro?product=ME253LL/A&step=config</a></p></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 12pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br>:-)</p></div><div><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Cheers<br>mohsen</div></div></div></div></div></div><span><Mail Attachment.txt></span>_______________________________________________<br>music-bar mailing list<br><a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar">http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar</a></div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></blockquote><blockquote type="cite"><div><span>_______________________________________________</span><br><span>music-bar mailing list</span><br><span><a href="mailto:music-bar@lists.music-bar.org">music-bar@lists.music-bar.org</a></span><br><span><a href="http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar">http://lists.music-bar.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/music-bar</a></span><br></div></blockquote></body></html>