 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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Wed 28 Jan 2004, 00:23
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QUOTE (dmrkh @ Jan 27 2004, 16:39) Motu 828mkii, 896, what-have-you, that still leaves the question of a literal/physical "front end." Personal POV, "mousing" it ain't cutting it. Juss mine, http://www.macmusic.org/agora/forums/style...s/11/icon14.gif ohh... i see.... you want more control thus the Digi002? I would have a look at the new Tascam firewire interface as a comparable unit to Digi002... it has control surface maybe with more control than Digi002 though I can't say if quality is better. A recent discussion on the device can be found here somewhere if you do a search... i recall a couple of members who had gotten one and were quite happy with it and I had thought about it too only my thoughts were dreams since its not in my budget 
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EletrikGutar182 About To Switch To Mac...general Questions Mon 26 Jan 2004, 03:04
lepetitmartien Welcome
forget PT free in OSX, there is no versi... Mon 26 Jan 2004, 05:16 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 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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