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Re: Only true of PC's not macs (nt)

Posted by Vincent VRS (M) on April 14, 2007 at 01:11:38

In Reply to: Only true of PC's not macs (nt) posted by Gordon Rankin on April 13, 2007 at 14:58:59:

I am disappointed by the way some make Apple computers better than PC's as this whole myth is absolutely absurb! Even one claiming in a post below that Apple computers are used in 99% of recording studios and that PC software sucks. I don't get it, is this suppose to be about the music and its reproduction or bashing of the computers. Here is an answer that I have found on the great debate:

Back in the mid 90's, Macs were dominant in computer assisted recording studios that actually made money. If you did not have one, you were not going to get as much work. That changed dramatically as we rounded the bend into year 2000. Today it is hard to say which is more popular. Your choice as a professional should be influenced by your clients, that is, by your customer base. Today people will be bringing you projects they started at home on their home computers, and if you want the job, you need to be able to cater to them. You might get a Sonar Project or one made in Digital performer. Of course if you have ongoing contracts with clients that are all Mac based, or with a Pro Tools studio, you might get a clue of what they might insist that you have. If you are exclusively Mac based, you'll be scratched off the list by producers that are working on tracks with Fruity Loops or developing a new video game on the PC.

Macs do not "sound better". Nor do PCs. That is another myth. The computer never touches the sound anyway, your audio interface's converters do. Get a RME Fireface for either platform and you have the same, great sound. The math that the CPU uses to execute audio transformations is a function of the application, not the CPU. The plugins and software instruments that affect the sound have nothing to do with platform. Since both machines can use the same hard drives, you won't find a smoking gun in storage either.

I hope this clears up some things.

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