I've been a PC guy for years. I've probably built over 50 computers, at least 10 of them for recording purposes. I recently got a 12" powerbook and have since bought my wife a Macbook and myself a Mac Mini. OSX is a much better operating system and the Apple hardware is good.
The PC side is fine, but you must do a lot of research. Certain motherboards are tried and true, others are a crapshoot. I'd get Adobe Audition. It's a lot like Sound Forge, but it's got a Spectrogram editor and a multitrack environment.
I'm going to replace my P4 studio machine with a G5 and the P4 will be dedicated to Audition. The Spectrogram editor is amazing as a mixdown deck.
Gigasampler, Soundforge, Audition, Wavelab, and Acid are all PC only. They're all great programs.
Frankly, I like both platforms. MACs for their OS and hardware, PC for their flexibility and ubquity. If Audition ran on the MAC I'd probably have no need for a PC anymore.
Oh, and OS9 sucks. At least it did for me. When I refer to MACs OS being good, I mean OSX.
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Originally Posted by mhartman  Blackwater, congrats on the switch. I second the notion on Soundforge, it is a great piece of software, I have been using it for years. I believe that Wavelab is worth checking out too, but I haven't really used it.
With the PC, you will love your ability to upgrade with new parts as time goes on. I haven't bought a new PC in years, my box just morphs into the latest technology one part at a time ( www.newegg.com is my best friend in that department). I'm sure that the PC vs. Mac crowd will get after you about the switch, but I'm sure that you will be happy. I have always been a PC guy, so I couldn't tell you that one is better than the other. |