Just bought a Mac - Useful Software?

[Dub_Fiend]

Easy all,

I recently got myself a Macbook to write music on the move with and to play out live with (without having to borrow a lappy from people at the venue) and I was wondering what interesting and/or good software people would recommend to download (music-related or otherwise)...

I've been using PCs with Windows on for the past 15 years or so, so I'm relatively comfortable with the kind of software which is available to PC users but I have no clue about interesting or useful Mac software so it'd be nice to get some hints, tips or nudges towards certain software packages (free or paid) so I can get to grips with the Mac 'scene' if you will.


Dub Fiend

[samurai]

i'm thinking of getting a macbook soon. just wondering did you get the regular macbook or macbook pro?

[deadly_habit]

bootcamp

[wirez]

Logic

[Dub_Fiend]

i'm thinking of getting a macbook soon. just wondering did you get the regular macbook or macbook pro?

Got the regular one Bought a second hand one off a Uni mate for £500 quid, bargain considering it's under a year old and in great condition :3

Deadly, I've got a SICK kitted-out PC, don't need Boot Camp And screw Logic, got Ableton and Cubase for all my DAW needs


Dub Fiend

[wirez]

i'm thinking of getting a macbook soon. just wondering did you get the regular macbook or macbook pro?

Got the regular one Bought a second hand one off a Uni mate for £500 quid, bargain considering it's under a year old and in great condition :3

Deadly, I've got a SICK kitted-out PC, don't need Boot Camp And screw Logic, got Ableton and Cubase for all my DAW needs


Dub Fiend

Lol I know this foooooo'. Peace and harmony over here from Logic man, stop hating.

Nah seriously though man if you find anything you need specifically give me a shout, Mac's do handle themselves pretty well and there's only a minimum amount of things you're going to find you need in addition to what you already have.

[collige]

Audio Hijack
Soundflower
Logic

[Depone]

all the things like ableton and cubase are also for pc. why did you get a mac?

[Dub_Fiend]

i'm thinking of getting a macbook soon. just wondering did you get the regular macbook or macbook pro?

Got the regular one Bought a second hand one off a Uni mate for £500 quid, bargain considering it's under a year old and in great condition :3

Deadly, I've got a SICK kitted-out PC, don't need Boot Camp And screw Logic, got Ableton and Cubase for all my DAW needs


Dub Fiend

Lol I know this foooooo'. Peace and harmony over here from Logic man, stop hating.

Nah seriously though man if you find anything you need specifically give me a shout, Mac's do handle themselves pretty well and there's only a minimum amount of things you're going to find you need in addition to what you already have.

Hehehe, got love for Logic man as it's a sick sequencer from what I've heard/seen, just cba to learn to use another sequencing platform

Fair does bruv, well aside from me installing Cubase 5 and Ableton when I'm back home there isn't much else on my agenda to get right now, I was just wondering whether there was some other marvellous Mac-exclusive software that peeps were using

And Dep, mainly so I can play out to be honest As I said, I felt it was a tad unfair to ask people to provide me with a Mac or laptop for me to play out with every time I played a gig, and on top of that the last time that happened I was rushing around trying to install QuickTime and ASIO4All cause it wasn't natively equipped to run live audio (it was the missus of one of the co-organisers' laptop )


Dub Fiend

[decree]

I found Logic to be way more applicable with mac than cubase, especially logic 9

[Dub_Fiend]

Can't really afford the Logic price tag though... And I already have Cubase 5 :3


Dub Fiend

[tripaddict]

apples n stuff lol

[wirez]

all the things like ableton and cubase are also for pc. why did you get a mac?

Because they're better

[wirez]

Soundflower

Good shout. I use it with Audacity as opposed to Audio Hijak though, but SoundflowerBed is essential if you want to rip audio from stuff...

[samurai]

since macheads will come to this thread. is it worth lumping out the extra cash for the macbook pro? i know you get the fancy keyboard, aluminium shell and firewire port but apart from that is it just the same as the regular macbook? i heard something about macbook pros having a better headphone socket. is that true?

[wirez]

since macheads will come to this thread. is it worth lumping out the extra cash for the macbook pro? i know you get the fancy keyboard, aluminium shell and firewire port but apart from that is it just the same as the regular macbook? i heard something about macbook pros having a better headphone socket. is that true?

I don't own a macbook but I know that when I do buy one I will definitely be going for the macbook pro only because of the firewire issue. I actually think it's a bit out of order of apple not to supply these in the normal macbooks though, don't see why they can't.

Are macbook pro's not more powerful btw? Surely you don't pay extra just because of those things you mentioned? (Can't be bothered to trapes all the way through the apple store )

[chewie]

audiofinder

[wirez]

audiofinder

This is a brilliant piece of software but I don't find myself using it too often, I think it's mainly because I can't seem to drag and drop from the software into Kontakt in Logic Otherwise I'd definitely use it a lot more I think!

[deadly_habit]

all the things like ableton and cubase are also for pc. why did you get a mac?

Because they're better

[tylerblue]

Stuffit Expander and Toast are pieces of software you'll probably want in your toolkit. +1 on Audiofinder.

As far as Macbook vs Macbook pro -- definitely spend the extra money for a Macbook Pro.


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