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17th July 2008, 07:41 PM
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  | Looking for New Computer...ANy Recommendations? HEY GS, Me and my crew decided to get a new computer for the production side of our studio, and I dont know where to find a machine with XP on it, I kno dell used to offer that, but it isnt there no more for some reason.....Anybody recommend any computer to get, meaning processing power and all that good stuff
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17th July 2008, 07:52 PM
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| Audio Workstation I'm not here to pursue any sales but for consideration please visit audeum.com I'm the designer and Engineer of Audeum Custom Digital Workstations. We fully customize and tweak our systems for Audio recording, matching the needs of your audio project, environment and requirements. We use Windows XP and all quiet audio approved world highest quality components. Feel free to contact me with any questions.  |
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17th July 2008, 08:45 PM
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| HI, google "digital audio workstation" Scott |
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17th July 2008, 09:22 PM
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| Get a Mac. If you get a PC, you'll wish you had one. Anyone who works in digital audio production who uses one will tell you the same thing. Trent Reznor made the last 4 NIN discs with a Mac. Walk into any, and I mean ANY pro studio, there's a Mac. Quit putting it off, stop trying to make Windows do what Apple already does very well. Did I mention get a Mac? Peace. P.S. Get a Mac. |
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17th July 2008, 09:33 PM
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I'm all about Mac myself, but.....
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17th July 2008, 09:43 PM
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17th July 2008, 09:49 PM
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| It is not easy to buy a PC with Windows XP preloaded any more. However, Dell does still sell them if you know where to look. For example, look here. Under "Operating system" you will see "Genuine Windows Vista -- Business Bonus -- Windows XP Professional loaded" My understanding is that the machine comes as a dual-boot install. Note that this machine is offered through their small business division. However, I do not believe that you actually have to be running a business to order a machine from them. Moreover, having experienced both their small-business technical support and their consumer technical support, I can tell you that their business division does a dramatically better job. Also, the machines from their business division don't come loaded with nagware, which is certainly an advantage if you want to use the computer for music production. If you are planning to order a system from them, price it out on the web and then phone them and ask if any additional discounts are available. The worst they can do is say no. Note that if you click the "Customize it!" button, you will be offered a choice of processors that include, for example, a 3 GHz quad-core. |
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18th July 2008, 12:53 AM
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i can take you to FOH on many live tours where there is NO mac. FYI a mac is a PC now.... like NIN is even worth talking about.. | |
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18th July 2008, 01:12 AM
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18th July 2008, 01:24 AM
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| I am in the same boat and am even in the "should I get a mac or PC debate", I was speaking to JS Child on the phone and he said something that made a ton of sense to me..."what software are you running or wanting to run?" (now leaving the - bootcamp windows on a mac argument aside). If you are looking at: Nuendo/Cubase, Sonar, Vegas, Acid or Audition I would say PC Pro Tools or Logic...Mac Ableton...either or. Not familiar with Sampltude to make a comment Another thing I had to look at was 2 track editors which are very important to me, and that is really a PC world. Sound Forge and Wavelab are imho the best and only real considerations for two track editing or mastering...and they are PC only. Again, not sure about Samplitude's 2 track editor, which rocks also (the mastering enigineer I work with runs his on a PC). Also in my opinion...again, just an opinion is that a lot of people are building and buying systems that are wayyyy more than they actually need, meaning buy the best and most you acn afford, but also be realistic...how many tracks do you really usually use? How many plug-ins? How many tracks of simultanious I/O? What kind of latency do you need? What I/O & other cards and peripherals do you already have or want to run? Firewire or USB? PCI-e? How many? That sort of thing. XJ
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18th July 2008, 01:41 AM
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18th July 2008, 01:46 AM
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18th July 2008, 01:49 AM
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| Why should you get a PC when you can run everything including Windows, on a Macintosh? Because a PC is cheaper? Is it really??? Any portable PC that is similar in horsepower and features is around the same price, anyway. Forget it. Get a Macintosh. |
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18th July 2008, 01:50 AM
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18th July 2008, 01:51 AM
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18th July 2008, 01:56 AM
