On Sep 15, 2004, at 9:21 AM, Richard Edwards wrote: > > A colleague has proposed a PC based system [ I won't be doing that :)] > but he also raised the issue of whether the Mac we choose may be noisy > ? CAn anyone help me with the some advice on how to keep down noise > and is the Mac especially noisy ? > I will not argue with what your friend said about MAC, but I have serious doubts, the G5 is not noisy compared to the G4 You have 2 solution, either you buy a cabinet to put your G5 ( Omnirax has nice one) or you put it in a separate room If you can afford a Protools system go for it, otherwise the solution Motu (PCI) + Logic is a very good ration quality/price Best Cyril SPAMMERS you can remove all the @Wanadoo addresses for you SPAM Independent Quantum Leap Symphony orchestra forum (QLSO) for Mac http://groups.yahoo.com/group/qlso A6 Andromeda forum : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/A6_andromeda Petition : “Support of the APPLE LaserWriter 300 in MAC OS X” http://www.PetitionOnline.com/Ap1c1/petition.html Configurations : G5 2x2 Ghz 3.5 GB Raid 0 of 410 GB + 2 FW 800 Lacie G4/533 MP 1GB 40+80 GB + 74 GB Raid 0, RADEON 8500 + 2x22" Iiyama Motu system including : PCI 324 + PCI 424 + 24i + 2048 MKII + 1296 (configure as 52 ins and 12 out) Logic Control + 4 Logic Control XT Midi interfaces : Stealth + OPCODE STUDIO 4 + MOTU MTP I ; USB EMAGIC AMT 8 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/enriched Size: 1846 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/pipermail/macproaudio/attachments/20040915/cc7c81e8/attachment.bin