Re: Re: Re: Is anyone using the Power Mac G5 for recorcing/mixing?
ONEsnowRIDER said:
DaisyCutter, thanks for the comments. You sentiments are exactly what I've been reading from other PC to MAC switchers.
Can you give me some examples of the differences between the two/pros and cons. What kind of PC were you running cakewalk on?
Thanks again!
I'm enjoying OSX alot. Lot of fun...stable, straight forward. When OSX gets finicky, I find it doesn't irratate me as much as when XP does.

You get the feeling that Apple has spent alot of time and pride in creating the OS. And it shows in the attention of detail and how it stays out of your way.
I was using practically every bargain sequencer available on my PC: Cubasis, Cakewalk Home Studio 2002, Magix Music Studio Deluxe, Pro Tools Free, Muzy's, Wave Lab LE, etc.
I decided to stop wasting my time and money on all the little bargain apps. And got Logic Audio.
I was running WinXP on an older system. An Athlon 750 with an Audiophile2496 card.
I'm running Logic on a 700Mhz iBook now. Logic runs great on my iBook. It's something I can grow into and learn. The freeze function is useful for slower systems. Though, I doubt the freeze function would be needed for a G5
It just rocks. The iBook is dead quiet - perfect for recording acoustic guitar. My Athlon PC was unbelievably loud and could heat up a small room in no time.
OSX's CoreAudio is real cool. Really simplifies things. No more OMS silliness like in OS9.
You might want to check out Final Cut Express if you want a low cost video editor. It might have too many features cut out from Final Cut Pro for you, but I think it only runs around two to three hundred dollars rather than a grand for FCP.