beatmaster.
heres my objective comments bout mac and pc ; haveing worked in tech.
a BIT OF A DIFFERENT ANGLE lol.
1. from your sig youve made a not insignificant investment in your current win rig. thus my question is WHAT ASPECTS of your current rig are you unhappy with ? btw i dont see your processor listed in your sig. what is it ? also whats your latency figure currently ?.
also in realband action>>test audio performance what does rb report for number of traks ?
2. both platforms have their plusses and minuses imho.
to quote monty python lol "its all very silly" .
if you want to get a objective analysis of both platforms cos i dont have the time to type all the various pros/cons of each platform ;
i would suggest you head to
www.gearspace.com (formerly gearslutz) where zillions of recording studios from very large to small hang out and read tons of threads in the computer music section.
(enter in search mac versus pc).
the mac/pc topic has been debated at length on gearslutz.
which leads me to what i'm considering next... my strategy.
3. up till this point ive always used refurb pc's.
they have come through for me time and again. no crashes and no problems.
one of the reasons imho that people have probs with pc's imho is often they choose any old generic pc config.
then they go on the net ....
frankly THHERE IS A THIRD OPTION i'm considering.
>>> custom pc built by a company that specialises in building pc's for recording studios.
why am i considering this ?
a. i can get the expandeabilty i want. lots of internal ssd's // external/internal ports.
b. very low latency figures.
c. a system highly optimised "turnkey" for recording studios.
d. very high dsp processing power. for plug ns/processing.
d. very high trak and plug in counts.
e. good 2 year warranties for example.
f. some people on gearspace mention they did session after session useing such custom systems for 10 years.
so beatmaster check out such sites as adkproaudio, silent pc, purrfect audio, scan.co.uk where there are various interesting configs/articles relateing to recording studio computers. also on gearspace are lots of threads bout companies that make custom recording computers as well as huge threads on building ones own,
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beatmaster ; if you dig deep on gearspace and other recording forums on the net youll find some interesting facts emerge.
particularly that a lot of savvy studios after trying both major platforms have turned to a custom computer solution; because i believe due to all the factors above i listed. (a through f). particularly a lot of high end studios
need loads of dsp power and high trak/plug in counts
that only a custom build gives them.
yes its more expensive ; but the reason i'm looking closely at this custom solution is i get exactly what I WANT. rather than a generic computer solution decided
by other people. they start around 1300 bukkies.
best to you.
oldmuso