PC or MAC???

[Polaris20]

I know it! I was deathmatching on Sonar last night with Polaris20 and I was just constantly fragging his ass with teh rocket launcher. I think it had a lot to do with the fact that his sound card is teh suck and was only giving him something like 20tps (tracks per second).

Maybe, but I'll kick your ass at Acid Pro. You suck at death looping.

 

[conradwoo]

I don't mind macs and all...I've used a mac at the project studio i'm working at for a little while and it wasnt so bad....except for it was slow as ass...(G4 350mhz runing Cubase VST 5.1)..and I had no problems learning it but definately in my opinion, I think PCs are much easier to use. I guess its cause I grew up with them....but another thing that really annoys me, is the fact that Apple doesn't let people build their own computers......

I recently convinced my boss to switch back to PC with a MusicXPC S2 (I woulda rather built my own pc, but www.musicxpc.com is the link) and I have seen much more blue screens in the first week with it than I have almost ever seen on my own PC....

 

[theshaggyfreak]

You can do great things with both. You can also do terrible things with both. Look at your budget, and then see what the best setup that you can get for that money. Do some research and read reviews on some products. Plan the whole thing out. Maybe buy things over time. That's pretty much how I've been doing it for the past 4 years. I buy little pieces here and there, and ocassionally I spend a big chunk on something I've been really wanting. Personally I think it's important to buy software that works on both platforms, because if you ever decide to switch you can use the same software. Beware of all the media hype. Protools is not the end all be all, but it's a pretty good product. The most important part of your equipment is YOU! Learn to use what you have, and make good music. You'll find out which tools work best for you.

 

[Polaris20]

I recently convinced my boss to switch back to PC with a MusicXPC S2 (I woulda rather built my own pc, but www.musicxpc.com is the link) and I have seen much more blue screens in the first week with it than I have almost ever seen on my own PC....

I can't believe those clowns are still in business.

 

[elevate]

I can't believe those clowns are still in business.

Wow...they banish CPU load to single digits!! Does that mean CPU utilization will never exceed 9%?...leaving 91% of your clock cycles permanently unused?...effectively making your 3Ghz P4 a 270Mhz behemoth?

You gotta give em props for being more forthcoming than Apple with regard to their benchmarking, though I guess that isn't saying much.

 

[manning1]

tough to beat my solution........
get an amd 64 pc load up on memory with two fast hard drives and a good sound card, put in powertracks for 48 digital audio tracks plus midi sequencing. and start making music. anything else is for the trust fund crowd with more money than intelligence imho.

 

[Polaris20]

Wow...they banish CPU load to single digits!! Does that mean CPU utilization will never exceed 9%?...leaving 91% of your clock cycles permanently unused?...effectively making your 3Ghz P4 a 270Mhz behemoth?

You gotta give em props for being more forthcoming than Apple with regard to their benchmarking, though I guess that isn't saying much.

Does anyone want to buy a rebadged Shuttle kit er, I mean Polaris Custom Audio Latency Banishing Wonder Box from me?

I think it's hilarious that all of their reviews are for Shuttles, not even for their own product, as it relates to audio.

Monarch Computers' Hornet Pro system is much more attractive for SFF. A little bigger, but it takes any micro ATX mobo, has 3 PCI slots, any AGP card, and looks pretty damn cool. And you can get it with a quiet PS too.

Monarch Hornet 64 Custom System

Case: Monarch Hornet Pro Aluminum u-ATX (Black)
Noise Killer w/Thermal Management System
Enermax EG285SX-VB(W)SFMA SFX PS w/ 80mm
Gigabyte K8VT800M (Athlon64)
AMD Athlon 64 3400+ (Retail Box-w-Fan)
DDR (400) 3200 - 1 GB (2 pcs 512) Corsair
SATA - Seagate (ST380013AS) 80 GB/7200-RP
SATA - Seagate (ST3120026AS) 120 GB/7200-
Plextor PX-712SA/BPS-BL DVD±RW
ATI (Sapphire) 9600XT 128 MB DDR/8X-AGP/T
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
24/7 Tech Support + Plus 3 Year Onsite Warranty

$1,658.95

Hmmm..... me thinks this system would beat the Music XPC C2 like a red-headed step child. For over $200 less, and with a 3 year warranty.

MusicXPC Professional is the creation of Les Bateman, and represents that culmination of years of crafting computers for the media industry - for professional studios, project studios, film composers, broadcasters, mastering houses and serious musicians. Apart from being a computer that simply works perfectly right out of the box, the MusicXPC C2 offers the musician real advantages over average computers in 4 key areas.

So after years of building PCs for audio, he decided to say "screw it, let's buy a made in China barebones kit and market it as an audio PC. The kids will eat it up!"

This company is a fraud, so unscrupulous they should be getting sued.