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offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-03-13 00:48 [#00123539]
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most of you probably use a PC... but apples are supposed to
be really good for music (and other multimedia shit like
graphics and video editing)... and i noticed a few of u use
them

..so what do u think of this:
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/articles/2002/03/grammyaward/

(btw: check out Moby's comments about apple... he sounds
like a fucking commercial! "I’ll be in my studio working
with my G3 and G4 producing music, and then to take a break
I’ll go and check my email or check my web site on my
iBook.
...there’s probably not an hour or two in my waking life
that I’m not involved with some kind of Macintosh
product"

ahah.. what a sellout
not that he was good in the first place


 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-03-13 00:51 [#00123545]
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oh ya: so what i was going to ask was this:
do u think using some big fancy apple G4 would really make a
noticable differance in the performance of programs like
Reason/Cubase, etc?

would using a PC actually LIMIT u in some way?

i mean, comparing a high-end PC with a high-end apple (g4)


 

offline blue_clax from Edmonton (Canada) on 2002-03-13 01:25 [#00123604]
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G4s are very good a crunching thos complex VST/TMD effects
=)


 

offline Taoist Blockade from Wales on 2002-03-13 01:59 [#00123625]
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PCs are more powerful and you will be able ot run more vst
effects and soft synths on a killer PC. Macs on the other
hand are very easy to trouble shoot and are very reliable
(so are PCs if you set them up right). Its basically
personal preference. IF you know how to use a PC better than
a Mac stick to PCs.


 

offline regital from Baltimore (United States) on 2002-03-13 02:02 [#00123628]
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I think it's a matter of programs available on MAC's
compared to PC's...

I like Moby's music.


 

offline Inverted Whale from United States Minor Outlying Islands on 2002-03-13 05:20 [#00123737]
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Find software you like and then buy the hardware that runs
it. I remember a discussion comparing music creation on
MacOSX and WinXP. MacOSX had lower latency in some area
which made it better for serious musicians. I don't have a
link to the article though.


 

offline pachi from yo momma (United States) on 2002-03-13 05:24 [#00123739]
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i use a PC. i'd imagine Macs r good for arts, but i don't
like usin them for internet stuff


 

offline Contour Regard from Herscher (come and find me) (United States) on 2002-03-13 06:01 [#00123767]
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those damn macs but they're alright, i'll use one but still
way too loyal to the old PC


 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2002-03-13 06:53 [#00123805]
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I can't get cubase to run for shit on my PC. Anyone have a
clue why? It's all stutter and crappy...


 

offline Taxidermist from Black Grass on 2002-03-13 07:56 [#00123831]
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Bad crack?


 

offline Duble0Syx from Columbus, OH (United States) on 2002-03-13 08:05 [#00123840]
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Downloaded the full version off morpheus, plus the demo
used to have did the same thing. I would hope a 700mhz
processor and 256mgs of RAM would be enough...


 

offline REFLEX from Edmonton, Alberta (Canada) on 2002-03-13 09:06 [#00123875]
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If your going to be using a killer Macintosh or PC? Man look
at the charts...... the newest G4 Tower thats out is about
78% faster than the newer p4s out there today for PCs....

As well, Macs are pretty much made for multimedia purposes,
ive always used both in my life, Macs and Pentiums and Ive
always had a large disliking for PCs...... stuck to Macs.


 

offline korben dallas from nz on 2002-03-13 10:52 [#00123972]
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I use a mac.

But in all honesty, especially for a starting musician
[where money does a lot of talking] - i don't think that it
really matters.

personally i love my G4, bouncing audio, vst effex etc. etc.
is significantly faster than AMD's/Pentiums of over twice
the megahertz rating! .. but then .. if one were to get a pc
for the same price, it'd probably be similar speed.

Mac is possibly more stable, my flat mate got an AMD athlon,
built it himself, but had 1 year of troubles/crashes etc..
till he eventually replaced the mother board, which in the
end cost him a lot of money. However, with his new
motherboard things run very smoothly (he is also a part time
musician).

Software wise its about the same for audio/music stuff (with
the painful omissions of the likes of FruityLoops,
SoundForge ...) ..

And at the end of the day .. which is what really matters ..
using a PC or Mac (with adequate specs) won't hinder you to
make good music. It is up to the artist and his/her creative
juices and conceptualisations. I think it would be naive to
think that merely by getting a mac the music is going to
sound better, because it is supposedly a better audio
platform.

phf.e.e

ps: note, people that recommend macs (in general), are well
established artists, that have a lot of money, and so the
fact that macs are more expensive wont bother them so much
.. blah blah blha ..


 


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