Topic: Mac USERS! (soundcard/Peak LE/bit torrent questions)

[carrington]

All right guys.  Here's the scoop.  I want to finally start transferring some of my DATs to my Mac (Power G4 running OS 10.2..  Here arfe my questions:

1)  What type of soundcard do I need to purchase in order to digitally import the audio from DAT to mac?

2)  Is Peak LE the best/good software to use for dithering, resampling, adding fades, adding track breaks, etc?

3)  Once this is accomplished how hard is it to generate a bittorrent?  All the instructions I've ever seen deal with pc's and not Mac. 

Any help/suggestions would be greatly appreciated
Thanks,
Carrington

[RRobar]

Carrington check you PM.

I forgot to mention using tomato to see a torrent. There is a pretty long explanation in the archive section about seeding BT using a mac.

[scb]

1. try 10.3 instead of 10.2

2. try spark instead of peak

[wbrisette]

2. try spark instead of peak

Of course you have to put up with a bizarre interface. (My one and only beef with Spark was their attempt at an interface... yuck. Makes no sense from a human interface standpoint).

If you decide to use spark and put up with the interface issues, it can't be beat for the price (free). Peak or Peak LE is a great option as well and I prefer it (and it's interface) for two track audio.

For audio cards, there are a whole host of options now available. Since I use Digital Performer, I've stuck with MOTUs hardware, but I previously used Emagic's auidiowerks card and it worked fine in Mac OS 8 & 9. Can't comment on Mac OS X and these aren't made anymore since Apple bought Emagic. But there are enough other options out there now that it's tought to figure out what card to buy.

Wayne

Wayne

[Mic D]

Carrington, PM/call me if you need help. I use a Mac.

Kevin

[scb]

2. try spark instead of peak

Of course you have to put up with a bizarre interface. (My one and only beef with Spark was their attempt at an interface... yuck. Makes no sense from a human interface standpoint).

If you decide to use spark and put up with the interface issues, it can't be beat for the price (free). Peak or Peak LE is a great option as well and I prefer it (and it's interface) for two track audio.

For audio cards, there are a whole host of options now available. Since I use Digital Performer, I've stuck with MOTUs hardware, but I previously used Emagic's auidiowerks card and it worked fine in Mac OS 8 & 9. Can't comment on Mac OS X and these aren't made anymore since Apple bought Emagic. But there are enough other options out there now that it's tought to figure out what card to buy.

Wayne

Wayne

i never found spark's interface to be bad.  i started not knowing how to do a thing and i think i figured most of it out

and digital performer works with non motu-hardware, right?  i've used it with other stuff...

[John Kelly]

Spark is by far the best two track editor in X.  Peak is just awful...

[Chris K]

i prefer the peak interface much better than spark, and i think spark has a much higher learning curve than peak.

outside of peak's support and maybe the 2gig file limitation (no sdII or wav64), what is it you guys dont like about peak?

 

[scb]

bugs, bugs, more bugs, and horrible customer service

i posted to a peak list about some specific bugs that i could reproduce every time.  i wasn't the only one who encountered the bugs either.   but i was told by steve berkley (the B in BIAS, makers of peak, is Berkley) that i was only causing trouble on his list by making up lies about his product

of course, a month later he released a patch targeting the specific problem i was having...

[taktheride]

can someone link to the Spark website?  (no luck searching google, first time ever)

I found the TC works site, it says its discontinued, any third party music sites still host the image?
Still looking....

[carrington]

what about sound studio 2?  i downloaded that and it seems to have a very user friendly interface.  i checked out spark and have no clue where to  even begin.
thanks for the input,
c.

oh scott- quick xACT question...when i minimize the window and bring it back up it won't let me decode files...says something like internalerror yadayada.  any insight?

[Chris K]

sound studio 2 is good. i like the split at track markers option. its cheap and worth it. many swear by it.

fwiw, i use a couple audiophile 2496 in my mac without issues. decent drivers and stable

[scb]

what about sound studio 2?  i downloaded that and it seems to have a very user friendly interface.  i checked out spark and have no clue where to  even begin.
thanks for the input,
c.

oh scott- quick xACT question...when i minimize the window and bring it back up it won't let me decode files...says something like internalerror yadayada.  any insight?

to be honest, i've never minimized the app. i usually use it and quit, or hit apple-H to hide (hey john kelly i said APPLE instead of COMMAND....hehe)

i'll check it out though.  it might be a dumb interface thing where it loses track of something when minimized

[carrington]

sound studio 2 is good. i like the split at track markers option. its cheap and worth it. many swear by it.

fwiw, i use a couple audiophile 2496 in my mac without issues. decent drivers and stable

yeah, i just ordered an audiophile 2496 card for my G4.  so once that arrives i guess i'll be all set.  thanks for the tips guys.
late,
c.

[John Kelly]

bugs, bugs, more bugs, and horrible customer service

i posted to a peak list about some specific bugs that i could reproduce every time.  i wasn't the only one who encountered the bugs either.   but i was told by steve berkley (the B in BIAS, makers of peak, is Berkley) that i was only causing trouble on his list by making up lies about his product

of course, a month later he released a patch targeting the specific problem i was having...

What he said and on top of that they still have a 2 gig limit.  The fact that it remains in Peak 4 is just asinine. 

(hey john kelly i said APPLE instead of COMMAND....hehe)

As long as you're comfortable knowing that you're wrong, it's alright with me.