Funky frank Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Hi, I wonder why there is still no hardware from Apple targeting the pro audio users. Most fast professional audio hardware is PCI based. Mac Pro only supports pcie, and as I read in tests, the analog audio quality of macs is generally quite poor. This is the reason why I am interested in the OSX on a PC thing. In my opinion its a big misktake not to provide the customers with pci slots and drivers. What are your opinions? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34294-apple-forgot-an-hardware-concept-for-pro-audio-workstation/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
enb14 Posted November 27, 2006 Share Posted November 27, 2006 Totally agree with you but the problem with vanilla osx even if you have an example (M-Audio 192 or 2496) you can plug it into your vanilla PC but since it lacks of drivers you are out of luck to use it so right now I'm in your same position right now, I'm waiting for a PCIe solution like those M-Audio 192, current PCIe card right now are extremely expensive just look at those Pro Tools HD and so. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34294-apple-forgot-an-hardware-concept-for-pro-audio-workstation/#findComment-243121 Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluedragon1971 Posted December 4, 2006 Share Posted December 4, 2006 Are you forgetting that Mac Pros not only have analog audio out but digital as well? Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34294-apple-forgot-an-hardware-concept-for-pro-audio-workstation/#findComment-247837 Share on other sites More sharing options...
nagal Posted December 27, 2006 Share Posted December 27, 2006 PCI slots would have been very nice indeed but there are a lot of FireWire interfaces that are very nice. I built my hackintosh for audio and I am going to use a FW interface. It would have been nice to keep using my EMU 1212M but what the heck, time for a new sound card anyways Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34294-apple-forgot-an-hardware-concept-for-pro-audio-workstation/#findComment-262540 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe The Dragon Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 mac pro should have pci-x Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34294-apple-forgot-an-hardware-concept-for-pro-audio-workstation/#findComment-270851 Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoda75 Posted January 8, 2007 Share Posted January 8, 2007 Umm, PCI-Express totally wipes the floor with PCI. DSP processor cards have really met their match. Check this out: http://apogeedigital.com/products/symphony_performance.php ...not only competitive but straight up faster and and can handle more tracks. Pricey but still about 5k less expensive than a Pro Tools HD core card PCI. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34294-apple-forgot-an-hardware-concept-for-pro-audio-workstation/#findComment-270871 Share on other sites More sharing options...
enb14 Posted January 9, 2007 Share Posted January 9, 2007 Those cards are $3190 the cheapest model, which is too expensive, is cheaper than pro tools but still expensive, most of us are waiting for a sub $200.00 sound card so we have to continue waiting Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34294-apple-forgot-an-hardware-concept-for-pro-audio-workstation/#findComment-271866 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synaesthesia Posted January 15, 2007 Share Posted January 15, 2007 Nobody's mentioned firewire audio, which can carry 16 digital channels of audio pretty easily. That's what I would use, with something like the Alesis multimix firewire mixer. I know, it sucks that there's no support for PCI. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34294-apple-forgot-an-hardware-concept-for-pro-audio-workstation/#findComment-276146 Share on other sites More sharing options...
limini Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 (edited) Are you forgetting that Mac Pros not only have analog audio out but digital as well? Actually ALL the current Macbook lineup has combined optical digital and analog audio ins and outs (1/8 th inch jacks with the tip being the optical part). The specs look great, but how is the I/O latency? Fast enough for live monitoring of a recording signal and for playing back soft synths in real-time? Edited January 18, 2007 by limini Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34294-apple-forgot-an-hardware-concept-for-pro-audio-workstation/#findComment-278460 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kosmokrator Posted January 18, 2007 Share Posted January 18, 2007 I think you mean semi-pro-audio. Don't forget that ProAudio is still 90% ProTools, which happily runs on Intel/PCIe. But, as always, YMMV.. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/34294-apple-forgot-an-hardware-concept-for-pro-audio-workstation/#findComment-278556 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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