I'm frustrated. I bought a dual processor mac G4 from a friend for Christmas and I think I'm firing up the old Windows ME machine for music stuff from now on. What I've found:
- No CDWav equivalent. Yes, I have managed with great effort to split up shows with Audacity and Peak, but there is nothing as simple and elegant as CDWav. There just isn't. (Oh, and fon't forget to fix those SBE's!)
- No CDRWin equivalent. I have Toast, but have to remember to change the 2 second gap *every time* I burn.
- No EAC equivalent. I use xACT which has a CD extraction utility, but the user interface and feedback aren't EAC quality.
- No GoldWave equivalent. I don't do a lot of tweaking, and for the little I do I've found Peak and Audacity too difficult.
I'm sure in all these cases there is other software I could find, but I don't want to spend a boatload of money when there are windows apps that are the standard, at least from what I can find,
This morning I extracted a CD with xACT and then burned it with Toast. Listening to it in the car I found that several tracks just ended in the middle and it went on to the next track! WTF! This is the 2nd time I've experienced this since getting the mac. I've never had anything like this happen with my Windows tools.
I'm kind of sad....I have heard such great things about the mac and was looking forward to a new experience in computing. At this point, though, I have shows that I am putting off tracking and burning 'cause it's such a pain with the mac tools. That's just not right.
And - to be honest - I'm not too wild about the mac interface in general. For instance, applications remain open even when all windows are closed. And some apps "open" with no window at all, just the title bar and a couple of toolbars. It's just....weird. I have a general sense that I'm "using software" vs. "using a computer". Maybe that's the "ease of use" that is supposedly so much better on a mac. I feel like there's a "layer of abstraction" between me and my computer.
Am I missing something here? Anyone else have a similar experience?
PS - I know this is like arguing religion. Fundamentalists need not respond!