greg54
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PC to Mac
I've recorded some songs on my PC, but I want to get a MacBook Pro. Is it possible to use the songs I've already created on my PC on the MacBook? Can I transfer them onto the Mac?
Greg
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karma1959
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I would have to believe you could - although I've never done it personally. I would think you could transfer the projects as OMF files if all else failed, but I'm sure someone else with personal experience will respond to confirm.
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Jim Roseberry
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Hi Greg,
You can transfer projects to any format/platform.
It won't necessarily be quick/easy (depends on what format you need)... but it can certainly be done.
What format do you want/need them to be?
MacBook Pro is a nice laptop...
If you're accustomed to the speed of a fast tower, you'll take a performance hit... but it's the best "pre-fab" laptop you can buy.
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Is it possible to use the songs I've already created on my PC on the MacBook? Can I transfer them onto the Mac?
You can transfer the WAV files over to the Mac and play them on it. You could save your projects as OMF as someone else mentioned and then load them on a Mac program that can read OMFs. If you mean you want to run Sonar on the MacBook, you'd have to install Bootcamp, Windows and Sonar.
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greg54
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If you mean you want to run Sonar on the MacBook, you'd have to install Bootcamp, Windows and Sonar.
Yes, that's what I want to do. I want to transfer Sonar and everything that I have recorded on my PC onto a Mac. One more question. I have been using a Roland Quad-Capture interface that is USB 2.0. But I noticed that the MacBook has a USB 3.0. Can I still use the Roland with the Mac? Thanks! Greg
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Jim Roseberry
Hi Greg,
You can transfer projects to any format/platform.
It won't necessarily be quick/easy (depends on what format you need)... but it can certainly be done.
What format do you want/need them to be?
MacBook Pro is a nice laptop...
If you're accustomed to the speed of a fast tower, you'll take a performance hit... but it's the best "pre-fab" laptop you can buy.
Hi Jim - The reason why I'm considering going to a Mac is because I keep having the same issue with all my PC's. When I record audio, they freeze. Over the past 5-6 years I have gone through about 4 PC's and several interfaces. As I looked back, it's always when I connected to the internet that it starts. With my current PC, I connected to the internet, and it started freezing when recording audio. I disconnected to the internet, cleaned out all the spyware and went through a system optimization. But the issue remains. I record audio, which it allows me to do. But when I hit Stop, then the track becomes all solid color, and I have to wait until it unfreezes and I can see what I recorded on the track before I can do anything, like edit or undo. And it takes me forever to record like this. So I was thinking that maybe a Mac would prevent this from happening. Thanks! Greg
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greg54
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np with the quad ....
Hmmm...I just talked to a salesman at Sweetwater a few minutes ago, where I bought the Quad, and he said yes. So now I'm confused (although I know the salesmen don't always know for sure). Greg
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But the issue remains. I record audio, which it allows me to do. But when I hit Stop, then the track becomes all solid color, and I have to wait until it unfreezes and I can see what I recorded on the track before I can do anything, like edit or undo. And it takes me forever to record like this.
So I was thinking that maybe a Mac would prevent this from happening.
That's just the way Sonar works. The clip always turns a solid color after recording while calculating the waveform. If you've gone through four different PCs and several interfaces trying to fix it, that won't change the way it works. How long are the wave files you're recording? Are you using the same hard drive on those different PCs? Also, check your Picture cache folder and empty it if it's maxed out.
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Jim Roseberry
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The reason why I'm considering going to a Mac is because I keep having the same issue with all my PC's. When I record audio, they freeze. Over the past 5-6 years I have gone through about 4 PC's and several interfaces. As I looked back, it's always when I connected to the internet that it starts. With my current PC, I connected to the internet, and it started freezing when recording audio. I disconnected to the internet, cleaned out all the spyware and went through a system optimization. But the issue remains. I record audio, which it allows me to do. But when I hit Stop, then the track becomes all solid color, and I have to wait until it unfreezes and I can see what I recorded on the track before I can do anything, like edit or undo. And it takes me forever to record like this. So I was thinking that maybe a Mac would prevent this from happening. Hey Greg, I'm not sure exactly what machines/interfaces you've been running... but I can tell you (for certain) that the issue is not specifically PC. Many of us have been recording for years (with many different PC builds/interfaces/software) and have never had that problem. If you've been using off-the-shelf laptops, that's likely a fundamental part of the issue. ie: Using a Firewire audio interface... with a "rogue" controller (not a quality TI chipset controller), you could experience poor performance all the way up to complete instability. All the while, the issue isn't the PC... or the audio interface itself (rather an incompatibility with the Firewire controller).
