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| csfp |
The hardware question doesn't make much sense cause for the first time you can run windows on mac and hacked osx on pc.
So its rather a question of which OS suits you better. I know for sure that Vista is not my cup of tea.
Another thing to consider is reliability of your h/w setup, you can be sure that a Mac system is well built. If you can do a similar one yourself you can save some funds, but on the other hand you can never be sure until you try components together. I know quite a lot about IT and PC architecture, but my most recent PC is only semi-reliable and as always in those cases, the problem may be everywhere and nowhere ... so its always a risk.
So if you want OSX, you may want it for 2 main reasons : 1) you hate windows (or have/had some issues with it, like most users) 2) you want to work with Logic. If any of those is true, than give osx a try, if not i'd stick with windows/cubse 4.1 combo.
I just recently switched from PC+cbs sx3 to Mac+Logic 8 and there are some pros, but there are some cons as well. First of all, Cubase 4.1 is more feature-packed and some of those features are a dream of Logic users (like sample accurate audio editing, envelope stuff and so on), on the other hand, Logic has tremendous effects and synths on board (way way better than cbs) and with Logic Studio you get an outstanding value for money.
I hope at least some of it makes sense :toothless |
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| Eric J |
| quote: | Originally posted by Cetra³
:nervous: Maybe...
Where do you get your prices? They're a bit expensive.. |
Just googled them. |
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| Cetra³ |
Fair enough.
OS X runs like a gem on my PC. I haven't had any issues with it. Well that was until i updated it and it destroyed my custom image. Was a bit hard finding drivers for my video and sound card but everything else worked off hand.
But having said that, most OS's are the same hey. I think though if you get an OS X then you will use that for a specific purpose and be more focused on producing rather than doing everything else also. Whereas if you have a PC you can easily load up a game or anything else that isn't mac-runnable.
It would be more like buying a piece of hardware dedicated for production.
I have never thought of getting a mac though. My PC does the job fine at the moment and I haven't run into any limitations that would be solved by switching over. Well, that is apart from getting maybe a mac book pro since those laptops are pretty beasty devices. |
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| jupiterone |
| well you can run some pc apps on mac with crossover. i recently did it with Steam, now i can run Counter Strike and Team Fortress on iMac. :p |
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| palm |
| is it possible or does it exists a demo of logic to PC? i think logic is the way to go for me as i hate cubase, and ableton seems CPU-hard. also plan to run some hardware. but im very unsure about the whole mac thing... just bought an ipod and im already pretty angry on apple how they force u to go all the way. ive also tryed hackintosh without luck to try logic before buying, would anyone help me with that over msn? abit stuck in reason lately and im starting to get tired of it. |
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| Eric J |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
is it possible or does it exists a demo of logic to PC?
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There is no currently available version of Logic for PC. The last version of Logic for PC was Logic Platinum 5.5. That version is not really suitable for testing your user experience with Logic in it's current form as many thing have changed.
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
just bought an ipod and im already pretty angry on apple how they force u to go all the way. |
While this can be a pain for some, there are actually a few distinct advantages to this for producing. Core Audio and MIDI are an integrated part of the operating system, so that makes it very fast, efficient and stable. |
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| palm |
| maybe ill start saving then. also i found some "smaller" version of logic 8 extremely cheap, but it doesnt clearly states whats missing, it seems to have everything i need realy. thoughts about that? |
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| Eric J |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
maybe ill start saving then. also i found some "smaller" version of logic 8 extremely cheap, but it doesnt clearly states whats missing, it seems to have everything i need realy. thoughts about that? |
You may be referring to Logic Express. Here is what Logic Express lacks:
what express 8 lacks
-no surround capabillities
-no node (distributed audio processing)
-no support for some (pretty expensive) control surfaces
-no tdm support
instruments:
-no evb3, evd6,evp88... ( trivia: i know that Dr. Gerhard Lengeling - logic's developer -loves these instruments,when he is not playing the real thing with his band he loads these instruments from logic)
-no sculpture
plug ins:
-no surround plug ins
-no delay designer
-no multipressor, adaptive limiter
-no match eq
-no binaural post processing plug in, no multimeter
-no convolution reverb (space designer)
-no down mixer plug in
-no waveburner
I'd spring for Logic Pro personally. The exclusions are pretty compelling and worth the extra cost. |
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| palm |
| yeah eq, delay, reverb and compressors are the most important tools so if their missing it cant realy be used to anything. surround is crap tho. |
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| Eric J |
| quote: | Originally posted by palm
yeah eq, delay, reverb and compressors are the most important tools so if their missing it cant realy be used to anything. surround is crap tho. |
Well they are not ALL missing, but some of the most advanced ones are. Space Designer alone is worth the extra cost. |
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| csfp |
To be honest I don't really know why people get so excited about Space Designer, I prefer all the rest of reverbs and can't really get a proper hold of this plug. Am I missing something ?
And while going for Logic, make sure you buy Logic Studio, its well worth the extra cost I can assure you :toocool: |
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| palm |
| what about HD-type? I have all my old projects and samples on a external ntfs-disk. how can I make that HD work on both mac and PC? |
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