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I've setup and maintained several home Linux boxes in the past (since the times of slackware on 25 3 1/4" floppies), so when it was time to get a real pc--linux is not a good audio OS, sorry guys--Mac was the logical choice. I'm running a Mac Pro (Quad Intel) on OSX 10.5. Vanilla 2GB ram and a TB drive dropped in for samples. Snow Leopard upgrade is pending.
DAW
Had DP, and long story short, found it lacking for me. I just couldn't get to grips with it, though it had many great features, some of which I miss today. Logic Pro on the other hand--PERFECT. Logic Pro 9.0 was a nice upgrade for me. It seems like their synth oscillators have gotten a nice kick in the pants! Could be my imagination. Also have Live Lite which came with the Korg PadKontrol. Don't use it much.
AU - Synths
Discovery Pro, FabFilter Twin, Komplete 5, Korg Legacy (Digital). All great synths and I use them. I have been hard on NI on the past, but I take back everything: Komplete is totally worth it. The sound isn't as digital as I would have supposed and can actually be quite warm. Have my eye on Zebra if I ever can get my lazy ass to print out the $50 off card.
AU - FX etc
IK Vintage Comp etc etc. Not much in the way of third party processors really. Pretty much bone stock Logic for now. Would like Duende one day.
Audio Interface
Had a duet, but it died. Was sequencing a song and PTTJHPPT. Just stopped working! It got RMA approval, I still need to mail it out though. Using Kore 1 for now. The assholes at Guitar Center sold me one that had already been registered, and NI support gave me flack. WTF! I have a Kore, why can't it be registered. I still have the receipt and stuff so I suppose I could somehow convince NI that my Kore 1 is an actual Kore controller, but too much work. Works pretty well as an audio interface. Has balanced outputs which the Duet does not have. And does 24/96, though I only trust it to 24/44 as it is USB. I also have a Yamaha N8 (8 x 24/96) which I plan on putting back into action as soon as I find a convenient place to put it.
Midi Interface
Novation X-Station 25--great bit of kit. Really a lot of value in that package. Audio quality isn't quite up to snuff but it is no slouch either--how's that for a mixed review? Still, lots of sliders, knobs, joystick, pad, nice setup program to customize it, built in audio interface and 3 osc VA? Not too shabby. Also picked up a couple of Korg NanoSliders--which I LOVE. They fit in my desk drawer, helping keeping things nice and clean.
Speakers
M-Audio BX8a. What can I say. They are monitors. They are bass heavy. I would not want to compose classical on them. Price was right and they sounded the best in my price range with my reference cds.
Room
Completely untreated. A real horror of reflective surfaces.
DAW
Had DP, and long story short, found it lacking for me. I just couldn't get to grips with it, though it had many great features, some of which I miss today. Logic Pro on the other hand--PERFECT. Logic Pro 9.0 was a nice upgrade for me. It seems like their synth oscillators have gotten a nice kick in the pants! Could be my imagination. Also have Live Lite which came with the Korg PadKontrol. Don't use it much.
AU - Synths
Discovery Pro, FabFilter Twin, Komplete 5, Korg Legacy (Digital). All great synths and I use them. I have been hard on NI on the past, but I take back everything: Komplete is totally worth it. The sound isn't as digital as I would have supposed and can actually be quite warm. Have my eye on Zebra if I ever can get my lazy ass to print out the $50 off card.
AU - FX etc
IK Vintage Comp etc etc. Not much in the way of third party processors really. Pretty much bone stock Logic for now. Would like Duende one day.
Audio Interface
Had a duet, but it died. Was sequencing a song and PTTJHPPT. Just stopped working! It got RMA approval, I still need to mail it out though. Using Kore 1 for now. The assholes at Guitar Center sold me one that had already been registered, and NI support gave me flack. WTF! I have a Kore, why can't it be registered. I still have the receipt and stuff so I suppose I could somehow convince NI that my Kore 1 is an actual Kore controller, but too much work. Works pretty well as an audio interface. Has balanced outputs which the Duet does not have. And does 24/96, though I only trust it to 24/44 as it is USB. I also have a Yamaha N8 (8 x 24/96) which I plan on putting back into action as soon as I find a convenient place to put it.
Midi Interface
Novation X-Station 25--great bit of kit. Really a lot of value in that package. Audio quality isn't quite up to snuff but it is no slouch either--how's that for a mixed review? Still, lots of sliders, knobs, joystick, pad, nice setup program to customize it, built in audio interface and 3 osc VA? Not too shabby. Also picked up a couple of Korg NanoSliders--which I LOVE. They fit in my desk drawer, helping keeping things nice and clean.
Speakers
M-Audio BX8a. What can I say. They are monitors. They are bass heavy. I would not want to compose classical on them. Price was right and they sounded the best in my price range with my reference cds.
Room
Completely untreated. A real horror of reflective surfaces.
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