Simonize
07-30-2004, 05:24 AM
Hi,
I need to purchase a new PC and am considering ditching wintel in favour of a dual G5 Powermac. My other main PC activites are digital photo editing (Photoshop), office apps, a little digital video editing and I want to get back into recording.
I used to own a copy of Logic Audio Silver for PC a few years ago and found that piece of software to be really difficult...I never got my head around the environment! So I thought an MBox with PTLE 6.4 would be a good, cost effective solution for me if I go the Mac route.
However, I have read on a couple of forums that PTLE doesn't run well on G5 Macs under OSX 10.3.3. I have heard complaints about speed, limited number of tracks/plug-ins and bugginess/reliability issues. Are these complaints justified? Does PTLE really run better on a PC?
What I'm after is a software package that will let me record vocals and guitar, and create backing tracks using either loops or midi instruments/midi sequencer. Are there any other software options I should consider? (I hesitate with Logic, given my past experience!)
Cheers,
Simon
I need to purchase a new PC and am considering ditching wintel in favour of a dual G5 Powermac. My other main PC activites are digital photo editing (Photoshop), office apps, a little digital video editing and I want to get back into recording.
I used to own a copy of Logic Audio Silver for PC a few years ago and found that piece of software to be really difficult...I never got my head around the environment! So I thought an MBox with PTLE 6.4 would be a good, cost effective solution for me if I go the Mac route.
However, I have read on a couple of forums that PTLE doesn't run well on G5 Macs under OSX 10.3.3. I have heard complaints about speed, limited number of tracks/plug-ins and bugginess/reliability issues. Are these complaints justified? Does PTLE really run better on a PC?
What I'm after is a software package that will let me record vocals and guitar, and create backing tracks using either loops or midi instruments/midi sequencer. Are there any other software options I should consider? (I hesitate with Logic, given my past experience!)
Cheers,
Simon