 Just Switched To Mac, What Sequencer Should I Use?, Cubase SX? Cubase SL? MOTU DP? Protools? |
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 4 Joined: 17-Feb 03 From: Alpharetta - US Member No.: 12,515  |
Hey everybody. I just recently switched from a PC to my wonderful new PowerMac duel 1.25GHz G4. While on PC I used Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 and Sonar for all my recording/sequencing. Now that I'm on a mac, what should I look into? I seem to have noticed that the big players are Protools 6, MOTU Digital Performer, and Cubase. Any others I should look into? Thanks in advance.
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 7 Joined: 19-Jan 03 From: Glen Carbon - US Member No.: 10,895 |
lepetitmartien,
I'm curious, what leads you to think that Metro is buggy? I believe most of what Metro and Cakewalk had in common was distribution. I'd classify Metro as good for the money - especially if upgrading. There is a no-save/quit after 25 minutes demo available at www.sagantech.biz so you can check it out. On the plus side it gives plenty of audio tracks for the hardware, good sequencing, supports OS9 and X (quicker than most others did), supports many standards, has passable notation, very fast technical support, frequent updates, some extra features like MP3 jukebox and working w/ movies. Also, doesn't take up 200MB or so on your hard drive (though I know a lot of folks who don't consider a product decent unless it it does take up a lot of space so this could be a minus  On the minus side no printed manual, some say the interface is quirky, the interface isn't as sexy as logic/DP/PT (man Logic and DP are, indeed, great looking interfaces!), no plug-ins included, no surround, controller interface requires much configuration. I don't have any in-depth/recent experience with DP/PT/Logic so consider that as you read my post. On the other hand, I can make music with Metro and not feel stifled. I could see a huge advantage to PT if you are delivering your music to others in project form. Hope it helps, Gary |
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Kyle Just Switched To Mac, What Sequencer Should I Use? Mon 17 Feb 2003, 17:02
iman Hey kyle, i'm new to this myself (recent purch... Mon 17 Feb 2003, 23:09 lepetitmartien Welcome!
Now on the sequencers:
If you ne... Mon 17 Feb 2003, 23:48 Kyle Sounds great! Thanks for all the suggestions. ... Tue 18 Feb 2003, 00:07 stergz One thing to note about Pro Tools 6, is that you c... Tue 18 Feb 2003, 07:05 rickenbacker Ahem, LPM, I don't know if I'd call Cubase... Tue 18 Feb 2003, 11:06 lepetitmartien QUOTE (Kyle @ Feb 18 2003, 00:07)but what abo... Tue 18 Feb 2003, 16:44 rickenbacker QUOTE I think that if you can, you should really h... Tue 18 Feb 2003, 17:42 Kyle Once again, wonderful feedback. I have now removed... Tue 18 Feb 2003, 17:50 lepetitmartien You'll can still use PT free when it'll be... Tue 18 Feb 2003, 23:47 anarchosyn Kyle, it really comes down to what you feel you... Wed 19 Feb 2003, 05:52 rickenbacker Kyle: I don't know where you're based, but... Wed 19 Feb 2003, 12:37 sazerac Just thought I'd add my two cents - I started ... Wed 19 Feb 2003, 18:07 liquidh2o if you decide to go the Cubase route, I have the f... Sat 8 Mar 2003, 13:58 mook noodler Hey Kyle, Steinberg has a demo version of Cubase S... Wed 12 Mar 2003, 05:50 hanikfashhou I have a 1.25GHz Dual Processort, I'm running ... Wed 12 Mar 2003, 11:19 rickenbacker I side with hanik over SX, but I'd go further ... Wed 12 Mar 2003, 12:59 lepetitmartien hanikfashhou cubase has had midi timing problems f... Thu 13 Mar 2003, 03:47 hanikfashhou Rickenbacker, unfortunately I havent used SX for r... Fri 14 Mar 2003, 02:36
horselesspaul Kyle,
Can I just add that the oft aired Logic is w... Fri 14 Mar 2003, 09:16 |
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