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

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.

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.

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. 

daveny5

 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

np with the quad .... 

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

Zo


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

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.

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).