Luther Bell wrote:

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

Peak is a simple two-track editor with rock-solid operation whose UI is
sometimes a little quirky. That is, it does things like not remember that you
like the main window lower on your desktop, and plugin editors show up almost
under another window. And that kind of stuff is all nit-pick: the way the
program works and sounds, and the way the work flows using it is like any
well-made tool, really excellent. A very powerful waveform editor.

DP4 is a multitrack audio and MIDI sequencer and editor with every feature you
can imagine, and then some. Its waveform editing features are limited, but you
can have it use Peak for more demanding tasks, it integrates seamlessly (it
hands the section to Peak, and when you close Peak, it hands it back).

You can start a war asking anything about Mac/PC differences. I used Cool Edit
2000 for years, but it was lots more stable than the OS (NT4) under it. For
that reason I switched to Mac for audio, and never looked back.