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Hello,

Thank You for your advice, I will think of what I want before switching. So
far I'm thinking of going with  MOTU and Stienberg stuff. I'm going to look
for
those mailing lists, again Thank You.



----- Original Message -----
From: <jondl@...>
To: <AN1x-list@egroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2001 12:45 PM
Subject: [AN1x-list] Re: G4


> Welcome to the list,
> I'm using a desktop Power Mac G3 upgraded (and overclocked ;-) with a
> 450 MHz G3 ZIF chip, 192 MB RAM, a TurboMax ATA/33 PCI card w/ Maxtor
> Diamond Max 20 GB HD, an Echo Gina Sound Card along with a pair of
> SCSI peripherals on a chain with my Ensoniq sampler. MIDI Software &
> Hardware of choice had been Opcode Vision DSP & Opcode MIDI
> Interfaces - along with Bias Peak SE for sample editing and an
> assortment of softsynths. Switched to Emagic Logic Audio this past year
> - can't cost justify a new MIDI Interface right now but if one becomes
> necessary then it will be Emagic.
>
> I know a couple of PC fellows from this list and other lists who had
> taken the G4 plunge this past year. One went with an entirely MOTU
> set-up - Digi Performer, Unisyn, a 2408 audio interface, and a Fastlane
> MIDI Interface. The other went the Emagic route - Logic Audio,
> SoundDiver, AMT8, etc.
>
> I'd suggest you think through what you might want to run on a new Mac
> and sit in on those mailing lists which are relevant for a few weeks.
> There are Emagic and Steingberg lists here at eGroups with VERY large
> archives that you can search through - this is not an uncommon topic.
> I'm pretty impressed with how much PowerMac $1500 will buy these days
> but it's still a lot of money. Know what you can afford before you
> jump in head first. If you're running an app today that you think you
> might want to stick with - check out the crossgrade costs. Same applies
> for switching from one vendor to another. I know that MOTU, Steinberg,
> and Emagic offer price incentives to switch from the competitions
> products to their own. That's how I switched from Opcode to Emagic
> products.
>
> In a nutshell: decide what you want to run first and THEN decide on
> the hardware in a configuration sufficient to accomodate your needs,
> i.e., RAM, hard drive capacity, back-up media, etc.
>
> One last, thing: MW Expo is about to take place week after next. Prices
> *just* dropped on the current models so expect further discounts on
> Mac's when the new 2001 models are announced. Check out http://
> www.xlr8yourmac.com/ for some GREAT technical info and http://
> www.maccentral.com/ for news & gossip.
>
> HTH
>
> ragrds,
> Jon
>
> p.s. - Joop, RMA prices have taken the plunge here in the U.S. - 128
> MB PC100 SDRAM for $62.50 each! It might be time for me to upgrade!
>
> p.p.s. - Peter, enjoyed your reply to this thread. CPU speed is not the
> sole benchmark to measure performance.
>
>
> --- In AN1x-list@egroups.com, "synth17" <michell@m...> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I'm new here so I would like too say hello to everyone.
> > Who here uses a mac?? I'm thinking of going to a G4. I'm
> > on a PC now. So any comments would help.
> >
> > Thank You
> >
> >
> > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
>
>
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