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15th February 2008
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| Lives for gear  Joined: May 2004 Location: Wroc?aw, Poland
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Thread Starter  | Pro Tools HD works on Macbook Pro, what about iMac?
I love the idea of having Magma expansion with PT HD Core Card in it and running PT HD on my Macbook Pro. But because there is no Express Card slot on any iMac, it is not possible to run PT HD on iMac - Am I correct?
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16th February 2008
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| Gear maniac  Joined: Apr 2005 Location: Toronto
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You're right! HD systems only work with PCI cards. Time to move to a MacPro !
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17th February 2008
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I think you didn't understand my question, but it's not your fault. You just happened to not read what I typed in...
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18th February 2008
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| Gear maniac Joined: Apr 2005 Location: Toronto
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Yes you're correct..... Quote:
Either you worded your question wrong or I totally misunderstood you! Anyway...good luck with the whole Protools HD on iMac thing  | ||
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18th February 2008
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If I can run PT HD on a Macbook Pro, why would I move to Mac Pro?
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18th February 2008
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It is the sort of thing that you do only as a last resort. You'll get more DSP out of a bog standard macbook- the only reason I would consider a laptop based TDM system would be if I needed something I could take on a plane. A G5 and PCI based TDM rig is the way to go on a budget- you could pick an entire system up for $4-5k. (And there is no need to be snide).
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19th February 2008
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yup, haven't heard anybody running PTHD on Magma Chassis without stability issues. this also includes Magma Chassis (or any Chassis) running on G5/MacPro's. gotta wait for that "mid-level" PT system...
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19th February 2008
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| Lives for gear Joined: May 2004 Location: Wroc?aw, Poland
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hey, thanks for the info... I thought it would be fine... What kind of issues could I expect from running HD1 through Magma 2 slot chassis on a Macbook Pro? Originally I wanted to keep the HD Core card in Magma because of the ability of taking it to location work, but I have not expected any issues. |
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13th November 2008
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| Gear interested Joined: Nov 2008
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I got a PTHD 1 System up and running on a MacBook Pro since Monday. Seems to be stable.
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13th November 2008
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| Magma ExpressBox1: Cabled PCI Express for Desktops and Laptops I'd still rather bring a G5 or mac pro with at least HD2, tho, the footprint of this is much smaller and if you were say, on vacation and wanted to get work done w/o dealing with LE, for 800$ its a pretty cool setup if it works clean... (we will know from at least two users in this thread  ) - for some people this may be a cool. it's an option for HD on the go anyway.
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13th November 2008
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workin on a express card to pcie 4x system today. will put it in a 1HE Chassis with PTHD 2 mounted vertical, removeable SATA HD and power supply. i think HD3 is possible, we'll see were the limits are. |
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20th December 2008
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20th December 2008
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3rd April 2009
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I work with a magma and MacPro now for more than 8 month and never had any problem.It´s Rock solid! thumbsup Greetz |
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3rd April 2009
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21st April 2011
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| Gear interested  Joined: Dec 2010
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Sorry for waking up an old thread. But how is the stability with the new generation macbook pro when working with Pro Tools HD? Where do you connect the magma expressbox? into the SDXC slot on the macbook? |
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21st April 2011
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It may be possible On iMacs with the next revision, and the addition of thunderbolt. Sonnet announced TB enabled expansion chassis at NAB, about the size of an external hard drive. Sonnet - New Product Announcement at NAB 2011 Will have to wait to see if Avid will certify it though. 
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23rd August 2011
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Magma is onboard with the thunderbolt expansion. I signed up at their website to find out when the release date will be. Magma | Thunderbolt Expansion Chassis from Magma |
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4 Weeks Ago
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| Lives for gear Joined: Jan 2007 Location: S. FLORIDA
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| MAGMA Expressbox Pro HD1 Protools 9 PROBLEMS!!!
MAGMA Expressbox Pro HD1 Protools 9 PROBLEMS!!! Can't seem the PLAYBACK ENGINE to recognize the HD-TDM.. Only BUILT-IN and PROTOOLS AGGRE.. etc... Digitest runs fine.. even hear the little click noise on 192 when launching PTools.. Latest HD Driver installed.. HELP! |
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3 Weeks Ago
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| Lives for gear Joined: Oct 2007
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"I run my ProTools Hd system via a mac mini/ Thunderbolt display/ magma chassis, it works really well and is acttually cheaper than buying a mac pro just to put the pci e cards in." So it appears that it's now possible via Thunderbolt. | |
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