[RWP] getting a mac for reaper what's the deal??

[Scott Chesworth]

Unfortunately, screen readers are a separate consideration from
hardware, and for whatever reason, VoiceOver is usually the first
thing to crap the bed when a session gets taxing in my experience.
That's a big part of the reason why I still open Reaper on Windows
whenever I have the choice of what to use and always try to keep
bootable older versions of Mac OS around. VO might've come a long way
in terms of daily usage, but start taxing your machine and it becomes
as useful as a chocolate teapot all too soon.

Dunno about writing off the Airs and Minis as options. I've mixed
songs with 50 plus tracks, a lot more plugins than would've been
necessary had the stuff been captured well at source, plus some pretty
CPU hungry plugs on the master bus using a 2011 Air. On both sides of
the fence, it took way more abuse than I would've expected before it
started to become apparent that it was an Air. Audio on an external
drive is a must of course, but once that's done you're good to go for
way bigger sessions than I would've thought possible. A buddy of mine
runs a beefed up 2011 Mac Mini server and even more so in that case,
it's an absolute beast.

War stories aside, I still don't really get the point of what Trey's
intending to purchase.


On 5/15/14, Chris Belle <cb1963 at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> One thing for sure, if you use a mac version on a mac, you'll be using
> the right tool matched up with the right hardware so you'll get the best
> performance, even if windows can run natively on the mac hardware, the
> native os will run better naturally.
>
> Just get something decent, don' try and do it on a air or entry level
> mac mini unless you beef it up a bit unless you are only planning to do
> light work.
>
> Most folks I know doing resonable track counts on the mac hardware are
> running imacs,
> I am jus not a fan of running daws on laptops, never mind what the
> vendors say,
> ok for podcasts and such, but a daw really asks a lot of a computer,
> so save your nickels and get something decent, even on the mac side.
>
>
> On 5/15/2014 9:17 AM, Jessica Brasseal wrote:
>> Hi. Let me first remind you that Reaper on Mac isn't as inaccessible as
>> has often been claimed. Check the thread on this list called "Reaper Vs.
>> ProTools", which will give you some vital info on resources to help you
>> with accessibility of Reaper for Mac. I haven't duel booted on my Mac
>> before, so I can't really speak for that directly. I just wanted to point
>> out that you don't need to install Windows on your Mac in order to use
>> Reaper. It just takes a little research, a few tools and an open mind,
>> most of which you need anyway to use Reaper on Windows.
>> On May 15, 2014, at 8:12 AM, trahern culver <sound.warrior20 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hey all, I'm thinking of getting a mac to duel boot windows 7 for use
>>> with reaper.
>>>
>>> and i'm wondering if this is a good idea? because I've herd bad things
>>> about the latest macs and duel booting them with windows, I've herd there
>>> are latency problems.
>>>
>>> Please can some one advice me of the current situation?
>>>
>>> your help with this question would be most welcome kind regards trey.
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