 Just Switched To Mac, What Sequencer Should I Use?, Cubase SX? Cubase SL? MOTU DP? Protools? |
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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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Wed 19 Feb 2003, 05:52
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Kyle, it really comes down to what you feel you're going to need.
I can live without VST, as everything I would want is coming out within the year for AU (reaktor, waves plugins, max-msp-pluggo, other NI software eventually). Some people can't. If you're new to the mac side of the fence, and have yet to invest in VSTs for the platform, I'd suggest trying logic 6 out. It's the newest, has many interesting new features (do a quick net search, or go to www.emagic.de) and is owned by apple, so the future is pretty secure. Cubase is a great program, but I've heard horror stories about the support on the mac side (the dedication seems to be towards the PC community first, then mac). On all accounts, it's pretty buggy still, but this may be fixed shortly (or not, who knows). If you don't mind waiting for updates, and if it works without issues for you, SX might be the way to go. I'd hunt around Cubase.net to get a feel for how things are currently standing. DP is a system I've hardly seen, let alone learned anything about.. |
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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 garysome1 lepetitmartien,
I'm curious, what leads you to... Tue 18 Feb 2003, 05:40 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 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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