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Subject:Swicth To Macintosh Posted by: Tombolino Date:2/18/2002 10:58:19 AM Hi All, I currently work with Acid 3 and SF 5 on my PC. I am thinking about buying a Mac computer. 1. Would I be able to transfer the songs i have made so far from PC to Mac? 2. Would I be able to use my Acid 3 and SF 5 on Mac, or, do i need to buy these programs again, or, what....? thanks!
Subject:RE: Swicth To Macintosh Reply by: johannbad Date:2/18/2002 11:58:13 AM there is no acid for the mac. or any sonicfoundry products. so, your songs would be tranferable if you mixed them down to a .wav or .mp3... but then you'd just have a final mix. also, you could export each track seperatly as a .wav then import them into cubase, or recycle or whatever. You could use VPC on the mac to run windows, then run acid from that, but VPC is so slow, it hurts. Its like running on a pentium 90 with 32mb of ram and 1meg of video ram. it is SLOW. why are you switching? i'm not here to mac bash (i have three macs myself) but there is really no reason to switch to a mac anymore as the same software is available (mostly) for the PC (and some is exclusive to it (like acid)).. the performance to cost ratio is much beter for the PC. OSX has very little audio software and is slow, OS9 is unstable... It'd be best to buy a faster PC for half the price. Just my .02 good luck.
Subject:To Johanbadd Reply by: Tombolino Date:2/18/2002 3:03:57 PM Well, I was just exploring the possibility because somehow Im under the impression that all home studio musicmakers seem to be using MAC. But yes in other forums I keep hearing that Macs are unstable (still not sure what that means completely...crashes a lot?) So for instance, why do you use MAC?
Subject:RE: To Johanbadd Reply by: Iacobus Date:2/18/2002 6:17:30 PM I've heard once that Macs crash just about as often as Windows PCs, only with more style and in prettier colors. ;o) (I think the guy from The Sisters of Mercy said that.) Joking aside, just because studio musicians, producers, etc. use a Mac doesn't mean you have to. Think different. (oops. Wasn't that an Apple slogan?) Iacobus
Subject:RE: To Johanbadd Reply by: johannbad Date:2/19/2002 1:23:34 AM the main reason people use macs in pro audio is because of pro tools. Now that pro tools works just as well on a PC (and for cheeper most of the time) its hard to justify using a mac if your under a budget. But the stereotype is to be a serious digital audio dood, you gotta be running pro tools on a mac. that is something is ingrained into a lot of people. so, if you are going to go into business where mostly producers and clients will come into your studio, they're gonna expect to see a mac running pro tools. but if a tech comes in, s/he won't care as they'll know how to work any audio tool. Any OS before OSX on mac is very unstable. It is crash prone and not a true mutlitasking OS. The same is true for Windows Me/98 and lower. Just as unstable and crash prone as Mac OS 9.x. Windows2000 and WindowsXP are both great operating systems. Very stable OS for production work. It can handle two procs natively, each app gets its own memory space etc... they're good. Why i use Macs. well... thats what i learned how to do video with. I learned audio on SGI with IRIX so i had a heavy unix background. so once OSX came out, i went crazy, bought some macs, and played with it's cuz it's cool and unix. My audio system is a fast windows box tho... So, if you got the $$ and plan on doing lots of commerical work, a mac is still a good bet, otherwise, very fast PCs can be had for $800 or less. Good luck! john
Subject:RE: To Johanbadd Reply by: Iacobus Date:2/19/2002 11:32:55 AM Great post, john. I really did notice a difference going from Windows 98SE to Windows XP, despite what I've heard. Reviews and comments made me weary until I actually worked with it. I'm really glad I made the move. Iacobus

Subject:Swicth To Macintosh

Posted by: Tombolino

Date:2/18/2002 10:58:19 AM

Hi All,

I currently work with Acid 3 and SF 5 on my PC. I am thinking about buying a Mac computer.

1. Would I be able to transfer the songs i have made so far from PC to Mac?
2. Would I be able to use my Acid 3 and SF 5 on Mac, or, do i need to buy these programs again, or, what....?

thanks!

Subject:RE: Swicth To Macintosh

Reply by: johannbad

Date:2/18/2002 11:58:13 AM

there is no acid for the mac. or any sonicfoundry products. so, your songs would be tranferable if you mixed them down to a .wav or .mp3... but then you'd just have a final mix. also, you could export each track seperatly as a .wav then import them into cubase, or recycle or whatever.
You could use VPC on the mac to run windows, then run acid from that, but VPC is so slow, it hurts. Its like running on a pentium 90 with 32mb of ram and 1meg of video ram. it is SLOW.

why are you switching? i'm not here to mac bash (i have three macs myself) but there is really no reason to switch to a mac anymore as the same software is available (mostly) for the PC (and some is exclusive to it (like acid)).. the performance to cost ratio is much beter for the PC. OSX has very little audio software and is slow, OS9 is unstable... It'd be best to buy a faster PC for half the price. Just my .02

good luck.

Subject:To Johanbadd

Reply by: Tombolino

Date:2/18/2002 3:03:57 PM

Well, I was just exploring the possibility because somehow Im under the impression that all home studio musicmakers seem to be using MAC. But yes in other forums I keep hearing that Macs are unstable (still not sure what that means completely...crashes a lot?)

So for instance, why do you use MAC?

Subject:RE: To Johanbadd

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:2/18/2002 6:17:30 PM

I've heard once that Macs crash just about as often as Windows PCs, only with more style and in prettier colors. ;o) (I think the guy from The Sisters of Mercy said that.)

Joking aside, just because studio musicians, producers, etc. use a Mac doesn't mean you have to. Think different. (oops. Wasn't that an Apple slogan?)

Iacobus

Subject:RE: To Johanbadd

Reply by: johannbad

Date:2/19/2002 1:23:34 AM

the main reason people use macs in pro audio is because of pro tools. Now that pro tools works just as well on a PC (and for cheeper most of the time) its hard to justify using a mac if your under a budget. But the stereotype is to be a serious digital audio dood, you gotta be running pro tools on a mac. that is something is ingrained into a lot of people. so, if you are going to go into business where mostly producers and clients will come into your studio, they're gonna expect to see a mac running pro tools. but if a tech comes in, s/he won't care as they'll know how to work any audio tool.

Any OS before OSX on mac is very unstable. It is crash prone and not a true mutlitasking OS. The same is true for Windows Me/98 and lower. Just as unstable and crash prone as Mac OS 9.x. Windows2000 and WindowsXP are both great operating systems. Very stable OS for production work. It can handle two procs natively, each app gets its own memory space etc... they're good.

Why i use Macs. well... thats what i learned how to do video with. I learned audio on SGI with IRIX so i had a heavy unix background. so once OSX came out, i went crazy, bought some macs, and played with it's cuz it's cool and unix. My audio system is a fast windows box tho...

So, if you got the $$ and plan on doing lots of commerical work, a mac is still a good bet, otherwise, very fast PCs can be had for $800 or less.

Good luck!

john

Subject:RE: To Johanbadd

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:2/19/2002 11:32:55 AM

Great post, john.

I really did notice a difference going from Windows 98SE to Windows XP, despite what I've heard. Reviews and comments made me weary until I actually worked with it. I'm really glad I made the move.

Iacobus