27" Screen
2.8GHz Quad-Core Intel Core i5
4GB 1333MHz DDR3 SDRAM - 2x2GB
1TB Serial ATA Drive
ATI Radeon HD 5750 1GB GDDR5 SDRAM
Purchased the above unit today to be delivered in a couple of days. This is the first apple mac I have ever owned so thought might as well get a good one. I decided on the fixed unit rather than a mac book pro as portability was not a consideration for me (home based) and considering the upgrade in spec and monitor size for an equivalent mac book the imac seemed the obvious choice.
I'm planning on using the mac purely for my music interest whilst my other two PC workstations are for my photography editing and general internet browsing.
I want to run both Traktor and Ableton on the mac and thinking of using the S4 and the vestax vcm 600 to control the corresponding programs.
A couple of questions:
1) Can the S4 be mapped to also control Ableton and traktor at the same time or is it better to purchase a separate controller to control ableton?
2) Will the Imac allow me to have both programs running together on the same screen at the same time (dual windows open) so i don't have to switch between programs by closing one window down and opening another?
3) I want to use ableton and traktor together in synch, what set up would you personally use to do this? S4 and APC40? APC40 and kontrol X1 etc etc
4) What should I do once I receive my Mac in terms of preparing it for traktor and ableton? do i need to configure anything before installation??
5) I have lots of music on an external hard drive currently used on on eth pc's. I would like to copy all my music across to the mac's internal harddrive, would you recommend this or would you play / access your stuff off an external drive?
6) Any tips / advice on a first time Mac owner moving into music dj'ing and production using traktor and ableton in terms of things to do before setting the whole system up i.e. organising music tips, categorising samples etc?
thanks
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