actually, if he's using pro tools nine, then he can export a session that she could import straight into Sonar and vice versa.
On 7/22/11, Drew <[email protected]> wrote: > I hate to do this, especially on a sonar mailing list, but if you're doing > small things and want to collaborate, reaper might be a better option for > you than Sonar because it's a lot lighter on system resources, and it works > on windows and mac. It isn't accessible on OSX but works well for us on > Windows, and he'd be able to use his mac and send projects you can use with > the same program on Windows. If he's using garage band or protools you won't > be able to on another computer that isn't a mac (there's a windows ProTools > but it's a disaster both accessibility wise and in other ways). If you > decide to stick with Sonar he'll have to learn how that works in order to > collaborate. So either way someone's going to have to learn how to use a new > system so you can both work together. Just an idea. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: "JSonar -- JAWS Scripts for Sonar discussion list" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 11:23 AM > Subject: Re: [Jsonar] Windows or mac? > > >> Ok, this is the whole reason I have not gotten a desktop. I just don't do >> >> enough to warant all this stuff which I don't understand. I mean I have a >> >> lot of projects but they are small. I'm a singer songwriter. Sonar is my >> >> version of the eight track dat with a lot more power. Of course, if I got >> >> a computer, I'd do the two hard drives, even though I don't really >> understand the need and it seems like it would be confusing. Like you'd >> be always searching for your stuff. But how can you run windows on a mac? >> >> Isn't that like two different operating systems? Darrell has mentioned >> garage band, but since we colaborate on songs sometimes, isn't that a bad >> idea? I'm not arguing I promise, just asking a whole lot of questions. >> Because honestly my laptop works great other than that I have to hook it >> up whereas a desktop would just stay hooked all the time. >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Cameron Strife" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Friday, July 22, 2011 12:53 PM >> To: "JSonar -- JAWS Scripts for Sonar discussion list" <[email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Jsonar] Windows or mac? >> >>> Hi. You can run windows natively on a desktop without a problem. So, >>> if you have a dual boot machine, you can have a mac OS X partition, >>> and a windows partition. >>> >>> I really can't think of much that you can't do on a mac now. as far >>> as music production, you have garage band and pro tools as the two >>> main options currently. The main drawback with pt right now is the >>> fact that the event list editor is not accessible. >>> >>> Macs are built very well, now have thunderbolt, and windows runs very >>> smoothly on a Mac. >>> >>> Regarding the desk space issue, a mac book pro or an I mac would solve >>> that. >>> >>> For audio work, you really want two hard drives; a system drive and an >>> audio/storage drive. You can use the thunderbolt port to connect an >>> additional drive or drives, with or without using a raid >>> configuration. Also, you can get the I mac with two hard drives now. >>> A solid state hd and a 7200rpm hd. that would work fine. >>> >>> Good luck, >>> >>> Cameron. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 7/22/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> >>> >>> wrote: >>>> Our next purchase, after we actually purchase monitors that work and >>>> don't >>>> pop and hiss, is a new computer. Darrell is all about mac this and mac >>>> that. He says mac is best. Can I use sonar with mac? Are macs blind >>>> friendly? I tried to tell him that I didn't think mac would work well >>>> with >>>> sonar. He isn't really believing me. I'm afraid it would end up being >>>> an >>>> accessibility issue. If both of us are going to use a computer that's >>>> mostly for music... wouldn't it make sense to have something that both >>>> of us >>>> can use? So remind me again why it's better to have a desktop? Is it a >>>> hard drive issue? Would I still be using a audio interface like m audio >>>> >>>> to >>>> plug into everything? What is the difference between a computer >>>> designed >>>> for music and one that isn't? The bad thing is that I'd also have to >>>> get >>>> speakers and a monitor to clutter up my already crowded table. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Find JSonar and Sonar FAQs, articles, guides and downloads at jsonar.org. >>> >>> Jsonar mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://jsonar.org/mailman/listinfo/jsonar_jsonar.org >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Find JSonar and Sonar FAQs, articles, guides and downloads at jsonar.org. >> >> Jsonar mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://jsonar.org/mailman/listinfo/jsonar_jsonar.org >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Find JSonar and Sonar FAQs, articles, guides and downloads at jsonar.org. > > Jsonar mailing list > [email protected] > http://jsonar.org/mailman/listinfo/jsonar_jsonar.org > _______________________________________________ Find JSonar and Sonar FAQs, articles, guides and downloads at jsonar.org. 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