By kingrome_1
Mon May 18, 2009 8:30 pm
I have a old ass 001 the money ima spent on a pc an the time ima take to try to make something that old work will it be better to just get a mbox or something.
By kingrome_1
Mon May 18, 2009 8:51 pm
poundaproblem wrote:Sell the 001, cop a mac get an 003 and call it a day
mac huh
By poundaproblem
Mon May 18, 2009 8:58 pm
Yesir! Before the mob comes in let me just say that in my experience Apple computers are superior to any PC on any day of the week. Most cats who sh*t on Macs never owned one but pretty much all users who buy a Mac never go back to PC. I'd rather use an old G4 than any new PC.
By konc3pt
Mon May 18, 2009 9:16 pm
poundaproblem wrote: Most cats who sh*t on Macs never owned one
or those who switched to mac never owned a high end PC
002 should be more than enough to keep you busy
By Villa101
Mon May 18, 2009 10:31 pm
Get a mac!!! Coming from a 93 till infinity pc user...
By markmorgan10
Fri May 22, 2009 11:32 am
Really depends on exactly what you're going to do on this new box.
If its just audio, then I'd say consider the mac. But note the following.
1) There is a lot more software available for PCs. Seriously.
2) Just understand why Macs are seen as a so much better for sound and graphics work. It all comes about from the fact that many of the programs for editing came out on macs first. I've owned a couple of powerbooks as well as PCs and the bottom line is that Macs CAN seem a touch more sluggish (the machines I had were choc-full of memory) but are generally more stable. The question is do you want to pay a considerable amount more for that stability. Because make no mistake, you will.
3) Design - Macs are beautiful. There is no competition here.
4) Finally, I suggest you work out what software you want to run on this new machine, and take it from there. I've tried Reason, Ableton Live and some others on BOTH boxes...before I went the hardware route with a 2500. So think carefully.
Good luck.
If its just audio, then I'd say consider the mac. But note the following.
1) There is a lot more software available for PCs. Seriously.
2) Just understand why Macs are seen as a so much better for sound and graphics work. It all comes about from the fact that many of the programs for editing came out on macs first. I've owned a couple of powerbooks as well as PCs and the bottom line is that Macs CAN seem a touch more sluggish (the machines I had were choc-full of memory) but are generally more stable. The question is do you want to pay a considerable amount more for that stability. Because make no mistake, you will.
3) Design - Macs are beautiful. There is no competition here.
4) Finally, I suggest you work out what software you want to run on this new machine, and take it from there. I've tried Reason, Ableton Live and some others on BOTH boxes...before I went the hardware route with a 2500. So think carefully.
Good luck.
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By damien907
Sun May 24, 2009 2:30 am
i would definetly get a mac, but i would definetly not get an mbox. they have that shit buzzing sound problem all day. my friend just got an mbox mini and his whole left channel output just stopped working after 2 or 3 months. and my other friends mbox 2 has the buzzing sound too, to the point where he cant record with it anymore.
i would suggest logic 8, or if you reallly wana go the pt route, get m powered, its a little bit more expensive but i have had my 410 for about a 2 years with no regrets. except the mic pre-amps are really low quality on it, but that might be becuase im used to using a professional 40 channel oram board and a radar 24 multi-track going through an avalon mic pre going throu an 1176 at my school. also, in regaurd to the mic-pre's being shit quality, that was when i plugged in a 4050 for the first time and recorded some vocals, the mic-pre's are fine if your just recording a sample, i do this all the time with no problems.
im going to do an A, B comparison of the 2 when i get back to school in july, in the same room as our studio is at.
if you wana go the logic route, there is a million possibilities for an audio interface, the duet is like 400 or 500 and it has what i would consider professinal a/d conversion, but no midi, so you would have to get a midi interface to go with it they run like 80 dollars. but then you would also have to factor in that you coudlent use pro tools with the apogee duet also.
the options are endless.
i would suggest logic 8, or if you reallly wana go the pt route, get m powered, its a little bit more expensive but i have had my 410 for about a 2 years with no regrets. except the mic pre-amps are really low quality on it, but that might be becuase im used to using a professional 40 channel oram board and a radar 24 multi-track going through an avalon mic pre going throu an 1176 at my school. also, in regaurd to the mic-pre's being shit quality, that was when i plugged in a 4050 for the first time and recorded some vocals, the mic-pre's are fine if your just recording a sample, i do this all the time with no problems.
im going to do an A, B comparison of the 2 when i get back to school in july, in the same room as our studio is at.
if you wana go the logic route, there is a million possibilities for an audio interface, the duet is like 400 or 500 and it has what i would consider professinal a/d conversion, but no midi, so you would have to get a midi interface to go with it they run like 80 dollars. but then you would also have to factor in that you coudlent use pro tools with the apogee duet also.
the options are endless.
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