Mac Setups: Audio Production Hackintosh with Triple Displays
This weeks awesome Mac setup comes to us from Gil P., it’s used primarily for audio production, and as you’ll see it’s quite a whopper with some amazing hardware with perhaps a tad bit of cheating because the desktop Mac is actually a custom built Hackintosh that dual boots OS X and Windows 7! Everything from left to right (including the beta fish tank):
- MacBook Pro 13″ (2010) – 4GB RAM, SSD
But now things get very interesting with the hackintosh desktop setup, which consists of the following hardware:
The fancy monitor arrangement was found after considerable trial and error, and Gil says it’s the most ergonomic solution that allows for maintaining focus when switching between different displays.
We haven’t covered any Hackintosh stuff recently, but the movement is still going strong with professionals who need beefy hardware alternatives while the long wait for a revamped Mac Pro continues.
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Yea, I am not seeing anything that indicates that this is for “audio production”. Where’s the monitors (not the ones you look at)? Or even some decent computer speakers, and the rig on top of the desk, with as others have mentioned, the fans right there, and in a corner, that would play havoc with sound bouncing.
If this is for audio production where are the speakers? This looks nice for office but terrible for serious audio productions (all the fans, empty walls that reflect the sounds, no sweet spot,…)
Is that a beta fish? If so, thank you for not putting it in a tiny little bowl. It’s refreshing to see someone take care of one in something larger than a coffee mug. Great setup!
Whats u with the Braun Razor next to the water tank?
It’s for the fish, for the daily shave.
Mother of god. Nice setup :)
Hello,
What chassis is the black one on the right side?
Wow that is amazing. I can’t believe Apple is abandoning the pro market and Mac Pro and forcing pro’s to build their own unofficial Macs (for 1/3 the price…). Then again it makes people put together great stuff like this, and tinkering is one of the most fun things we geeks do.
Great setup but is it really for audio production. If you’re doing serious adio work you wouldn’t want to have the CPU case and all of the fan noise just a foot or two away from your ear. Unless of course he just put it on his desk for the picture…
It looks like a set of headphones are on top of the case, and maybe speakers are under the desk where the tower usually resides.
lol..if u producing audio seriously u need the speakers parallel to your ears(the a reason for that matter) and the those headphones not the great ones wont be able give proper sound frequencies.
As you can see there are some “big ass fans” in the side of the case, allowing for a slow rotation and good airflow. Probably the owner didn’t go cheap on the other internal fans either, and that way you’ll end up with a very silent setup.
Having said that, I also would place the desktop case in a “hidden” place, whe there is a good airflow off course.