Anderton Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Just curious...you can up to three if you use multiple platforms, but please restrict your answers to what you actually use in your day-to-day music-related activities. For example, if you keep an Amiga around just to play Marble Madness every now and then, it's probably best not to check Amiga Let's find out what you're using.... Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Doe Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 never mind ... (hey, it's monday, allright?) No signature required. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lakeside studios Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Craig, maybe there should be a category for "any other" operating systems - for instance, I use a Mackie d8b and HDR, nothing else computer-wise, and they use Mackie's proprietory (no doubt windows-related) operating system. Big Hat. No Cattle. http://www.theshrinks.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted May 23, 2005 Author Share Posted May 23, 2005 Good point, but I'm really just curious about those who use computers in their musical endeavors. Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Franknputer Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 You forgot BeOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gus Lozada Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Pretty standard Win XP SP1 + SP2 and Mac OS 10.3.8 ... how uncool is that? Músico, Productor, Ingeniero, Tecnólogo Senior Product Manager, América Latina y Caribe - PreSonus at Fender Musical Instruments Company Instagram: guslozada Facebook: Lozada - Música y Tecnología www.guslozada.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Fortner Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 I voted. I have the system drive on the Mac partitioned for Panther and OS9, though I'm finding myself going over to the OS9 side less and less. I mainly keep it there because of Adobe FrameMaker these days, which they never did an OSX version of. There's nothing like it if you have to author a long, technical document like an instruction manual. On the laptop (17" Toshiba P4HT, 2.8GHz) I have WinXP Pro with SP1 only. It has been incredibly stable with Cubase, Forte, and lotsa different soft synths. Stephen Fortner Principal, Fortner Media Former Editor in Chief, Keyboard Magazine Digital Piano Consultant, Piano Buyer Magazine Industry affiliations: Antares, Arturia, Giles Communications, MS Media, Polyverse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Win XP Home and Pro (on different machines) with SP1... my softsynth / Giga machine is still running Win ME though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 So Craig, will you take up a collection to help the poor sap on the bottom upgrade just a little bit? Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderton Posted May 23, 2005 Author Share Posted May 23, 2005 Of course not! Whoever it is has the tightest MIDI timing of any of the systems!! Craig Anderton Educational site: http://www.craiganderton.org Music: http://www.youtube.com/thecraiganderton Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/craig_anderton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Drat. Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theblue1 Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Originally posted by Anderton: Of course not! Whoever it is has the tightest MIDI timing of any of the systems!! Are you talking Atari, here? Back in the 80's when I was working on my first personal PC [strictly for business work, I think it goes without saying] I kept looking at the Atari and the Amiga and thinking, damn -- those are the future. As I recall (and my memory is, shall we say, a bit impacted by a once-rich-and-vibrant lifestyle), the Atari 1040 ST had a true 32 bit multi-threaded multi-tasking OS when everyone else was just dreaming about it -- or in the case of former partners MS and IBM -- scrapping like cats and dogs about it. bookmark these: news.google.com | m-w dictionary | wikipedia encyclopedia | Columbia Encyclopedia TK Major / one blue nine | myspace.com/onebluenine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philip OKeefe Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 I've still got three Atari's in storage - two 1040's and a Mega ST/e. Good machines back in the day - especially the Mega when it was running Notator. I sure miss that. Sorry for the thread jacking, but I sure hope Digidesign gets that implemented one of these years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
where02190 Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Another proprietary Mackie OS user here for audio. Hope this is helpful. NP Recording Studios Analog approach to digital recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ViLo Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 WinXP Home SP2 In one machine WinXP Pro SP1 in another one. Jesus Is Coming, Make Music, Get Ready! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dylan Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 All of my boxes are running XP Pro w/SP1 . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henryrobinett Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 I'm currently mainly on Panther 10.3.9 because of UAD-1 issues with Tiger, at the moment. But I go to 10.4.1 when ever possible. Both fit in your above 10.3 category. All the best, Henry Robinett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FrankieP Posted May 23, 2005 Share Posted May 23, 2005 Win XP SP1 on my audio PC. I also have a laptop and a spare PC converted to a bedroom HTPC both running Windows Media Center Edition 2005. BTW, MCE 2005 is very cool!!! It's XP Pro with the added bells and whistles for movies, dvds, music and pics. I believe you can buy this oem for less than XP Pro provided you buy some sort of hardware along with it. I bought mine from newegg for $132.00 + $19.00 for an MCE certified remote control. