Re: [ARSCLIST] AV to DV - PC or Mac?

[Brandon Burke <burke@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

At 09:51 AM 6/17/2005, you wrote:
> Isn't Soundforge PC only?
>
> Steve Smolian

I was thinking the same thing.  So is WaveLab, I believe.

Personally, I don't like anything about PCs.  (They make me think of
Dilbert, which is mildly depressing.) But most work environments call for
them.  It's just a financial reality.  Right now I am working with WaveLab
5.0 which I have found to be functional and easy to use.  But I'm only
capturing audio.

Others could speak to video/film, and for that I might try a parallel post
on the AMIA list, but I'll add that every film maker/editor that I know
uses Macs.  Every last one of them....  This is at least partially because
of Final Cut Pro (an Apple product).  Enhanced resolution doesn't hurt
either, I suppose.

-- Brandon



> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Damien Moody" <dmoody@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ARSCLIST@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, June 17, 2005 12:07 PM
> Subject: Re: [ARSCLIST] AV to DV - PC or Mac?
>
>
> Here's one item for your arsenal: there are excellent peices of software
> written, or sometimes optimized, for MacOS. Digital Performer and other MOTU
> (Mark of the Unicorn) products are a good example. Most A/V/MIDI software
> that run on PC's also run on MacOS - I've never seen a software title become
> popular unless it is MacOS compatible.
>
> Damien J. Moody
> Information Technology Services
> Library of Congress
> > > > Klara Foeller <klf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 06/17/05 10:55 AM >>>
> Dear Colleagues -
>
> I'm at war with my supervisor on the subject of Macs vs. PCs when it
> comes to digitizing analog audio & video.  He has a bias against Mac,
> while all my periodical & on-line research, plus many consultations with
> colleagues in media archiving, broadcasting and production, clearly
> indicates that Mac is the strongly preferred system.
>
> Please send ammunition.  Especially if you can quantify in $$$ and/or
> lost productivity.  All apocryphal stories welcome.
>
> Klara Foeller,
> Curator, Moving Image & Sound Collections
> Missouri Historical Society
> 314 746-4513
>
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