HI Greg,
You're right in saying that Macs are still very common in the studio, though
these days I don't fully understand why. I also agree that nowadays those
multi in/out sound cards are not so awfully expensive like they used to be
about five years ago when I updated my PC. And from the average consumer's
point of view, not offering old PCI expandability is probably going to be a
wise move, as most interesting hardware is external these days.
I'd like to have PCI support for Macs simply as I wouldn't want to throw
away my old hardware, as it works OK. I might need to update the audio side
at some point but preferrably for a reason other than pure hardware
compatibility. Granted I could get a 1x1 USB sound card for the Mac for
basic recording and be prettty happpy with it, I guess.
I wonder how expensive that Magma bord would be and if it does work even if
I wouldn't get Pro Tools or some other DigiDesign products to go with it. I
had a hard time finding it on the DigiDesign site, I suppose it counts as an
accessory for Pro Tools.
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With kind regards Veli-Pekka Tätilä ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Accessibility, game music, synthesizers and programming:
http://www.student.oulu.fi/~vtatila/
Greg Kearney wrote:
I'm not an audio engineer but I do know I have seen MacPros hooked up
to some impressive studio settings and they are commonly used in
professional motion picture and audio production settings. They are
generally connected to these systems using the Optical digital audio
input and output Toslink ports on the MacPros.
I have a catalog of this king of stuff from BH Photo www.bhphoto.com
in New York City. looking at the website I noticed a number of
devices with as many as 26 inputs for less than $400 that worked via
FireWire.
I'll be the first to admit however that I understand little of this
