Hi everyone,
I am thinking of purchasing the ‘entry level’ 13″ macbook pro (2.4 GHz, 4 Gb) – just wondering if anyone is using it with Superior Drummer 2 and how they are finding it..
I know it’s above the minimum specs so should be fine, just wondering what people’s “real-world” experience with it is…
I would mostly be using the Evil Drums SDX, and I have no problem with having to work in 16-bit mode or bouncing the drum tracks as audio if necessary.
My DAW is Logic Pro 9, and I use Amplitube 3, Guitar Rig 4 and Pod Farm 2 (which I can freeze in Logic) but I always deliberately try to make my songs ‘minimal’ i.e. as few tracks as possible (this is a stylistic decision rather than to save processing power)
A typical song mite be:
1 x Superor drummer (multi-out)
5 x guitar tracks with amp sims (mostly Amplitube 3 which seems to be a real resource hog in my experience)
1 x bass track with amp sim
2 x cello tracks
3 x vocal tracks
various compressors/eqs etc, mostly stock logic plugs
Any user experiences on what I can expect performance-wise would be much appreciated.
Cheers,
Jeremy.
iMac 3.06 GHz 4 GB OSX 10.6.5, Focusrite Saffire 6 USB, Logic Pro 9.1.3, Lacie D2 Quadra