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoxTick Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 I run a li'l bit of everything (windows) here... -XP SP2 on the DAW -XP SP1 on Laptop 1 -Win 2000 on Laptop 2 (Portable DAW) -Dual boot Win 98SE and Win 95/DOS 6 on an old P133 desktop - I keep all my Roland S-50 samples and patches backed up on this thing. The disk imaging software used to make the Roland disks will only work on DOS 6 or earlier. 0096 2251 2110 8105 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alndln Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 2K SP4 with no Explorer for DAW,2K SP4 on a seperate machine for internet and everything else(DVD's etc.)which is a dual boot with WIN ME for PT Free,but I almost never use that so I didn't vote for it.Works surprisingly well though.If they made some sort of adapter so I could use all my plugs in 64 I'd be there already with Win 2003 server 64. "A Robot Playing Trumpet Blows" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Botch. Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Originally posted by theblue1: Originally posted by Anderton: Of course not! Whoever it is has the tightest MIDI timing of any of the systems!! Are you talking Atari, here? Well, no, I was the single vote for Mac 8.6. I recently gave my Atari away (a Mega with Notator as Phil mentioned) because it couldn't record audio, and I play enough "analog" instruments to warrant it. I'm still using my G3/8.6 combo with Opcode's Vision (Opcode was purchased and disbanded three weeks after I bought Vision, a Studio 128X audio interface, and a Translator Pro MIDI interface; would you like some guaranteed stock tips from me? ). I keep looking at the G5, Yamaha 01X and Logic, but since Craig won't take up a collection for me I'll still be looking. Botch "Eccentric language often is symptomatic of peculiar thinking" - George Will www.puddlestone.net Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EoS Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 My main studio box is OSX.3.8 running Logic Pro 7.1. With Waveburner now working pretty much, I haven't need to boot to OS 9. Got a copy of Tiger sitting on the shelf - as soon as UAD-1 drivers are ready, I'll make the jump. I keep a Windows ME box in the studio as well, just for running an OasysPCI. And my laptop, running Logic Platinum 5.5.1, is WinXP SP1. Enemy of Silence.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phaeton Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 I do it the crazy way .. I actually record into a 4-track, then mix down to one or more different programs in FreeBSD. Yeah, i'm lame, i know. Dr. Seuss: The Original White Rapper . WWND? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 LOL sounds like we need to have a "Rube Goldberg recording" contest. Whoever can come up with the most arcane way to record and the most twisted signal path wins. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alndln Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Originally posted by Lee Flier: LOL sounds like we need to have a "Rube Goldberg recording" contest. Whoever can come up with the most arcane way to record and the most twisted signal path wins. You mean like in the old days when I used my voice into an MXR delay because I didn't have a synth for effects? Or in the early 70's when I turned a Breakstones Cheesbox into my homemade mixing board? Don't get me started. "A Robot Playing Trumpet Blows" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Lander Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Originally posted by Botch.: poor sap on the bottom WBAGNFARB! Our Joint "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it." The Duke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dak Lander Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Oh, by the way, I use Win 2K Pro on a couple of boxes and I'm working with Linux, as I can, on one of them. My laptop is running XP sp2 but I didn't mark that because I haven't used it for more than cursory music stuff so far. It's the business box but I went Athlon figuring I'd use it for music somewhere along the line. Now that Samson has those USB LD condensers available it's an easier push to get that laptop into music on a larger scale. Our Joint "When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it." The Duke... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee Flier Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Originally posted by Alndln: ]You mean like in the old days when I used my voice into an MXR delay because I didn't have a synth for effects? Or in the early 70's when I turned a Breakstones Cheesbox into my homemade mixing board? Don't get me started. LOL... one of the best ones I've heard here is Phil syncing his whole rig to an old ADAT machine so he can use the varispeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Klopmeyer Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Alright, who are the two people still using Mac OS 8.x? And, uh... why? Nu-bus Pro Tools system you're attached to or something? - Jeff Marketing Communications for MI/Pro Audio My solo music and stuff They Stole My Crayon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennyf Posted May 24, 2005 Share Posted May 24, 2005 Win2k pro and SAWStudio Basic are rock-solid on my main system, so no OS change for me until I want a new DAW. And for MIDI, I'm still sequencing on a P1 166mmx running win95, 'cuz Voyetra/Turtle Beach Pinnacle Project Studio doesn't work well outside win95. And I'm comfortable and happy with PPS. band link: bluepearlband.com music, lessons, gig schedules at dennyf.com STURGEON'S LAW --98% of everything is bullshit. My Unitarian Jihad Name is: The Jackhammer of Love and Mercy. Get yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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