new MBP?

PrimateSynthesis · Joined: May 02, 2008 Posts: 69 Location: U.S.A.

My 1GHz TiG4 is having hardware problems that are getting worse. So this week I'm planning on getting a 2.0GHz 15" MBP with an anti-glare screen. I can't justify getting the 2.2 or 2.3 GHz models, as this expense wasn't planned.

Has anyone heard anything bad, why I shouldn't buy one?

Not only will I be moving from 10.4 to 10.6, I'll be moving from PPC to Intel. So I will need to update or replace all my music software.

I'm going to lose Spark XL Sad

It's was a great program, but unfortunately TC gave up on it a long time ago. So I will need an editor. I'm thinking maybe Reaper. Although I'm still going to lose all the excellent noise reduction and mastering plug-ins Sad

I plan on getting back into Numerology. It's an excellent sequencer, but I dropped out of the program when I didn't have enough power to run it and use my 2882 at the same time.

I won't miss Logic, as I stopped using it many years ago. Worst $1000 I ever spent Mad

Do you think SoundHack will still work?

v-un-v · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 11:48 am Post subject:

Soundhack doesn't work (well the copy I have doesn't).

Shame you don't like Logic. It costs one heck of a lot less than it used to and is a massive improvement over the old version.

Spark was good, but Amadeus Pro is even better! (and cheaper!)

Once you play with 10.6 you'll wonder how you ever coped with the buggy and sluggish 10.4 (10.3 was a far superior OS, and 10.5 beats all of them except it's 10.6 now).

Buy one?

YES!!!

Get a Mac Mini if you can't afford a MBP. I have a Mac Mini. This Mac Mini. It was a bloody bargain, and is a workhorse!! (and it's SILENT!) Very Happy

PrimateSynthesis · Joined: May 02, 2008 Posts: 69 Location: U.S.A.

v-un-v · Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 1:17 pm Post subject:

I tried Reaper when it was in a Mac beta, and I've downloaded it since, but I far prefered Logic. (Probably because I learnt the steep logic learning slope and couldn't be arsed to learn yet another interface.

Logic today is very different from Logic 6.

But I agree with you on the timing. I never found Logic very funky. It never had 'that swing'- even if you loaded it with templates- from say an MPC.

Today I'd probably forget the computer sequencer and just go for a hard disk recorder or something like that (I haven't used Logic recently either), and use the PC as a sound generating box instead.

PrimateSynthesis · Joined: May 02, 2008 Posts: 69 Location: U.S.A.

v-un-v · Posted: Tue Apr 19, 2011 11:49 am Post subject:

But you've completely missed the point. Logic 6 was years ago, owned by eMagic who are very much now a defunct company. Logic is entirely Apple made now, and works as well as behaves just like an Apple product should- with elegance.

Not to mention that every instrument and pro effect comes bundled with it now.

You're missing out big time.

PrimateSynthesis · Joined: May 02, 2008 Posts: 69 Location: U.S.A.

v-un-v · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:08 am Post subject:

Sorry for not replying sooner.

My neighbour bought a G5 recently, and is blown away by it, especially as it only cost him £60. Wink

Plenty og G5 MacPro's out there. Then you wouldn't 'have' to buy Logic. Wink

Comparing Logic 6 to Logic Pro is like comparing Bovril to Marmite. ie they both look the same, but taste very different! Wink

The new Logic is totally configurable, and it is easy to do so. L6 was a nightmare in that respect- especially the dreaded 'environment'. Very Happy

v-un-v · Posted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 6:10 am Post subject:

PrimateSynthesis · Joined: May 02, 2008 Posts: 69 Location: U.S.A.

PrimateSynthesis · Joined: May 02, 2008 Posts: 69 Location: U.S.A.