I work at a concert hall that is thinking of upgrading it's digital audio
side of things. Mainly computers, DAWs and affiliated items. I'm trying to
decide which route to take. PC or MAC. We don't have enough money to run
out and buy ProTools, so I am opting for the M-Audio Quattro. A nice little
slightly cheap interface. All I really want is a decent balanced feed into
my computer for editing purposes. The part that I can't decide on is the
quality/user-friendliness of PC and MAC programs. I started a couple years
ago using Sound Forge, but then I moved onto Syntrillium's Cool Edit Pro
(now Adobe Audition). I like the simplicity and various options of CEP.
What I don't know anything about are Mac audio editing programs. I have
come across MOTU's DP4 and BIAS's Peak 4.1. My question is:

"How do these two programs compare to their Windows counterparts?"

I am mainly looking for an audio editing program. Multitrack capability is
also a factor. Those are pretty much my only two stipulations. If the
program has extra features, so be it. So, could you please enlighten me on
other Mac audio editing software out there...Thanks
-Luther

If you don't know Mac or don't have anyone that does your going to have some
conflict with its user interface. I use a Mac (400Mhz 1999 G4 with MOTU 24i and
DP3) and I think that Mac is all around a better system then PC but many have
there own ideas about PC so you may just stir up a hornet's nest with it.
You say you need milti track? How many do you need? I can tell you that Peak
will not run on a PC (atlest not at this time) DP runs best on a Mac with MOTU
hardware, DP4 needs OSX and it better be a very good (hopped up) CPU.

What's wrong with or what do you not like about what you have now? One of my
favorite sayings is, "if it ant broke, don't try and fix it"