Waveburner Pro For Osx?, Does anyone have insight as to when? Options

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In the process of switching from PC/SonicFoundry (doing compilations) to PowerBook/Motu828/?? (recording live DJ set from CDJ600 mixer) and believe that WaveBurner Pro is the best program for what I want to do, but the OSX version is in a nebulous state of release. Does anyone have connections at eMagic that could shed some light. I don't want to wait 9 months for that baby. Is there another good OSX CD burning tool that allows you to include CD Text data?

On a slightly related topic, does anyone feel like sharing their insight on recording software? I could, of course, drop another huge chunk of change and get Logic Platinum 6, but that might be MAJOR overkill for me. I don't want to do any Midi (at least, not right now), but I do want to record, and edit waveforms... I don't want to settle for lesser quality, but don';t want to buy extra functionality if I don't have to (sometimes you can only get the quality if you also buy the functionality because manufacurers bundle the two insted of just making all their products of the same quality caliber, and just letting folks upgrade to more capability. Am I wrong?)

Many, many thanks, guys... first round's on me if we can solve these issues (Who's in DC?)

subScotty

[subscotty]

Thanks. I do want to stay in the 24-bit arena. I did look in to Tracktor... wasn't sure it was what as robust as what I wanted, but it did catch my eye.

I bought Toast and then added Jam later.. I played around with Peak, and found it to be under-powered. Jam is nice conceptually, but think it's geared more for someone requiring the absolute minimum capability. Toast/Jam is advertised as being fully RedBook compliant, but I don't see the words "CD Text" anywhere in their promotional material... which leads me to believe that you can't do it.

I'm fairly convinced that WaveBurner Pro is the app I want, but there's no anticipated release date of the OSX version, and that's really frustrating when you're trying to make acquisition decisions.

Maybe there are other solutions out there: all I want to do is
- record/edit at 24-bit level (basic editing only; complex editing is a "nice to have")
- burn CD that includes CD-Text
software must:
- be OSX native
- work well with Motu 828 (the interface I bought)
- not cost more than ~$400 (I may be willing to spend more, but I won't be happy about it)

All that said, I'm still kinda new to all this, so .. perhaps someone needs to set me straight.

Thanks again for the reply... I can't tel lyou guys ho wmuch I appreciate your guidance... I was afraid that I had alienated people with my newbieness.

cheers,
Scot