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Re: Mac G4 midi software question
I'm not a Mac-person, myself, but I worked at Apple for a year in the
'ProMedia'
group, and I can vouch for the brainshare in the OS X audio group... they
have people who have worked at companies like OSC and Opcode, and thus have
been deeply involved in audio/MIDI on the Mac for many years... They are
getting the chance to 'do it right' this time, and the architecture looked
great when I was there...
of course, I have alot of time and money invested in the wintel world, and
I have faith in companies like steinberg and sonic foundry to continue to
produce quality software for that platform... as well as personally knowing
the ins/outs of audio/midi software development issues... But, I'm sure
once I have enough cash to throw at a Mac I'll add one to my studio... :)
peace
-cpr
>-- Original Message --
>Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2002 10:40:23 -0800
>From: Mark <sine@zerocrossing.net>
>Subject: Re: Mac G4 midi software question
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>
>
>I can't agree with you more Stuart. I work in a company that's all
>Wintel boxes, except for our Video editing suite and the Art director
>and myself (designer/animator). I've just seen *too* many weird
>conflicts and problems on the Windows platform, even though all the
>Wintel boxes (running W2K) are just running office for the most part.
>Our web server? Mac too. I asked our IS guy and he said, "stability
>mostly." All the PCs are locked down so no one can make any changes or
>install anything, but the macs are left alone. Why? "I just don't have
>any problems with them."
>
>But, I think there's another issue here as well. OSX. It's really the
>biggest reason I didn't go from my old Power Mac to a PC. I've not yet
>tried v. 10.2, but 10.1 is like a rock. Occasionally apps will go down,
>but the OS itself remains untouched. It just "feels" better. I can't
>wait until Digital Performer 4 comes out and I can stay in OSX all the
>time. With it's built in MIDI functions and protected memory system I
>believe that now that ProTools has been ported to it, it will become the
>industry standard for music.
>
>Mark Sottilaro
>
>"Stuart Wyatt (Solo String Project)" wrote:
>>
>> > why a Mac?
>>
>> One word - Reliability.
>>
>> Before I switched to mac, I spent a number of years working with PC's,
>> and encountered so many problems with PC/Windows systems... Blue screen
>> of death, random strange problems.... I'd just had enough. I think the
>> problems with PC's lie with the sheer diversity of processors,
>> motherboards, cards, peripherals etc. etc. There are always driver
>> conflicts, software glitches and basic screw-ups with Microsoft's
>> bloated OS.
>>
>> With Macs, there is just one producer of computers - Apple. They also
>> write (and do a very good job of it) the OS. It works. Sure they cost
>> more than a comparable PC, but at what price is reliability?
>>
>> Whilst Mac systems are certainly not 100% problem free, I do have the
>> confidence to use them in live performances which I would never have
>> with a PC setup.
>>
>> Thats my 0.2c :)
>>
>> --
>> Stuart Wyatt (Solo String Project) - http://SoloString.com
>