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 What Are Macs Equivalent To Acid And Soundforge, need advice. |
 Sat 20 Mar 2004, 19:46
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i recently got this intership for thump radio here in friso. problem is that i love my mac, and the work that they are having do involves using sound forge and acid. basically, i take asome music and insert the company logo or soundbyte intermediately through the prerecorded mixes that are uncompressed. i want to use my macfor i really dont care to invest into a crappy pc. the station uses sound forge and acid to complete the task.
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Sat 20 Mar 2004, 20:02
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Try Ableton Live, I think it's better than Acid anyway, and Bias Peak instead of Sound Forge. GargeBand is written by the same guy that developed Acid but it is much more of a consumer product and lacks the pro features you will find in Live.
www.ableton.com www.bias-inc.com Hope that helps; TD -------------------- |
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Sun 21 Mar 2004, 11:03
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 17 Joined: 16-Jan 04 From: Baltimore - US Member No.: 33,308 |
I have not tried Live (yet), but the Acid 'equivalent' is Apple's Soundtrack.
While it is pretty much the same type of program, it nowhere near as good as Acid. It's $200, which is a fair proce, but I paid $300 for it when it first came out. The 'equivalent' to SForge is indeed Peak 4. It is almost $200 more than SForge, and again, is not as good. Giving up these two excellent apps was the hardest part of switching to Mac! 
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Sun 21 Mar 2004, 14:48
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Member Group: Members Posts: 55 Joined: 04-Jan 04 From: Brisbane - AU Member No.: 32,416 |
If you're on os9 have u considered using pro tools free for the mixing component?
If not, a pretty good equivalent for soundforge is Amadeus II, I have yet to check out Bias though. Live is still an awesome program though, and it should definately suit what you require. |
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