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But things have changed nowadays, so I think Mac and PC are pretty much equal. |
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Sep 13 2008, 05:25 PM
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Sure MAC is more stable platform than PC because of better operating system but as Marcus said today it's almost the same.
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Sep 13 2008, 09:44 PM
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Yeah,I guess PC is pretty much good as Mac today for recording.
But what I really like about Mac/OSX is virus resistance. 
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Sep 13 2008, 10:39 PM
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I would go with Mac if I had the money! Even just for the sake of change
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Sep 13 2008, 10:45 PM
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In a professional environment where no compromises are being done I would alwazs go for Mac. It is pricey, but more stable and better adapted to music work than PC, because of the sound drivers.
But at home, PCs are so cheap, you can (with a bit of know-how and money) make a very powerfull machine for everyday work. And as everybody said - if you keep it clean, it will be clean. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Sep 14 2008, 08:17 PM
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QUOTE (Noangels @ Sep 14 2008, 04:25 PM)  If you streamline PC's purely for audio it will match the Mac-I have never had a blue screen of death on my music pc,but my internet machine has done it all-from losing hardrives to evry thing else! I agree 100%. For the same price as Macs go nowadays anyone can make a great music production PC. Very stable and very quiet, just need to know coupe of tricks, and keep it nice and clean. -------------------- - Ivan's Video Chat Lesson Notes HERE
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Sep 14 2008, 09:05 PM
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Yeah,true Ivan
There are actualy a few firms out there who make custom PC's streamlined just for audio,be it logic,cubase,Digidesign or any number of the current Software recorders/mixes these days. They realy do look at it all in fine detail,even to the stage of using silent hard drives or shielding them so the Mics dont pick up on their clicking when in action-mind you I have never picked up hard drive noise from any of my mics To any band players here I would advise picking up the Yamaha aw4416 aw4416 specs There not produced anymore,but they turn up now and again 2nd hand,and are high quality heres a small clip of some geezer down under who uses one and shows the size of the beast! Youtube AW4416 clip -------------------- Ibanez geo and a line 6 spider
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). Actually, I've never even heard a Mac user say that they've got a virus... but Macintosh is getting bigger so maybe some virus developers will start working on it soon. hm... maybe it's time to get some anti-virus software for my Mac, if there are any?! 
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Sep 16 2008, 10:56 AM
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Two major reasons why Macs are often used in pro-audio setups are stability and integration. The first has already been pretty well covered the second possibly needs more comment...
Stability: Pcs tend to be an open platform in the sense that there are thousands of possible hardware permutations (mobo, discs, processor etc) whereas the Mac has considerably fewer. One consequence of this is stability - not every hardware permutation will be 'ideal' (or even close to it). Choose a poor configuration and you can have an awful lot of problems. Along with this - the many permutations make it extremely hard for software coders to test software. Integration: Apple has worked closely with some hardware/software audio companies. The more limited set of permutations and Apple's position has perhaps helped manufacturers to provide a more 'integrated' solution for audio that calls on low level and kernel os. Microsoft have been more reticent on this - just FYI, MS were less then forthcoming over the low level and kernal audio routines written into Vista. These caused (and continue to) an awful lot of compatability issues. WRT integration - sequencer Mac software like ProTools and Logic offer a more seamless environment. This, when allied with hardware controllers that are dedicated for these sequencers result in a software and hardware system that just locks together with little - if any - compatability issues at any level. This is more than just plug and play (although Windows struggles with this) -it's about full seamless integration. PCs just don't achieve this level of integration. For pc users we are faced with software and hardware that often fail to communicate with each other to such an extent that you can only really use a fraction of the features as 'intended'. To whit - I use a number of hardware controllers and none fully integrate with any sequencer that I have - there is always some control that will not read properly, if at all. ----------------------------------------- Regardless I still use a pc rather than a Mac. Furthermore many Universities, schools and pro-recording studios, broadcast/studio/audio trainers ALSO use pcs. There are a number of reasons for me: 1) History and legacy - if you started with and invested a lot of money in a PC platform it becomes difficult and expensive to change. The Mac equivalent for me would be a ProTools HD system and would cost over 15K UK Pounds. I can't afford that and nor could I countenance having to sideline/junk the equivalent pc investment. Furthermore I have an awful lot of data archived that is pc readable. 2) Software - quite simply the pc has more choice. Some of the audio and broadcast software is not Mac usable (and I really don't want to start trying to run then via emulation). 3) Familiarity - I train people in broadcast and as part of this require them to bring their own laptops to the course/s they are on. The majority bring a pc. I work with several UK Universities on audio and broadcast courses - all use pcs as policy. Whilst I actually think that the Mac OS is more user friendly then Windows or Vista more people that I deal with are familiar with MS OSs. 4) Compatability - In my experience more individuals, companies, radio stations and recording studios that I work with have a pc platform available then a Mac. Mac orientated companies often have a pc system BUT the reverse isn't always the case. All that said - if I could square point 1 above I'd switch to a Mac. Cheers, Tony ps On a side note - a relation who is a professional fashion photographer (and has been for 30 or so years) recently switched from Mac to pc. His reason was 4). His biggest complaints - horrible Vista interface compared with Mac; the lack of integration with hardware (cameras etc); having to redo all his photo archive to a windows readable format. -------------------- Get your music professionally mastered by anl AES registered Mastering Engineer. Contact me for Audio Mastering Services and Advice and visit our website www.miromastering.com
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Sep 16 2008, 12:18 PM
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In my opinion by now there is no real difference when it comes to recording on a mac or a pc, if you already have a pc there is no need to buy a mac, just get the sorftware that you want to use and start recording.
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