and... people who spend hundreds of pounds on a piece of software and then hundreds if not thousands more on soundcards and midi interfaces probably don't weigh up whats cheaper in the price range. As for peeps on a budget will this really affect them, aren't they used to making do with what they can get their hands on. If support is dropped I'm sure the 2nd hand prices of LogicPC will fall as well. And users of pirated s/w don't get support anyway. I'll be interested to see if users who have Logic PC get offered upgrades to the MACS versions.
You can argue the MAC vs PC debate all day and not get a valid answer as to which is £ for £ faster. That isn't the point though, if you have enough knowledge you can build MAC or PC systems that have enough power to do all the audio processing you want and will run reliably.I fix audio workstations for numerous people and the problems are almost always caused by the person using the machine. Having worked with numerous PC and Mac setup I don't think there is any difference in reliability and in the same prince range, no difference in power. 1 point worth noting though is that many PC users invariably get loads of free software from various friends and clog up there systems with crap that they don't need or doesn't work. again it's down to the individual to sort that out.
Anyway back to the point, 1 huge benefit or Apple buying Emagic is that there might be some decent communication between the HW and SW. hopefully since MACS have firewire built in, the Emagic crew will hopefully be able to start writing software to interface MACS with MLAN. They might even start working on the MAC sound system. Maybe Apple will start releasing high end Audio/ music workstations with cutdown OS's either way this would never have happened before.
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and... people who spend hundreds of pounds on a piece of software and then hundreds if not thousands more on soundcards and midi interfaces probably don't weigh up whats cheaper in the price range. As for peeps on a budget will this really affect them, aren't they used to making do with what they can get their hands on. If support is dropped I'm sure the 2nd hand prices of LogicPC will fall as well. And users of pirated s/w don't get support anyway. I'll be interested to see if users who have Logic PC get offered upgrades to the MACS versions.
You can argue the MAC vs PC debate all day and not get a valid answer as to which is £ for £ faster. That isn't the point though, if you have enough knowledge you can build MAC or PC systems that have enough power to do all the audio processing you want and will run reliably.I fix audio workstations for numerous people and the problems are almost always caused by the person using the machine. Having worked with numerous PC and Mac setup I don't think there is any difference in reliability and in the same prince range, no difference in power. 1 point worth noting though is that many PC users invariably get loads of free software from various friends and clog up there systems with crap that they don't need or doesn't work. again it's down to the individual to sort that out. Anyway back to the point, 1 huge benefit or Apple buying Emagic is that there might be some decent communication between the HW and SW. hopefully since MACS have firewire built in, the Emagic crew will hopefully be able to start writing software to interface MACS with MLAN. They might even start working on the MAC sound system. Maybe Apple will start releasing high end Audio/ music workstations with cutdown OS's either way this would never have happened before.