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(Mike) wrote:

"Luther Bell" wrote in message
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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

Are you talking about buying two programs or one? DP4 is a multitrack
audio plus midi recording and editing product. Peak is just a 2 track
editing product.

Mike http://www.mmeproductions.com

If anyone is interested, the latest version of Peak does let you burn
CD's... can't do that in DP yet (that I know of). The OP wants more than
just 2 tracks so DP would be the way to go if the choice were between
Peak and DP. As to how they compare to their Windows counterparts, I
can't really say, but I do know DP is quite full featured and has WAY
more stuff than I'll probably ever use... the nice thing is that the
'stuff' isn't necessarily in your way if you don't need it. I really
like the interface, myself. The OP didn't really talk about any criteria
for the editing he plans to do. Doing so might help accomplish his task.
I'm using DP with Peak configured as the external editor... works great
for me.

Steve