 About To Switch To Mac...general Questions, Multitrack recording & mastering on Mac |
 Mon 26 Jan 2004, 03:04
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I currently am, and have been, a PC user. I am making the switch to Mac this week. I am ordering a 14" iBook G4 (933 MHz, 40 Gig HDD, etc...)
I currently have a pretty basic setup involving a digital 8-track recorder that I record onto and then connect to my PC for mastering (SoundForge). I am thinking of downloading ProTools free to start off with, after I buy either the iMic or the Mobile Pre. Will ProTools FREE work with OS X? Would Garage Band be a good idea? Will I be able to use the USB interface (probably the Griffin iMic...) easily with ProTools or any other software? Does anybody have any other reccomendations besides ProTools? As a fallback option, If I wanted to do mastering on the Mac as I did with soundforge, what is a good freeware or inexpensive mastering program I should use? P.S., I am not a newbie when it comes to music and recording, so if there are any suggestions of good programs that aren't necessarily meant for beginners, That is fine. Thanks in advance, Alex |
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 Mon 26 Jan 2004, 05:16
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 Moderator In Chief (MIC)  Group: Editors Posts: 15,189 Joined: 23-Dec 01 From: Paris - FR Member No.: 2,758 |
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 forget PT free in OSX, there is no version for OSX yet, and we don't know if there will be one one day… Comments on GB are still in the make up… the few comments I've read at the moment are yes it's ok but what a CPU hog. Now it's a bit too soon to be definitive, it'll clear in the next weeks. You can use the iMic but be aware it's the entry level (can't be lower) and if you can (make a search on imic in the forum to get the general idea…) something a little more expensive would be better. definetly. (quality and latency issues) You can use other USB interfaces. Now on the PT/other than Digi interfaces issue i've got to make some reading… Now i've got to go to sleep so others will follow else I'll start writing stupidities 
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EletrikGutar182 About To Switch To Mac...general Questions Mon 26 Jan 2004, 03:04
Synthetic no "free" mastering software exists from... Mon 26 Jan 2004, 18:19 dmrkh Well then for that matter...,
Yeah/nay, should I... Tue 27 Jan 2004, 10:26 Synthetic well... I can't say for certain but it should ... Tue 27 Jan 2004, 18:08 jamester Hey! I am also a recent Mac convert. My old ... Tue 27 Jan 2004, 19:56 dmrkh Motu 828mkii, 896, what-have-you,
that still leave... Tue 27 Jan 2004, 23:39 Synthetic QUOTE (dmrkh @ Jan 27 2004, 16:39)Motu 828mki... Wed 28 Jan 2004, 00:23 dmrkh Oh I'm still dreaming, but with my eyes open, ... Wed 28 Jan 2004, 02:12 dmrkh Would this cause the thread to be split, or would ... Wed 28 Jan 2004, 02:42 jamester The way I see it, a midi controller board can alwa... Wed 28 Jan 2004, 08:07 EletrikGutar182 QUOTE (jamester @ Jan 28 2004, 07:07)The way ... Thu 29 Jan 2004, 05:10 dmrkh Mhm, insightful question.
But what I want to appre... Thu 29 Jan 2004, 05:29
jamester well, I'm also still in the dreaming stage, bu... Thu 29 Jan 2004, 05:41 |
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