Just Switched To Mac, What Sequencer Should I Use?, Cubase SX? Cubase SL? MOTU DP? Protools? Options

[Kyle]

Hey everybody. I just recently switched from a PC to my wonderful new PowerMac duel 1.25GHz G4. While on PC I used Cakewalk Pro Audio 9 and Sonar for all my recording/sequencing. Now that I'm on a mac, what should I look into? I seem to have noticed that the big players are Protools 6, MOTU Digital Performer, and Cubase. Any others I should look into? Thanks in advance.

[garysome1]

lepetitmartien,
I'm curious, what leads you to think that Metro is buggy?


I believe most of what Metro and Cakewalk had in common was distribution. I'd classify Metro as good for the money - especially if upgrading. There is a no-save/quit after 25 minutes demo available at www.sagantech.biz so you can check it out.

On the plus side it gives plenty of audio tracks for the hardware, good sequencing, supports OS9 and X (quicker than most others did), supports many standards, has passable notation, very fast technical support, frequent updates, some extra features like MP3 jukebox and working w/ movies. Also, doesn't take up 200MB or so on your hard drive (though I know a lot of folks who don't consider a product decent unless it it does take up a lot of space so this could be a minus

On the minus side no printed manual, some say the interface is quirky, the interface isn't as sexy as logic/DP/PT (man Logic and DP are, indeed, great looking interfaces!), no plug-ins included, no surround, controller interface requires much configuration.

I don't have any in-depth/recent experience with DP/PT/Logic so consider that as you read my post. On the other hand, I can make music with Metro and not feel stifled. I could see a huge advantage to PT if you are delivering your music to others in project form.

Hope it helps,
Gary