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But the issue remains. I record audio, which it allows me to do. But when I hit Stop, then the track becomes all solid color, and I have to wait until it unfreezes and I can see what I recorded on the track before I can do anything, like edit or undo. And it takes me forever to record like this.
So I was thinking that maybe a Mac would prevent this from happening.
That's just the way Sonar works. The clip always turns a solid color after recording while calculating the waveform. If you've gone through four different PCs and several interfaces trying to fix it, that won't change the way it works. How long are the wave files you're recording? Are you using the same hard drive on those different PCs? Also, check your Picture cache folder and empty it if it's maxed out.
It seems to me the writing of the waveform takes so long that it disturbs the OP. I've never experienced such. It takes usually about one second for the waveform to build, a little more for a longer recording, which I don't find too long a wait. And I'm using a 7 year old dual core.
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Jim Roseberry
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The clip always turns a solid color after recording while calculating the waveform. Yes, but there's an option to have the wave overview (peak file) created while recording. Even if you have this option disabled, it should be calculated and drawn fairly quickly. The OP may need to simply need to increase the size of the picture cache.
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I have had that slow draw thing happen to me in the pst when I recorded audio to a slow external harddrive
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Jim Roseberry
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I have had that slow draw thing happen to me in the pst when I recorded audio to a slow external harddrive Sounds overly simplistic... but avoid recording to slow external HDs. 
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But the issue remains. I record audio, which it allows me to do. But when I hit Stop, then the track becomes all solid color, and I have to wait until it unfreezes and I can see what I recorded on the track before I can do anything, like edit or undo. And it takes me forever to record like this.
So I was thinking that maybe a Mac would prevent this from happening.
That's just the way Sonar works. The clip always turns a solid color after recording while calculating the waveform. If you've gone through four different PCs and several interfaces trying to fix it, that won't change the way it works. How long are the wave files you're recording? Are you using the same hard drive on those different PCs? Also, check your Picture cache folder and empty it if it's maxed out.
I just never had the problem with it doing that until I connect to the internet. So I figured it had something to do with that. No, with each new computer I have used new hard drives. I will check the picture cache folder and empty it. Thaks for the help! Greg
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greg54
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Hey Greg,
I'm not sure exactly what machines/interfaces you've been running... but I can tell you (for certain) that the issue is not specifically PC.
Many of us have been recording for years (with many different PC builds/interfaces/software) and have never had that problem.
If you've been using off-the-shelf laptops, that's likely a fundamental part of the issue.
ie: Using a Firewire audio interface... with a "rogue" controller (not a quality TI chipset controller), you could experience poor performance all the way up to complete instability.
All the while, the issue isn't the PC... or the audio interface itself (rather an incompatibility with the Firewire controller).
Hi Jim, I've used different PC's and interfaces. I do not like firewire, although I've used a couple of them. My current PC is an HP desktop. I'm using a Roland Quad-Capture USB interface currently. What would be a quality TI chipset? Thanks! Greg
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Yes, but there's an option to have the wave overview (peak file) created while recording.
Even if you have this option disabled, it should be calculated and drawn fairly quickly.
The OP may need to simply need to increase the size of the picture cache.
Yeah, I believe the compute while recording option is on by default in aud.ini. Good point about the picture cache. It still defaults to a relatively small size. Alternately, you can just clear out the folder once in a while to make sure it doesn't get too unruly in there. Could also be the hard drive, though. Like you guys mentioned, it could be a slow drive, or an older drive carried from PC to PC could be reaching the end of its life span. I've been known to use the same drive over a few PC builds.
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I just never had the problem with it doing that until I connect to the internet. So I figured it had something to do with that.
No, with each new computer I have used new hard drives.
I will check the picture cache folder and empty it.
Thaks for the help!
Greg
Cool, ignore my last comment about carrying over an old hard drive then. :-) Not sure about the connecting to the internet thing, but I guess anything's possible. Hopefully you'll get lucky with picture cache adjustments.
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Are you connecting to the internet with a wireless connection? These are known to cause drop-outs.
if yes:
Disable the wireless connection while recording.
Better yet, keep the wireless connection disabled and connect to the internet with a hard wire connection.
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Are you connecting to the internet with a wireless connection? These are known to cause drop-outs.
if yes:
Disable the wireless connection while recording.
Better yet, keep the wireless connection disabled and connect to the internet with a hard wire connection.
I have completely disconnected everything from the internet - even all traces of spyware protection. Greg
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