a recording program for both mac and pc?

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i recently got a fancy new flatscreen imac (you gotta try it sometime! and the stability....jeez no pc comes close) and have it hooked up on a network to my now-perminent recording pc in my basement. i've been using n-track for the past year and i love it, but my pc is rather slow and couldnt handle too many effects. is there any recording program that isnt too hard to use that can work on both macs and pcs, so that i can do the recording down here on the pc and the mixing on the much-faster new imac? thanks, -Nate
 
You mean one program that you can install on both machines? No way. There are several that have Mac and PC versions, though, which are more or less identical in features and behavior -- but you would have to buy a PC version and a Mac version separately.
 
and the stability....jeez no pc comes close
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For the love of God. Will the madness never end?

AlChuck's right though, you'll need to buy two versions. Unless of course you have a Digi 001 or plan on getting one.
 
hahaha, yes of course i understand that, im not that dumb. what programs have different versions for both mac and pc? (and i will be able to send all of the sound/effects/settings files from the pc to the mac for editing right?)
 
OK, then that's clear. I think there's Cubase and Logic, and ProTools of course... any others I'm forgetting?
 
thanks for the help, ill look into those. any that you would personally recommend? im looking for ease of use most of all, but is pretty powerful as well.
 
I have no personal experience with any of those three, sorry.
 
He didn't just make a positive comment about macs...he coupled it with a negative comment about PC's. He said "and the stability....jeez no pc comes close". If he had said, "And it's so stable!" or, "And the stability is amazing!" I would agree with you, no response is necessary, but a ludicrous negative comment like that has to be responded to,

I must say this...my home-built pC, with XP Pro has NEVER, EVER, EVER crashed since I installed XP. That rivals any mac I've ever heard of.
 
He, he... My PC is pretty stable... almost a year now of what alot of people would call semi-pro recording, and not even ONE problem I can report...

He he.. looks like Im getting the same reliability that a mac gives for half the price.... damn im smart!


Anyways.. My Digi 001 (Pro Tools LE) came with a Mac disc and a Windows ME disc....

For what your looking for "Easy to use and powerful".. Pro Tools is your best option IMO...

Joe
 
i'm gonna say cubase -- but wait a few months. the new version of cubase (dubbed cubase sx) comes with a function called system link. this lets you connect your two computer together, so you can use both to record, mix, etc. Also cubase just rocks! but that's just my opinion. go to cubase.net for more info.
 
thanks guys, ill check out cubase and protools. sure i dont blame you for responding about my comment on stability of the macs, but mac OSX is based on unix, the most stable operating system ever made, whereas windows XP has windows 2000 under its belt, a fine operating system without a doubt, but still doesnt match unix. I have both operating systems, and although XP is pretty good, the layout is downright AWFUL. if i want to change my IP on my mac, i can do it in 2 clicks. with the pc i have to spend forever searching around its horrible layout of menus and properties screens.

"my home-built pC, with XP Pro has NEVER, EVER, EVER crashed since I installed XP. That rivals any mac I've ever heard of." my mac hasnt ever ever crashed either by the way.

looks like Im getting the same reliability that a mac gives for half the price.... damn im smart! - I paid 1799 for the new imac, BUT, it is equivilent to a 1.6ghz pc, still quite a decent speed on today's market, did you factor in a flatscreen monitor? and cd rom drive that reads and burns BOTH cds and dvds? its already been calculated that a pc like that today costs well over 2000.

im not trying to persuade anybody here, if you're fine with your pc, great. i was a long-time pc user and i got sick of all the crap it threw at me (the blue screens!! AHHHH) but this winter more pc users have switched to mac than ever before, so give it a try like i did, and if you're into 3d or movies, it IS a well known fact that no pc comes close to a mac in that department.

my 2 cents :-D
 
What Blue screen is that... I've never seen a blue screen in my life...Is it that fatal exeption thing, where you have to reboot... I saw that over at my friends house once, a few years back... He had a really shitty compaq presario, he bought from the office depot.....Maybe yours and his were just set up wrong, or cheap components... interesting...

Oh well.. it's a boring old debate.. and in my mind... Pc is the shit, in yours mac is the shit.. so who really cares... Im right, and your right!... were do we get NOW? ;)

Joe
 
Peecees...

