most recent 30 from http://socialsounddesign.com 2013-05-25T18:55:34Z http://socialsounddesign.com/feeds/question/5600 http://www.creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.5/rdf http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/5600/imac-workstation MikeQuell 2011-01-18T19:34:54Z 2011-01-23T17:58:45Z

<p>Does anyone do any heavy sound design on an iMac? Just curious. I was looking to purchase one for the home but I'm not too keen on its expandability (surround sound) and am wondering a bit about its performance.</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>Mike</p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/5600/imac-workstation/5601#5601 Dog and Pony 2011-01-18T20:34:36Z 2011-01-18T20:34:36Z

<p>We've got an i7 at the studio, lots of heavy sound work done on it. Set up with a 5.1 Blue Sky Media Desk system for surround work; it is a beast, tons of power. Don't know what you mean by its expandability re surround work, that's dependent on your audio i/o. We run audio thru a Steinberg MR816 via a FW800 to 400 converter and use a Euphonix MC Pro for a controller.</p> <p>John.</p>

http://socialsounddesign.com/questions/5600/imac-workstation/5691#5691 Nikos Chatzigeorgiadis 2011-01-23T17:58:45Z 2011-01-23T17:58:45Z

<p>i currently do all sound design and arranging mixing and music production on my Macbook (not the new one with unibody) and it still works like a charm! even with 30 channels of audio / midi with instruments and at least 2-3 plugins at each channel running! </p> <p>Macbook with 2.2 cpu with 2gb ram and 160gb HD at 5200rpm and M-Audio Fast track Pro, this setup keeps me running really good for 3-4 years now so i guess a new iMac will be more than enough for you. I forgot to mention i run Logic 9</p>