Time for a change: pc or mac?

[jonathansorensen]

Ultimately it shouldn't matter which platform you're on, it's the music that counts in the end. To me, asking what DAW someone uses is like asking a carpenter which hammer he used to build a beautiful house. Who cares? The house is beautiful.

Many composers use a combination of the two. As a composer if instrumentals I sometimes need to use slave computers to run all my libraries and I have two PCs that I use as slaves to my Mac. Once I get my DAW and slaves going, I am working and could be on any platform.

There's no "magic sound of ProTools". Any of the major players in the virtual instrument world make instruments that work across platforms and formats. That's the beauty of things like VST and AU plugin formats. The "magic sound of anything" is in the hands and ears of the user of those tools.

I'm a long time Mac guy but I see no reason for anyone to switch unless their software only runs on Mac and there's only one DAW that I know of that is now only Mac and that's Logic. Digital Performer used to be that way but they recently went cross platform (a smart move, IMO). Macs are great and last a long time but in our world we may upgrade more often than the average user and PCs of the same specs are often (not always) more cost effective.

So if you have a work flow that works for you and you can create viable music for the marketplace, then it's not broken. And you know what they say.......................

Mazz

+1 . . . .when I started out, I spent a lot of time asking around and wondering about this rig or that gear. It's not a bad process but honestly, unless you are seriously into getting under the hood and programming/reprogramming, just stick with what you have. PC vs. Mac makes little to no difference, especially now.