Anyone build a hackintosh for music related stuff?

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Anyone build a hackintosh for music related stuff?
Posted on: 29.01.2012 by Romelia Stankard
I was debating building a new desktop since mine is older and meomory/cpu go through the roof if I have too many VSTs open or kits loaded into maschine and it doesn't even really make sense to dump any money into this thing.

I have no experience with building hackintoshes and it seems like they can be a pain in the ass but promising with good planning and buying the right parts there may not be any issues. Windows is also really starting to annoy me so the prospect of building a $5000 mac pro for $1000 is very appealing.

I just wonder would there be any particular issues with building a hackintosh for music related stuff? I mean I believe the hardware restrictions would only apply to system components right? Once all the drivers work on the desktop could there be any unforseen issues with software, soundcards, midi controllers, and other basic studio devices?
Lang Abriel
29.01.2012
Originally Posted by CryderSteez
I might be interested in one of these as well, does anyone know how hackintosh setups do in dual boot environments?
Don't know what kind of dual booting you are referring to but you can partion just fine and boot into either system...atleast thats what I did with win7 and OSX.

Would be the same as setting up two partitions running windows 7 which I did on my old laptop, one for music and one for everything else...
Tillie Sliman
29.01.2012		I might be interested in one of these as well, does anyone know how hackintosh setups do in dual boot environments?
Breana Singerman
29.01.2012
Originally Posted by jamthrax
I have a friend who builds hackintosh to order.. it runs like a demon when using it for music. Running traktor would have no problems and he bench marked ableton will 100 channels on audio + 60 channels on massive no problems.
Geebus Rice! Now that's a phucking hog.
Tania Somppi
29.01.2012		Built one? No
I did put OSX on my PC (Asus A8N, AMD3700XP+, Nvidia 7800GTX) to work around the old Traktor Pro send monitor state Windows bug tho
It worked a treat but since they fixed the bug in Traktor 2 I've gone back to XP.
Sammie Okeeffe
29.01.2012
Originally Posted by Xonetacular
I would want to pick components known to work and if someone already built a system with the right specs that was easy to set up I would want to just duplicate it.
Just sent him a message.. he has been making them since mac crossed to intel so all components will be stable
Romelia Stankard
29.01.2012
Originally Posted by jamthrax
will get the spec of the machine and message it to you if you are considering making one
Yeah that would be cool.

Is there like a database or community somewhere that shows people's exact builds they used?
Originally Posted by Rukks
Basically your biggest concern if you aren't really good with computers is to have the right hardware....So your starting at the right time.
I would want to pick components known to work and if someone already built a system with the right specs that was easy to set up I would want to just duplicate it.
Lang Abriel
29.01.2012		Basically your biggest concern if you aren't really good with computers is to have the right hardware....So your starting at the right time.

I did it with my a desktop I built for my girlfriend and bought a really rare video card so I had to go in and change a bunch of kext codes myself, not fun at all.

So bascially, if you can match up hardware with what the macs already have in it then it should be alot easier.

Otherwise use google and use templates of what other ppl have used hardware wise and just buy those pieces specifically...I mean down too the having 2 dvi ports on a type of video card vs. 1 vga and 1 dvi.

I'll look for old links that I have.
Sammie Okeeffe
29.01.2012		will get the spec of the machine and message it to you if you are considering making one
Sammie Okeeffe
29.01.2012		I have a friend who builds hackintosh to order.. it runs like a demon when using it for music. Running traktor would have no problems and he bench marked ableton will 100 channels on audio + 60 channels on massive no problems.
Shala Busso
29.01.2012		Best thing to do is browse the community s for osx86. They have Wikis of all the hardware supported etc.

It is kinda of a pain to maintain at times, especially if you want to utilize updates. It can take a lot of trial and error to get that first install stable.
Romelia Stankard
29.01.2012
Originally Posted by space monkey
I believe this topic is generally frowned upon here but I've looked into the same thing as well
Some digging on google would get you started and the route you seem to want to go is much easier than a laptop.
Someone sold a hackintosh in the BST community along with many people selling jailbroken ipads here recently so I don't really see why talking about it in general terms would be an issue. I'm not really asking for guides how to do it and I would be buying osx anyway.

Basically I'm wondering about it from a music production perspective and what the pros/cons might be and any particular issues that might come up relating to music software and hardware.
Branden Wentler
29.01.2012		I believe this topic is generally frowned upon here but I've looked into the same thing as well
Some digging on google would get you started and the route you seem to want to go is much easier than a laptop.
Romelia Stankard
29.01.2012		Yeah, I mean I'm sure there would probably be issues with really fancy studio hardware and audio interfaces but I'm just wondering for basic USB stuff. I saw some people even had apogee cards working but I wouldn't try it.
Nila Ragonese
29.01.2012		I've been believeing about doing the same thing forever...

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