fjzingo Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 New macbook pros mabook pro wonder who will make the first thunderbolt soundcard....MOTU anyone?? /Fred /Fred Cantaloop Soulfetch Soulbox
Joe Muscara Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2011/02/24/thunderbolt-technology-the-fastest-data-connection-to-your-pc-just-arrived Several innovative companies have announced Thunderbolt technology-based products, or currently plan to support Thunderbolt technology in upcoming products, including Aja*, Apogee*, Avid*, Blackmagic*, LaCie*, Promise*, and Western Digital*. Though the Avid one might be for their video stuff first. Intel and Apple are really pushing what can be done with video with this bus. Quotes from the vendors can be found here. "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI
DanS Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 Sounds interesting. What we record in life, echoes in eternity. Yamaha Montage M7, Nord Electro 6D, Hammond XK1c, Dave Smith PolyEvolver & Rack, Moog Voyager, Modal Cobalt 8X, Univox MiniKorg. https://www.abandoned-film.com
kanker. Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 I've been reading about this for a couple few years now. Nice to see Thunderbolt (horrible name BTW) is finally here A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable.
Joe Muscara Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 I think I saw that Universal Audio is on board as well (no opinion of any of these vendors, just sharing info). Kevin, did you prefer "Light Peak"? "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI
kanker. Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 I think I saw that Universal Audio is on board as well (no opinion of any of these vendors, just sharing info). Kevin, did you prefer "Light Peak"? Almost anything's better than Thunderpunch A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable.
DanS Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 How about: ThunderLunch BlunderPoke SpelunkerYoke What we record in life, echoes in eternity. Yamaha Montage M7, Nord Electro 6D, Hammond XK1c, Dave Smith PolyEvolver & Rack, Moog Voyager, Modal Cobalt 8X, Univox MiniKorg. https://www.abandoned-film.com
burningbusch Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 Here's a video from last year that demoed a prototype Digidesign 192 connected to laptop via Thunderbolt. This seems very viable with Protools HD Native. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY5TjnR5Z-c Busch.
Cygnus64 Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 How about: ThunderLunch BlunderPoke SpelunkerYoke Thunderthighs? Thunderbelly?
kanker. Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Posters/T/Poster%20-%20Thunderball_02.jpg A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable.
fjzingo Posted February 24, 2011 Author Posted February 24, 2011 Nice one, lot of data there. Here's a video from last year that demoed a prototype Digidesign 192 connected to laptop via Thunderbolt. This seems very viable with Protools HD Native. [video:youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SY5TjnR5Z-c Busch. /Fred Cantaloop Soulfetch Soulbox
fjzingo Posted February 24, 2011 Author Posted February 24, 2011 Nice one agree about the name .... soo in the series firewire thunderbolt .... what is the name connector- laserdoom http://www.doctormacro.com/Images/Posters/T/Poster%20-%20Thunderball_02.jpg /Fred Cantaloop Soulfetch Soulbox
kanker. Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 Yeah, they could have use Laserdoom for the optical audio outs... What were they thinking A ROMpler is just a polyphonic turntable.
Joe Muscara Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 Why not just go straight for Octopussy? "I'm so crazy, I don't know this is impossible! Hoo hoo!" - Daffy Duck "The good news is that once you start piano you never have to worry about getting laid again. More time to practice!" - MOI
allan_evett Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 Why not just go straight for Octopussy? 'Someday, we'll look back on these days and laugh; likely a maniacal laugh from our padded cells, but a laugh nonetheless' - Mr. Boffo. We need a barfing cat emoticon!
Josh Paxton Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 I'd vote for Thunderdome, except I don't want a hard drive in which two bytes enter, one byte leaves.
zephonic Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 I'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that the new MBPro may well be a [gulp] game changer. Only the fastest 8/12-core MacPros do better in Geekbench. That does not tell the whole story but is a pretty good indication of what to expect. http://www.9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-24-at-5.30.24-PM-670x582.png http://www.9to5mac.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Screen-shot-2011-02-24-at-5.44.52-PM-670x410.png If ThuB harddisks perform as well as SATA or better, this really could be a proper alternative for a tower. I was gonna get a MacPro this summer and spec it up, but this makes me think again. local: Korg Nautilus 61 AT | Yamaha MODX8 away: GigPerformer | 16" MBP M1 Max home: Kawai RX-2 | Korg D1 | Roland Fantom X7
Geoff Grace Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 If ThuB harddisks perform as well as SATA or better, this really could be a proper alternative for a tower. If so, it's certainly tempting. The biggest drawback then would be the MacBook Pro's maximum of 8 GB of RAM--a deal breaker for some, but certainly not for all. Also, even the top of the line 17-inch monitor size would be somewhat limiting for DAW work; but you could always add an external monitor for desktop/studio use. Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon
zephonic Posted February 24, 2011 Posted February 24, 2011 If so, it's certainly tempting. The biggest drawback then would be the MacBook Pro's maximum of 8 GB of RAM--a deal breaker for some, but certainly not for all. Also, even the top of the line 17-inch monitor size would be somewhat limiting for DAW work; but you could always add an external monitor for desktop/studio use. Yeah, the memory limitations is unfortunate. But IIRC that is Intel's call. Still, even with ony 8GB of RAM these machines compare very nicely to the dual-processor MacPros! local: Korg Nautilus 61 AT | Yamaha MODX8 away: GigPerformer | 16" MBP M1 Max home: Kawai RX-2 | Korg D1 | Roland Fantom X7
Geoff Grace Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Eight GB is pretty confining for orchestral sample library work, but more than enough for most uses. Best, Geoff My Blue Someday appears on Apple Music | Spotify | YouTube | Amazon
Marzzz Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 My dilemma is that I have a late 2008 MBP 15" with 2.53 Core 2 Duo; is the new i7 that big a jump upward that it is time to upgrade? Macrumors speculation is that the next big redesign will be later this year, I can certainly wait for that.
DanS Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Also, even the top of the line 17-inch monitor size would be somewhat limiting for DAW work; but you could always add an external monitor for desktop/studio use. Or 3. I have (2) 20" and wish I had a 3rd. What we record in life, echoes in eternity. Yamaha Montage M7, Nord Electro 6D, Hammond XK1c, Dave Smith PolyEvolver & Rack, Moog Voyager, Modal Cobalt 8X, Univox MiniKorg. https://www.abandoned-film.com
Theo Verelst Posted February 25, 2011 Posted February 25, 2011 Well price is also important, the I7 notebook I now use was under 850 euros (really, there was a "we pay your VAT" sale at Media Markt..), and I'd think 6 Gig memory is quite a bit already for a notebook (my server has half of it but neat fast kind) and remember the infrastructure of busses and so on needs to be up to the type of speed you want, and there is probably NO comparison between a real top of (consumer) line dedicated graphics card (which draws more power when on) and the built in sandybridge power. Aren't samplers more asking for a nice SSD, I mean even the free (and good) Giga/Linux-sampler can do disk reading, and seriously even at 192/24bit a gig is big I think!
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