Zaap
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- Jun 12, 2008
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I highly recommend checking out use BoomR and his recording studio builds on tonymacx86.yupp, my google-fu brought me there, so i'm reading it right now.
re: logic, the truth is that the person who will be using Logic is not really a sound eng/musician/ other professional, but an amateur, so its really a matter of saving some dough.
he called me 2 days ago saying he got quoted £1600 for (who know what piece of junk entry-level mac), while a 4670k system w/ samsung evo, etc.. runs at £750 (plus another hundred for the i/o audio card).
Example: http://www.tonymacx86.com/golden-bu...core-i7-3770k-ga-z77x-up5-th-32gb-hd4000.html
Some truly awesome stuff. He seems to be the go-to expert on building Hackintoshes for professional recording. Important are things for Pro Audio (beyond just building a stable Hack with known-working hardware) are recording-specific hardware like I/O interfaces, Firewire/Thunderbolt, etc. if needed.
I would mainly recommend search through the hardware guides and "The Build" section of the TM forums to identify the perfect parts list for your needs, then check BoomR and other recording gurus' threads on the site for recording-specific considerations.
A great production rig with insane stats for a fraction of the cost of Apple hardware is totally do-able with a Hackintosh, but a bit of research first is definitely key.