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yikesboy · 31st March 2009

Yikesboy says that the choice made now will likely be a determining factor for any future interest in musical production, so choose well!
Mac or PC is not really an issue with product from Digidesign (Pro Tools) or Steinberg (Cubase) as they ship with both flavors on the installers. However, if you're like me, I can't devote a computer solely to recording and find that the Mac is worth every penny as a stable platform that allows me to do other things in my life without worrying about performance and security issues. In other words, life is too short for Windows (so far anyway even though Windows 7 does look promising...) and I'd recommend that don't consider Sonar and other Window-only DAWs.
My personal choice is Cubase as not only does it sound noticeably better than it's competitors but it also is a very full featured and relatively easy program to use that doesn't force you to buy proprietary hardware!

Yikesboy's 2 cents for your consideration.

31st March 2009	#64
yikesboy Gear interested Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Long Beach CA Posts: 29	'Tis a big decision... Yikesboy says that the choice made now will likely be a determining factor for any future interest in musical production, so choose well! Mac or PC is not really an issue with product from Digidesign (Pro Tools) or Steinberg (Cubase) as they ship with both flavors on the installers. However, if you're like me, I can't devote a computer solely to recording and find that the Mac is worth every penny as a stable platform that allows me to do other things in my life without worrying about performance and security issues. In other words, life is too short for Windows (so far anyway even though Windows 7 does look promising...) and I'd recommend that don't consider Sonar and other Window-only DAWs. My personal choice is Cubase as not only does it sound noticeably better than it's competitors but it also is a very full featured and relatively easy program to use that doesn't force you to buy proprietary hardware! Yikesboy's 2 cents for your consideration. __________________ Why didn't Tolkien just send Frodo to Mount Doom on an Eagle?