Apple Logic 8

Spotting it out showed me that everything looks more cool and nothing is missing. It runs smooth on a Mac Mini Intel Core Duo (not 2) with 2 Gig of RAM. Performance is not different to Logic 7.  Synthesizer Content is amazing and I really think that the time of creating a VST or AU plugin is near

We’ll see – now I enjoy that cool piece of software!

As i thought a little more, I remembered of my performance issues with GarageBand, as my compositions grew and used lots more of EXS instruments. Now I am sure that performance issues come from unsufficient memory. 1 Gig of RAM is too less for more than 6 software instruments, esspecially there are EQ tunings on em.

This issues and of course my thoughts about an upgrade to Logic 8 brought me to this post, where the guys explained in detail how to open the Mac Mini and upgrading the RAM.

Well, I did so and succeded

The post above is excellent written. Upgrading is really easy, just do it. Just one thing is to remember: if you have an Intel Core Duo you CANNOT have more RAM than 2 Gigs. You have to use 2x 1 Gig of 667 Mhz SODIMM (= notebook ram!). If you use more RAM, the screen will stay black and won’t even hear the chime.

Just the Intel Core 2 Duo seems to support more than 2 Gig. Officially it is said by Apple that a Mac Mini supports 3 Gigs. In fact I heard about people using more than 3 gigs with success. Just take a look at the performance benchmark.

So, please check out which mac you have. You can do this easily in the System Profiler (click the apple – about this mac icon).

I own now more RAM and yes, my Logic is working much better. I have nearly no performance issues anymore. I really would like to have a trial version of Logic 8, but unfortunatly Apple isn’t offering such a thing. Bad luck. I guess I will stick with Logic 7 a bit longer and enjoy my new RAM.