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440 Forums _ Getting Started _ New Mac User. Look What Wifey Got Me!!

Posted by: neckbone Tue 17 Jan 2006, 05:22

Hey guys,

I have been waiting to convert to MAC for a long time now. I have been using Cakewalk Pro Audio to Sonar products for about 6 years now. Every PC I've purchased in the last 3 years have been nothing but problems. Last 2 weeks have been hell for me trying to record a decent mix. Sonar kept crashing and crashing. Wifey saw my frustration and decided to go out and buy me a new mac along with few other goodies. I was stunned and didn't know what to say. She went to our Local Sam Ash and got help from one of the sales reps. I came home last night from work and saw everything wrapped up with gift paper. I still can't believe it..I hooked everything up and it works flawless. It just freaking works. She's the best!!

My previous computer
Asus P4PE800 with 3.0 GHZ
2 gig Ram
80 gig hard drive for programs
160 gig hard drive for audio
M-Audio 2496
Cakewalk Sonar 5.0

Old Keyboard=Korg N364

She purchased all these goodies!!!
My New MAC! WooT!!
PowerMac G5
4 gig Ram
250 gig Hard Drive for programs
250 gigs Hard Drive for Audio

PreSonus FireBox
New = Korg Triton Extreme

and of course Logic Pro 7.

Loving the Mac Scene!!!!

Check out the link!

http://nav.440network.com/out.php?mmsc=forums&url=http://homepage.mac.com/dts2498/PhotoAlbum1.html

Posted by: lepetitmartien Tue 17 Jan 2006, 05:34

Happy lucky you!
You're bound to make a love song now!

Keep us informed while you progress in your setup, I'm sure other switchers will find it useful

Posted by: rickenbacker Tue 17 Jan 2006, 12:13

Has she got a sister?

Posted by: mortalengines Thu 19 Jan 2006, 05:33

Wait'll you see the credit card bill.

Posted by: neckbone Thu 19 Jan 2006, 06:51

haha,

Thanks guys. She actually used her bonus money which I did not know until last night.

Right now I'm trying to get acquainted with Logic. I successfully installed Kontakt 2 and my whole VSL library works perfectly. I got used to all the key commands in sonar, now I’m trying to configure some key commands. Logic is a great app but now comes the learning part all over again!

-Neckbone-

Posted by: mortalengines Sat 21 Jan 2006, 23:56

Yeah see you around in about 6 months....Actually key commands are quite similar from DAW to DAW but I do this to myself every time I jump to a new piece of software where it seems to take 6 months (even with a "Power" guide) to get the real hang of any software- I understand that Logic has some quite good tutorials & you may want to check at audio/midi.com for them as they have alot of cool mac related stuff that has helped me along the way.

Posted by: td3k Sun 22 Jan 2006, 13:31

That's an ace setup! You are one lucky man to have a wife like that.
(I'm showing your post to my wife!)

Posted by: mortalengines Mon 23 Jan 2006, 00:09

Oh, by the way...don't throw out your ASUS machine. If you are real tricky you can slave it out to your mac & use some of your software instruments /sequencing with little more than a USB/midi converter or you can use the networking option that OSX Tiger now provides (there is an article on that in the most recent Electronic Musician & it may be posted online). Trust me you will appreciate the extra processing power & it's kinda fun all the same. I am using my PC to run some freeware VST instruments that just aren't available for Mac (Dub Siren anyone?) with Ableton Live controlling the clock/midi & My PC's soundcard outputs going into my Mackie onyx firewire setup into my mac (with just a lil' ol' oxygen 8 controller to boot).

Posted by: lepetitmartien Mon 23 Jan 2006, 02:03

Yeah, VST stack for cubase or Gigasampler it can do stuff…

Posted by: neckbone Mon 23 Jan 2006, 04:39

It's funny because I was thinking of something along those lines. I happen to have Giga 3 Orchestra. I need to figure out how to do this. Ohh great! Thanks for the heads up guys!