david wrote:
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Ringo Langly wrote:

Either method she'll need to invest in some software and hardware
for
inputing the audio into the computer. If we go with Garage Band
she
can use my PowerMac G4 (dual 867/768 Megs Ram) but she'll need to
invest in the input components.



Spend $425 on a Digidesign Mbox if she doesn't need to record more
than
2 live tracks at a time. Protools LE comes with it.

Another interesting thing, Apple just came out with a $500 Mac mini.
It's likely similiar in power to your once rather expensive dual G4.
Add any keyboard, mouse & monitor and eventually an external Firewire
drive if she really is gonna record stuff, and go at it with the
mbox.

Apple's gonna sell a ton of these Mac mini's. The damn thing is 6.5"
by
6.5" by 2"!

Also, Apple just announced a new rev of Garageband that can record 8
tracks at a time along with instant note transcription and more new
stuff.

It ships as a component of a software package called iLife 05, which
includes iPhoto5, iMoveHD, iDVD5, Garageband 2 and iTunes 4.71. The
whole package costs $79. Jeez.

I can tell you that iDVD, iTunes, and iMovie are wonderful apps.
Haven't spent much time with the other 2.

And iLife comes free with the Mac mini. So you can tell her to buy a
mini cuz comes with Garageband and leave your G4 alone ; And save
her
money, don't buy the mbox unless she has to. Course the mini doesn't
come with a mic pre.


Hi David,

Actually I'm trying to talk her into buying a Mini Mac, but she doesn't
have but a couple of hundred bucks for everything -- so she's looking
at the Tascam US-122 for now.

I'm an avid Mac user, and I watched Jobs' keynote speech for Macworld
last night -- AWESOME! I personally want to get a Mini Mac myself, but
my PowerMac G4 still does the job good enough for me. I also already
have iLive now, but I might invest in the next vesion to get the latest
vesion of Garage Band plus newer versions of other apps I use daily. I
live in iDVD, iTunes, and iPhoto.
Thanks for the info and take care,

Ringo