I work with a VS 1824 and slowly learning the curse of the manual

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But the next thing I want to know is what Computer should I buy? A Mac or an Dell? I used a Mac for the first time the other day after years of calling it unpolitically correct names and all sorts of stuff and after two minutes of putsin' around with that single button mouse, I created a short video clip with custom titles and background music... all from a camera that was connected to the Demo machine. While at home I have the same hook up with a PC compatible adn cant do nearly as much with having to read a load of manuals. Friends tell me that if I get a Mac I dont have to worry about Hardware and sound cards that what ever is in the mac as far as sound goes I will be set... is this true? What I am looking for here is should I get a Mac and what software and why shouldnt I but the same software for my Pc clone? I have used a little bit of Cakewalk and loved it is this good enough to complete my Demo CDs. AND finally if do get this setup does this replace the VS 1824?


Recap hheeheh

1. Mac or PC?

2. If Mac why cant i get the same software for the PC?

3. Mac sound hardware all the same? (ie works with any sound program?)

4.WOuld this new setup replace the VS 1824...which I find very difficult to work with?
 
1) PC... (Sonar only run on PCs) :D Seriously, that's your choice.
2) You can, if the company produce both Mac and PC software. Cubase is crossplatform. Logic is Mac only and Sonar is PC only.
3) It should, yes...
4) Yes, but it depends on what hardware and software you get from your computer.
 
Yo Hegui, welcome to the board! I use a VS1824CD and will help when I can. Be advised, the backup software in the 1824, whether you're backing up to CD-R drive or Zip drive, is proprietary, and nothing but a VS studio can talk to it. To export tracks to a computer, they have to be pulled off your VS 2 tracks at a time, by S/PDIF, in real time, and then synched with your editing software.
It's doable, but annoying. The 2480, I'm told, can export tracks in something a little more intelligible. Stay in touch, because I'm 75% done tracking an entire album on an 1824, and I've learned a few tricks. Welcome to what we call "The Roland House of Pain"!-Richie
 
It funny... you speaking of house of pain

After 9 hours of again lastnight my band kicked out some great music...unforntunatley there sound enginer ( me ) recorded everything into a 48k song. When I went to go burn the music from the VS-1824 it politley told me that it was going to keep all my work in the HD and not allow me to burn it becuz it was not a 44.1 song. Now in the long run I am taking the entire board down the publisher anyway but for now I need burn cds to get to the vocalist.... is there anyway i can rig something up so that I can export the songfs and perhaps put them back in a 44.1 sample rate format? Thanks in advanced for any help and thanks for the warm welcome!
 
Hegui, hate to say it, bit I think you're fucked. CD compatible sampling rate is 44.1 khz! There may be some way to pull the tracks off into your PC by S/PDIF and then convert, but the Roland can't do that. Keep reading the manual.-Richie
 
Read the manual?

HEH I would read the manual but I cleans my daughters diaper genie with it. I guess will try to snake the sound out some how. Anyway thanks for the idea. I guess there is no way to hook the VS up with Cakewalk is there?
 
The answer is yes. What I said. You have to pull the tracks off 2 at a time, in real time, by S/PDIF. Then you can process them with any software you want, There is *no way* to just dump them as a file. If you need the manuals (there are 3), call Roland support, who'll probably send them to you at a nominal fee. Also, when you're happy with the tracks, remember to optomize the song to clear alternate takes and editing marks out of your memory, or your backups will require multiple CD's, and you'll be running out of hard drive space in the middle of a song.-Richie
 
MAC

Mac's are easier to use unless you are a hardcore PC user. They are graphically driven (they operate on what you see). Almost every studio that I have had contact with that is digital uses Mac's because of the ease of use. Should you wish to do any visual graphic work to support a project that you are recording, it is easier on a Mac. I am by trade a visual artist that has done a lot of work on a Mac. (I don't use my Mac for internet, it's devoted to graphics) I personally hate computers and won't do ANY of my own serious work on a computer (I'm a brush and pencil kind of guy), but I had to get with the times . Mac's are the industry standard for graphics and from what I've heard they are also the industry standard for recording. Since they came out with the OS X a year or so ago, they are virtually impossible to system-wide crash. The more current upgrade is even better. If you are buying one, do yourself a favor and don't buy a used one with a G3 processor, spend the extra money for a newer G4 processor, it's much faster.
 
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