Xref: utzoo rec.music.synth:22360 comp.music:3496 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!uwm.edu!lll-winken!uunet!mixcom!oovvoo From: oovvoo@mixcom.COM (Mike Shawaluk) Newsgroups: rec.music.synth,comp.music Subject: Re: Amiga or Mac? Message-ID: <1005@mixcom.COM> Date: 12 Jun 91 16:21:38 GMT References: Followup-To: rec.music.synth Distribution: usa Organization: Milwaukee Information eXchange (Public access Usenet, Email) Lines: 30 In mccreary@news.colorado.edu (MCCREARY SEAN) writes: >Well, I'm over a barrel. I finally have the cash to buy a computer, and I >can't decide between a Mac LC and an Amiga 3000. The Amiga is clearly a >faster computer, and has the multitasking OS to properly use that potential. >But the music world is heavily slanted towards the Macintosh. The only real >sequencer that properly takes advantage of the Amiga OS (sorry Music-X fans) >is Bars and Pipes Professional. On the other hand, the Mac has a half dozen >very good sequencing packages available for it, along with a lot of other >interesting software. Before I bought B&P Pro, I owned SoundScape 1.4 from Mimetics, which is (not coincidentally) from the same author, Todor Fay (and a coauthor on B&P Pro whose name I cannot remember). However, you don't mention any of the Dr T.'s stuff, which I don't personally own, but have heard that at least a couple of their programs (KCS and Tiger Cub, I believe) have gotten good reviews. Plus, their Copyist series remains one of the best music DTP packages for the Amiga. Granted, the Mac has had a strong base in the MIDI world for quite some time, but I feel that the Amiga OS and 3rd party software has pretty much caught up with the Mac, at least in the MIDI arena. And, as you mention, if multitasking is something that matters to you, then you are looking in the right direction when you are looking at the A3000. Another point to consider is that much of the other "interesting software" available for the Mac, at least in a MIDI vein, is available for the Amiga as either shareware or freeware stuff, or as add-on modules for B&P Pro (plus, they tell you how to add on your own stuff). I'm not an expert on it, but if you have any specific questions, I'll try to look for answers for you. -- - Mike Shawaluk (oovvoo@mixcom.com) "It is a good day to live."