any future for MacBooks in music production ?
- KVRian
- 722 posts since 31 Aug, 2004 from England !
Be a good start if they put the screen the right way up.IncarnateX wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 9:36 pm Do anyone have any experience with Open Labs workstations? They are running PCs. Would like to know about stability of these but I guess it depends on what you install in addition to the well tested software already onboard.
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- KVRAF
- 2185 posts since 10 Jul, 2006 from Tampa
Coxy wrote: ↑Wed Apr 24, 2019 1:39 pmBe a good start if they put the screen the right way up.IncarnateX wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 9:36 pm Do anyone have any experience with Open Labs workstations? They are running PCs. Would like to know about stability of these but I guess it depends on what you install in addition to the well tested software already onboard.
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Yes, it would be a good start, wouldn't it? This doesn't bode well for any future "support" from them. But if they're still using Windows XP, I wouldn't expect any support at all, frankly.
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- GRRRRRRR!
- 15970 posts since 14 Jun, 2001 from Somewhere else, on principle
It's an interesting perspective because one of the best things we experienced when we moved from hardware to software on stage was the massive improvement in reliability, mostly due the the simplification of everything. When you only have basically two things on stage - a computer and a controller, there's not a lot that can go wrong. OTOH, when I used to have to load samples from SCSI drives, or floppy discs before that, there was always the possibility that they wouldn't work. Then there were dud cables and one time my roadie plugged in the wrong PSU and fried a Zip Drive I needed. On top of that, some of the hardware I've owned over the years was very crash-prone (Ensoniq stuff mostly).IncarnateX wrote: ↑Mon Mar 25, 2019 8:04 amLucky you, Warren; Ain't such a thing as a Proper Computer in my world, only different platforms piled with crashable crap of which 90-98% is completely irrelevant to me.
For even more peace of mind, redundancy makes things even less worrisome. e.g. If my laptop falls over for some reason, I have a back-up on my little 8" Windows tablet. It's not very powerful so a lot of parts are pre-rendered but it's more back-up than I ever had in my hardware days, where the only real option was an audio cassette containing all the music for a set.
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- KVRAF
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
What it does is somehow interrupt the audio flow when time is resynced by this "timed" daemon
which is IME a nightmare
I wasn't seeming to experience it before Mojave but more and more an occasional interruption I get (more horrorshow than what people been reporting so it could be something yet worse) looks like this is the culprit.
this emphasis on security they've moved strongly to is doing too much if you ask me
- KVRAF
- 25053 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
Some are saying turning off automatic time sync (incl automatic time zone) in sys preferences helps somewhat.
I already had Location Sync off which may figure into it.
I already had Location Sync off which may figure into it.
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- KVRAF
- 16157 posts since 12 Oct, 2008 from Here and there
The T2 issue seems really bad, so for live gigs I will have to use my current Macbook Pro as long as those issues are fixed...
- KVRAF
- 2231 posts since 23 May, 2005 from West Country, UK
I don’t think they are going to be fixed. It’s been 9 months now.Sampleconstruct wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2019 8:30 pm The T2 issue seems really bad, so for live gigs I will have to use my current Macbook Pro as long as those issues are fixed...
- KVRAF
- 35297 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
This is annoying because my current Mac is on its last legs but I can't buy one with a T2 chip. Do any current models not have it (or decent refurbished)?
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- KVRAF
- 16157 posts since 12 Oct, 2008 from Here and there
- KVRAF
- 35297 posts since 14 Sep, 2002 from In teh net
Thanks - can't really justify an iMac though, don't have room for an extra screen
- KVRAF
- 2231 posts since 23 May, 2005 from West Country, UK
You have to go back to a 2015 to get a MBP that has none of the T2, keyboard or flexgate flaws. It is unbelievably frustrating.
I first posted about the T2 audio problems with my 2018 MBP (returned) back in January (viewtopic.php?f=16&t=518470). I still haven't bought a new laptop 4 months later. Apple have lost the plot entirely but I still haven't found a Windows/Linux laptop under 3kg that has adequate cooling for use on my lap yet the fast single core performance I need (probably an impossible demand!).
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- KVRAF
- 16157 posts since 12 Oct, 2008 from Here and there
So it seems Apple don't need that tiny share of the laptops-for-audio-market, too bad, I don't have a clue how to proceed...
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- KVRAF
- 2797 posts since 26 Jul, 2015 from Philadelphia
The reports I‘ve read seem to indicate that the T2 chip bug is only relevant for setups with a USB 2.0 audio interface. The system is supposed to accidentally overload the USB with more information than the 2.0 connection can handle. But a USB3.0 or Thunderbolt audio interface should be fine.
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