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From: kls30@duts.ccc.amdahl.com (Kent L Shephard)
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Subject: Re: MusicProse
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Date: 6 Feb 91 15:58:33 GMT
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In article <1025@eplunix.UUCP> mrn@eplunix.UUCP (Mark R. Nilsen) writes:
>>>denying this)and the customer support person said "MusicProse for NeXT is
>>>on indefinite hold. We have adjusted our resources to focus on our PC and
>>>Mac products."
>>>
>> 
>> Conjecture:
>> 
>> Either Coda Tech is in a lot of trouble and can't afford to think even
>>as long term as a year or two, or they have the typical American inability
>> to think long term, or they've decided there is no long term prospect
>> for their software on the NeXT. 
>
>Mark of the Unicorn was supposed to be porting to the NeXT.  I
>called about a week ago and got the back-burnner responce from them
>as well.  Also, a company that deals with NeXT harddisk recording
>suggested I stay with the Mac because DigiDesign is so far ahead of  
>what the NeXT has if you want Midi and digital audio.  Please no

On price it is far ahead of the NeXT.  You need at least a Mac II series
machine, a large HD, lots of memory, dsp board w/A to D conversion.

I can get a NeXTstation ($3300), A to D ($1200), more disk space
and still come out less than a Mac.  ANy Mac that I would even consider
owning (IIci-4meg RAM, 80Mb HD) is $4300 educational + monitor + keyboard.
Now add to that Digidesign DSP board $2000 + Deck and Audio Media
Software $263 & $721 and you ge a grand total of

                           $4300 - Mac IIci
                           $1000 - Large monochrome video
                           $2000 - Digidesign
                           $1000 - Software
                      ----------------------------------------
                           $8300
To do digital recording and mastering.

If I buy a used cube, a 200Mb HD, and the A to D stuff I spend

                           $2400 - Old cube w/OD
                           $ 600 - 200 Mb HD
                           $1295 - A to D stuff
                      -----------------------------------------
                           $4295


Thats a little more than half.  Now add either a Streaming Tape or OD
to back up the Mac.   A Mac as a digital recording/mastering system
can run $10000, easy.  I know someone that has this setup.

Remember I'm getting educational prices on Mac hardware, so your price may
be more.

As for MIDI the Mac has the NeXT beat, but so does the Atari, PC clone,
Amiga.  So that is not an issue.

>FLAMES on that.  I know the NeXT's DMA is far better than a NuBus
>Card, which is why I am surprised.  I guess even though the NeXT has
>a great interface designer developers aren't willing to dump the
>thousands of hours it would take to flesh-out the kind of application
>musicians have come to expect.
>
>--Mark.
>  


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