The blue screen which n8t was referring to was the blue screen of death, an error screen that frequented my windows 98 Gateway. For no reason, the OS would just freeze and pop up this blue screen with a bunch of tech jargon, forcing me to reboot. To never have seen a blue screen of death is to never have used windows 95 or 98. I did recently upgrade to windows XP, but I still find OSX so much better. One of my main problems with XP is that you are forced to use what Microsoft dictates you to use. "Windows XP offers plenty of Internet support--but in all the wrong ways. XP turns your PC into a marketing tool for Microsoft. What if you don't want a .Net Passport but want another service instead? What if you want to use digital-picture vendors that haven't signed a deal with Microsoft? XP badgers you until you weaken; resistance is futile" -CNET. XP's interface (Luna) also has to be one of the ugliest things I have ever seen, and XP networking can be hell. Of course everyone is entitled to there own opinion. But i truly believe that if you follow N8's path, you will not be dissapointed. And here is what we do to peecees www.sloppyproductions.org/peeceebeatdown.mov
 
I'm using XP Pro, and I don't use .Net, the OS has never "badgered" me to do r get anything. I suppose it might if you just let it install and don't customize, but what fool would do that. Hmm, let's see, so I gotta do a little extra work and customize and streamline XP, took me maybe an hour...I'll take the hour of work over the extra grand or so to buy a Mac any day. I simply don't have an extra grand layin around, 'course, if I did, I would be buying some sweet gear to plug into my DAW, not just paying for the computer. But, too each their own.
 
Wow. your Imac can kick a 1.6 GHz PC's ass? even without a single freaking PCI slot? Now THAT is impressive. And 1799$ what a deal! Even though I wouldn't pay more than $1000 for a PC that would totally demolish that system, and I'm not talking about some over-the-hill 1.6 GHz system (in the real world, we're beyond 2 GHz now). And even though a Pioneer "superdrive" goes for around $300, and even though a 15" flatscreen monitor can be had for roughly the same. I could easily blow your toy lamp out of the water with $1800, and still have cash left over for a decent preamp, a couple of mics, and 6-pack of beer.

Get over yourself, no one believes your ridiculous claims about your new toy. If you really want to impress us, go make some killer music with it.
 
but mac OSX is based on unix, the most stable operating system ever made
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UNIX is not an operating system. The most stable operating system ever made is probably not a UNIX variant either. I suspect that any RTOS, such as QNX, is more stable than any UNIX flavor.
if i want to change my IP on my mac, i can do it in 2 clicks. with the pc i have to spend forever searching around its horrible layout of menus and properties screens.
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This speaks more of your inability to use the OS than anything else.
I paid 1799 for the new imac, BUT, it is equivilent to a 1.6ghz pc
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That's pretty funny. I bet you believe it too.
i was a long-time pc user and i got sick of all the crap it threw at me (the blue screens!! AHHHH)
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Again, it doesn't sound like you knew what you were doing.
this winter more pc users have switched to mac than ever before
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I suppose you have a link to back this up, right?
if you're into 3d or movies, it IS a well known fact that no pc comes close to a mac in that department.
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Good grief! A well known fact? Why would 3D artists choose a platform with exorbitant hardware costs, inferior performance, no professional level 3D hardware, an unaccelerated UI, and slim software choices?
 
:rolleyes:

Here we go again with people blabbing off crap the don't understand...

sure i dont blame you for responding about my comment on stability of the macs, but mac OSX is based on unix, the most stable operating system ever made, whereas windows XP has windows 2000 under its belt, a fine operating system without a doubt, but still doesnt match unix.


Lets see, Win2k/XP are based on the NT platform which was originally based on Digital VMS and, you guessed it, UNIX!!!

Oh yeah, lets not forget OSX is the first true preemptive multitasking OS for Macs. Microsoft OS's have had this feature since NT 3.1 was released WAY back in 1993...

I'll think I'll stay with Intel/Microsoft and buy that P4 1.8Ghz CPU with an Intel i845 based mobo. I'll then make use of my existing HD, video card, sound card and case and only pay $600 for the upgrade from my current PII-400. Whats that? You can't buy components and put your own Mac together? Who would have thunk!! :p

:rolleyes:
 
Oh yeah, lets not forget OSX is the first true preemptive multitasking OS for Macs.
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It's the first lots of things for Macs - preemptive multitasking, protected memory, virtual memory [that doesn't suck], SMP support, a real TCP/IP stack, a command line interface, etc...
 
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