Hey guys,
I'm in quite the unique predicament. I won a contest and have several thousand dollars to spend on music related gear.
In my budget, I've set aside roughly $1000 to $1600 for a Mac (leaning towards a desktop and not a laptop though). I am in a 3 piece Hard Rock band (vocals, guitars, bass, drums .etc) and am currently looking for a mac I can run my interface through. We're young, mostly hard rock/stoner rock/classic rock and won't be doing any midi stuff, remixing, computer effects- pretty much just recording instruments with microphones into and interface into the computer and program.
As far as interfaces go- I still haven't decided on one. It will be digital, 8 mic lines, .etc- not really important as I have several I'm choosing between that come along with DAW. Looking at the Presonus Studio 192 3.0.
I'm choosing Macs as it seems to be the music industry standard and has top notch specs and quality as well as programs like Pro Tools, Garage Band, .etc. I don't know much about different operating systems and if I should download/install certain ones on this theoretical mac- for the most part though I figure I'll be fine on the default system.
I am in Canada and can't build my own computer or buy one used- it has to be retail from a Canadian distributor (As per terms of the prize). Once again, looking to spend under $1600.
As far as quad core, memory, hard drive, .etc.. not sure what I particularly need.
Here's some of the options I'm looking at:
iMac: iMac Computer, Apple iMac Desktop - Best Buy Canada
Refurbished iMac - Apple Certified Refurbished Desktop Computers - Apple for Education - Apple (CA)
I figure this might do the job?
Apple iMac (MK142C/A) 21.5" Intel Core i5 Dual 1.6GHz Computer
Apple iMac (MK142C/A) 21.5" Intel Core i5 Dual 1.6GHz Computer : Apple iMac - Best Buy Canada
Any recommendations or information is much appreciated. Thanks guys!
I'm in quite the unique predicament. I won a contest and have several thousand dollars to spend on music related gear.
In my budget, I've set aside roughly $1000 to $1600 for a Mac (leaning towards a desktop and not a laptop though). I am in a 3 piece Hard Rock band (vocals, guitars, bass, drums .etc) and am currently looking for a mac I can run my interface through. We're young, mostly hard rock/stoner rock/classic rock and won't be doing any midi stuff, remixing, computer effects- pretty much just recording instruments with microphones into and interface into the computer and program.
As far as interfaces go- I still haven't decided on one. It will be digital, 8 mic lines, .etc- not really important as I have several I'm choosing between that come along with DAW. Looking at the Presonus Studio 192 3.0.
I'm choosing Macs as it seems to be the music industry standard and has top notch specs and quality as well as programs like Pro Tools, Garage Band, .etc. I don't know much about different operating systems and if I should download/install certain ones on this theoretical mac- for the most part though I figure I'll be fine on the default system.
I am in Canada and can't build my own computer or buy one used- it has to be retail from a Canadian distributor (As per terms of the prize). Once again, looking to spend under $1600.
As far as quad core, memory, hard drive, .etc.. not sure what I particularly need.
Here's some of the options I'm looking at:
iMac: iMac Computer, Apple iMac Desktop - Best Buy Canada
Refurbished iMac - Apple Certified Refurbished Desktop Computers - Apple for Education - Apple (CA)
I figure this might do the job?
Apple iMac (MK142C/A) 21.5" Intel Core i5 Dual 1.6GHz Computer
Apple iMac (MK142C/A) 21.5" Intel Core i5 Dual 1.6GHz Computer : Apple iMac - Best Buy Canada
Any recommendations or information is much appreciated. Thanks guys!