I bought my wife a Compaq X1000 notebook at Christmas time and she "paid me back" on my B'Day last Sunday with a Powerbook G4. It's my first Apple and I have to say that not everything comes easy.... I want my right mouse click back, Steve Jobs !!!
Anyway, here are a few questions from an Apple idiot for those who know their mac machines:
1. Since I've moved to the States I have a simple setup without a mixer and nice HiFi Amp. I used to plug a preAmp and AD converter from Radio Shack between my Technics 1210 and my Windows PC and to record from wax. The sound was never great but it does the job if you just want to burn a CD for the car. I assume that this setup will work fine between my 1210 turntable and the G4 notebook as well . If there is any other piece of hardware I should use in between, please let me know.
2 . The Powerbook G4 comes with Mac OS X and iLife'04. Does this provide what I need to record from an analog source or do I need additional software? (Like, on a PC your Windows recorder only records 60 seconds of Audio and you need something like Clean! to record beyond that.)
3. If I need additional software, is Roxio's Toast 6 Titanium the product of choice?
4. Is Roxio's Toast with Jam worth the extra one hundred bucks ? I am currently not so much interested in features like "7 hours of CD-quality music or more than 30 hours of Dolby Digital music on one DVD" but the option to create and burn "mixes with DJ-style cross-fades" appealing. Is it useful to create a mix if you have different audio sources or does it fall short of expectations?
Thanks for your help.
Anyway, here are a few questions from an Apple idiot for those who know their mac machines:
1. Since I've moved to the States I have a simple setup without a mixer and nice HiFi Amp. I used to plug a preAmp and AD converter from Radio Shack between my Technics 1210 and my Windows PC and to record from wax. The sound was never great but it does the job if you just want to burn a CD for the car. I assume that this setup will work fine between my 1210 turntable and the G4 notebook as well . If there is any other piece of hardware I should use in between, please let me know.
2 . The Powerbook G4 comes with Mac OS X and iLife'04. Does this provide what I need to record from an analog source or do I need additional software? (Like, on a PC your Windows recorder only records 60 seconds of Audio and you need something like Clean! to record beyond that.)
3. If I need additional software, is Roxio's Toast 6 Titanium the product of choice?
4. Is Roxio's Toast with Jam worth the extra one hundred bucks ? I am currently not so much interested in features like "7 hours of CD-quality music or more than 30 hours of Dolby Digital music on one DVD" but the option to create and burn "mixes with DJ-style cross-fades" appealing. Is it useful to create a mix if you have different audio sources or does it fall short of expectations?
Thanks for your help.
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