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[Semi] Professional recording equipment and Mac
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<blockquote data-quote="ox777" data-source="post: 226147"><p>So I guess now I need to decide if it's worth getting a the cheaper 20" iMac and getting some new equipment. (pricing the ozone, it seems to be about $250) or getting the more expensive PowerMac G5 and using the interface equipment I already have. Both options appear to about the same price.</p><p></p><p>So I guess the real question is which computer would be better for recording? If i chose the iMac setup, I would be using Intel chips, USB MIDI interface, have an extra monitor laying around (not sure if you can do dual monitors with iMac). Of course I guess I could sell of the pci card and preamp, but I'm not sure how much I could get for them.</p><p></p><p>If I chose the PowerMac version, I would be using PowerPC Processors, PCI Interface and audio card, and one monitor.</p><p></p><p>The PowerMac seems like a more powerful solution. I haven't been keeping up with USB recording equipment, but when I bought my audio card a few years back, PCI was the way to go. Technically the card has twice the recording power of any USB device. Able to record twice as much information at once, but then again I really don't record more than two inputs anyways.</p><p></p><p>The other major difference would be the processors. I can't admit to any real knowledge about Macs and their processors, but I've always been under the assumption that it was the processor, not the OS, that has allowed Macs to excell in audio, video, and image editing. Is there a real incentive to get an intel processor if I'm going to be spending most of my time, editing images and audio, possibly video?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ox777, post: 226147"] So I guess now I need to decide if it's worth getting a the cheaper 20" iMac and getting some new equipment. (pricing the ozone, it seems to be about $250) or getting the more expensive PowerMac G5 and using the interface equipment I already have. Both options appear to about the same price. So I guess the real question is which computer would be better for recording? If i chose the iMac setup, I would be using Intel chips, USB MIDI interface, have an extra monitor laying around (not sure if you can do dual monitors with iMac). Of course I guess I could sell of the pci card and preamp, but I'm not sure how much I could get for them. If I chose the PowerMac version, I would be using PowerPC Processors, PCI Interface and audio card, and one monitor. The PowerMac seems like a more powerful solution. I haven't been keeping up with USB recording equipment, but when I bought my audio card a few years back, PCI was the way to go. Technically the card has twice the recording power of any USB device. Able to record twice as much information at once, but then again I really don't record more than two inputs anyways. The other major difference would be the processors. I can't admit to any real knowledge about Macs and their processors, but I've always been under the assumption that it was the processor, not the OS, that has allowed Macs to excell in audio, video, and image editing. Is there a real incentive to get an intel processor if I'm going to be spending most of my time, editing images and audio, possibly video? [/QUOTE]
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