I think actually the story goes that atari came up
with the gui, and then mac picked it up, but that's
heresay and ancient history so whatever.
Has anyone experimented with finding music stuff
written for linux? I've heard of like one thing, but
haven't looked.
I'm working on a master plan for setting up a mini
computer lab and studio. all studio stuff would start
computer based till i got the hang of it and decided
if I wanted other hardware (LIKE A NORD!!!). I'm
thinking I could put everyting except music on a cheap
linux box, and for music, put w98 or something on the
400mhz machine I have (since, as i understand, there's
not much written for NT). The music software i want to
start with is pretty basic, just cubase or something
similar, stuff that makes noise and manipulates it
like rebirth (as a scratch pad kind of tool), fruity
loops, a latin drum synth emulator a friend told me
about, stuff like that. at the beginning, my approach
would be pretty rudimentary: just sampling stuff and
tossing it into a sequencer to see what happens. I
figure I won't get signed to ninja tune or main
squeeze for a good six months or so. ;)
I would stick them both on a hub and prolly run samba
so I could easily save music files to the linux box to
dump to cd, or move music software downloads from the
linux box onto the music box. I don't want to dual
boot, since quite often i'd want the functionality of
both at the same time, not to mention wanting to keep
them in 2 different rooms.
so does this sound totally misguided, or somewhat
feasible? money isn't an issue (heh, it can't be cuz
i don't got none) since i already have the one
machine, and I can get a second for cheap.
--- Elson Trinidad <elson@westworld.com> wrote:
>
>
> june@tough.com wrote:
> >
> > >>>>>i'm thinking bout getting a PC to
> > >>>>>replace my trusty ole atari.
> >
> > >> first, get a mac!!! ;)
> > >> june
> >
> > > Then go ahead and BUY him one.
> > > :. elson trinidad
> >
> > hey, it was just the feeling i had at the time
> i read the mail... i was thinking all musiproducers
> are using more Mac? i mean, at first it was Atari,
> or Amiga, but now? Am i wrong? what r u using,
> Elson? and others people?
> > peace and respect
>
>
>
> For the longest time Ataris were popular wuth
> musicians, because they had
> built-in MIDI ports on the computer, no need to buy
> an interface. Then Macs
> became popular because they were the first to have a
> user-friendly graphic
> interface. But after Win95 came out, Windows PCs
> soon caught up. Now, there's
> more software available on PC.
>
> Macs are still popular in the studio because of
> tradition, most especially in
> the Pro Tools realm, which is largely Mac-based, and
> that platform had the time
> to develop and propagate in the studio scene.
>
> Nowadays, realistically, there's not much of a
> difference. Technology has
> advanced enough that you can get a real good
> MIDI/digital recording studio on
> either platform. Neither is necessarily better, and
> it also depends on software
> and your particular hardware configuration.
>
> A lot of the time, when people are getting into
> something, they ask around and
> simply get what everyone else is getting, so they
> don't have to make their own
> decisions (that's not a slam against Macs, it's just
> reality), that's why a lot
> of people just grabbed Macs at the time (so much for
> 'Think Different' eh? :))
> Also, there wasn't much of an alternative at the
> time (late 80s - early 90s)...
> PCs used either DOS or the horrible Windows 3.1
> which wasn't very good for
> multimedia. And Ataris were perfect for MIDI, but
> their use as a digital audio
> recording tool was limited.
>
> > june (working on Adobe Illust and Phtshp,
> Macromedia stuff... on Mac!)
>
> Sure. Even moreso than the music/audio scene, Macs
> have traditionally been the
> choice for graphical work and multimedia, mostly
> because Mac monitors were the
> first to offer large screens to work with. Nowadays,
> it doesn't make much of a
> difference, and IMHO graphics look more sharper on a
> Windows PC than on a Mac
> (looks too "creamy" and "cloudy" to me).
>
> So what are better, Macs or PCs? Well, both are
> computers, and all computers
> WILL crash, so...from a completely rational,
> objective viewpoint, it's pretty
> much a draw (Though devout Mac cult members will
> tell you otherwise...)
>
> If you want to know what I use for my music, I have
> a relatively fast Windows PC
> system, running Cakewalk 9.0 and a variety of audio
> editing programs. It's not
> the "trendiest" system (most people favor Emagic
> Logic these days) but I'm
> familiar enough with Cakewalk so that I can
> concentrate on the music rather than
> trying to learn the software.
>
> In the end, it's what you can do with your toys, not
> what kind of toys you have...
>
> Elson
> (Typing this at work on his Mac...hah)
>
> - 30 -
>
> :. elson trinidad, los angeles, california, usa
> :. elson@westworld.com
> :. www.westworld.com/~elson
>
> "funny how frustration breeds desire" - meja
>
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