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| Exactly right ^ 1st question should always be what software do you plan on using? If it's pc software, why would you bother getting a mac when they cost more to do the same thing. if it's mac software why would you hack a pc to make it work like a mac. If buying a mac there's pretty much only two choices Macpro or Macbook Pro. PC: Good laptop (if in the US it would be hard to go past anything from ADK) PC Box build: Anything at ADK or do some research and build your own, if you are thinking pc then only use windows xp sp3 |
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18th July 2008, 02:23 AM
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| Did you read my post? You can run any PC based program or plug in on a Macintosh. There's a PC laptop with quad cores for $700.00? |
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18th July 2008, 02:26 AM
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18th July 2008, 02:29 AM
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| Really? I didn't know that. You can't work in Windows XP or Vista the same on an Intel Mac as you can on an Intel PC? I thought the only difference between the two were the boot-ROM. Hmm. Last edited by lespaul666; 18th July 2008 at 02:29 AM. Reason: addition |
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18th July 2008, 02:33 AM
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| EVERYONE SHUTUP! ITS NOW TIME FOR THE TRUTH. get a Mac. |
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18th July 2008, 03:05 AM
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| wow come on now people ...  arguing osx vs. windows is counter-productive ... you should purchase a computer that you are going to be comfortable with... sooooo... the best thing to do is research by "taste-test" go into an Apple Store... and check out their products. you can also go into a small "hole-in-the-wall" computer parts shop and get the "low-down" on a nice, custom, inexpensive machine running windows. these shops are usually good with commiting to a warrenty. plus++ ... it doesn't hurt to learn a thing or two about computer hardware and what your typical options are. peace + <3 |
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18th July 2008, 03:31 AM
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| Wow i asked a simple questions and the thread flamed into a big debate, I seen a Gateway AMD Quad Core at best buy for $650, 3gb ram but it has vista, im going to buy a windows XP professional thing...... Anyone know if CUbase SX 3 will work with Vista?
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18th July 2008, 03:39 AM
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| 15 year PC veteran here. Get a MAC !!!!
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18th July 2008, 04:59 AM
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| Hello, The fact that both ADK and us have been in business for a long time, indicates that not all professional studios and/or producers use MACs. Take a look at both site's Pro Customer pages, it will give you an idea. As a matter of fact, most producers that have dropped PT for applications like Nuendo, Cubase, Samplitude, Sequoia and GigaStudio, run on a PC. It is easier to run into trouble with a PC, but that's because there are hundreds of different hardware choices. If you have a PC built with quality system boards, memory, video card and hard drives, you should be able to run trouble free. Software is just as important, stay away from non audio related software on your audio production system.
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I've run both PC and Mac and I like them both. Right now I run a Mac Mini and use bootcamp to run XP on it. It works flawlessly and I can run a few more plugins on XP than I can on Leopard. However my XP partition is empty except for ProTools and my plugins while my Leopard partition is overflowing with dozens of applications and it's as stable as can be. Run what you're comfortable with. That having been said, I miss my Mix3 on my 533 MHz G4 running OS9. I made a lot of music with that dinosaur up until I sold it last year.
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18th July 2008, 10:18 AM
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How does posting a suggestion to Google "Digital Audio Workstation" constitute an abuse of the terms , while the post directly above the one you chose to target, but conveniently ignored was blatant abuse , but not worthy of your immediate attention ?? Your prejudice is showing there again..., Hugh ! Keep it up Bro, your post count is almost into double figures... LOL V: | |
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18th July 2008, 02:27 PM
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I don't even care to really engage you. It's pointless. While I'm sure that you will respond with what you surely persieve as a witty comeback (though it really just comes off as weak attempts at insults), it doesn't matter. I'm just pointing out that not everyone is into the use of this place by salesmen. Helpful salesmen to be sure, but still salesmen. I'd rather hear form real users. Not people with a vested and biased interested in pushing their wares. In other words, I thought this place was for real gear heads. Not a place for salesmen to pitch their products to those gear heads every chance they get. I will give you this: perhaps you have more scruples than the others because you seem to advertise yourself a lot less. But don't get filled with 'righteous indignation' at the mere suggestion. It is happening. It's not too hard to see it pretty much on any computer related thread. I think it's pretty lame. And it isn't very helpfull or accurate ( bootcamped mac is clearly the best pre built DAW to get, money being no object. Best of all worlds). | |
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