Making the PC to MAC switch - advice??

[trentoliphant]

I know that I was informed twice today at two different mac resellers that there was no upgrade path to Logic from Express. It is apparently a common belief. By the way, I went ahead and got the MacPro today. Just trying to install all my add on software now.Trent

[slideboardouts]

Nov 21, 2008, 11:31pm, trentoliphant wrote:I know that I was informed twice today at two different mac resellers that there was no upgrade path to Logic from Express. It is apparently a common belief. TrentWow Well, just to clear everything up for anybody reading this thread who might be confused regarding the Logic upgrade:http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA797LL/AUpgrade from Logic Express 6/7/8 to Logic Studio for $299.00Straight from the horses mouth so to speak -Steve

[mewman]

I just thought I would throw in my 2cents. I bought an imac 21 inch with 1.5 gigs RAM and a 250 gig harddrive almost two years ago. I bought a LaCie 500 gig external hard drive for a backup. If you are pressed budget wise, may I suggest you go with the imac (cheaper than the mac pro) and consider buying a good audio interface. I sprang for an RME fireface 400 and am really happy I did. I haven't had any problems with memory constraints with my computer. I know lots of RAM is good and the Mac Pro is expandable and all that, but the fact is that you can do a hell of a lot with an imac as it comes out of the box. I've done 15 track MIDI arrangements with a couple of tracks of audio plus lots of effects and I still have room to maneuver. I'm running Logic Pro 7.0 and love the program. I'm considering upgrading soon to leopard and 8.0., but have to say that it's only to take advantage of some of the new features, otherwise, I could live with my system the way it is with no complaints......and just so you know, i've gotten a bunch of forwards and one deal with the equipment I have.Good luck.Mewman

[stick]

I like Logic, and use it a lot. But, for the price to features ratio, ProTools LE is a really powerful set up. Especially with the soon-to-be-released ProTools 8 software. It will include a pretty solid set of VIs, samples, processors, etc. Though the Logic software is only $499, you'll need a decent interface to get audio in and out of your computer. The Apogee Duet is great, but it's another $450 or whatever on top of the software cost. For not that much more you can get a Digidesign 003 with way more inputs and options, or for half the cost, an Mbox that includes the software. And I think the learning curve for someone who's just getting started is easier for ProTools software than for Logic. You can't go wrong with either, but I really think it's worth looking at PT alongside Logic.

[partyofone]

Quote:As a musician, you want to spend your time making music, not tweaking drivers and .dll files. If someone insists on staying in the PC world and isn't ultra computer savvy or doesn't want to spend a lot of time tweaking, then I recommend a purpose built DAW PC from someone like VisionDAW or ADK or the like. IMO, the Macs come stock ready to rock, just like these custom PCs and the cost/performance comes out just about a wash. And you can run Windows on it if you want.Man, Mazz, I wish I would have followed this advice on my most recent PC. I thought I was being all economical buying a scratch-n-dent Dell, but I've had nothing but problems and now see the value of buying a specially built DAW (or going Mac).I built my last PC with Windows 2000 and had LESS issues for sure.

[hummingbird]

Dec 7, 2008, 10:59am, partyofone wrote:Quote:As a musician, you want to spend your time making music, not tweaking drivers and .dll files. If someone insists on staying in the PC world and isn't ultra computer savvy or doesn't want to spend a lot of time tweaking, then I recommend a purpose built DAW PC from someone like VisionDAW or ADK or the like. IMO, the Macs come stock ready to rock, just like these custom PCs and the cost/performance comes out just about a wash. And you can run Windows on it if you want.Man, Mazz, I wish I would have followed this advice on my most recent PC. I thought I was being all economical buying a scratch-n-dent Dell, but I've had nothing but problems and now see the value of buying a specially built DAW (or going Mac).I built my last PC with Windows 2000 and had LESS issues for sure.this forum turned out (as it usually does) to be very valuable when I decided to buy a new PC. I was all fixed to buy something at Futureshop and posted the specs... got some great advice... took the modified specs down to my local shop, and they built me a system from the ground up. Got my first instrumental forward just after getting the system and installing EWQLSO Silver (which my former computer could not run). (and it didn't cost much more, either)

[partyofone]

Quote:this forum turned out (as it usually does) to be very valuable when I decided to buy a new PC. I was all fixed to buy something at Futureshop and posted the specs... got some great advice... took the modified specs down to my local shop, and they built me a system from the ground up. Got my first instrumental forward just after getting the system and installing EWQLSO Silver (which my former computer could not run). (and it didn't cost much more, either) Wow, Vikki, I guess it pays to have the write tools some times!