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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" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >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 <[log in to unmask]> 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 > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.7/20 - Release Date: 6/16/2005 > > > > >-- >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. >Version: 7.0.323 / Virus Database: 267.7.7/20 - Release Date: 6/16/2005 _______________________________________ Brandon Burke Archival Specialist Hoover Institution Archives Stanford University Stanford, CA 94305-6010 voice: 650.724.9711 fax: 650.725.3445 email: [log in to unmask]