Movingo to Mac

[Pedro Teixeira]

Yo guys,

so basically the PC in my studio fucked up so were getting a Mac Pro, does anyone know of any good free plugins for mac?? Im gonna be using
cubase 5 btw, im not really into the freeware plugins for mac and I know most of them windows ones dont have a mac version... So if anyone knows some worth mentioning please do so.

Thanks!

 

[cloy26]

I know what there is a lack of: Good Free Amp Sims.

edit: sorry to be counterproductive. I'm just a bit bitter with that right now.

 

[vaiman]

http://www.airwindows.com/

Scroll down and you will see a big FREE button
All those are free. Bass, amps, channel etc

 

[Let it burn...]

stillwell stuff is awesome.

Cubase on mac = loads of horror stories though...

 

[pipaguapique]

Cubase on mac = loads of horror stories though...

yup...i have heard that too...

 

[Zack Uidl]

stillwell stuff is awesome.

Cubase on mac = loads of horror stories though...

no way man, cubase 5 on osx is my favorite! never had a single issue with tiger or snow leopard ever.

 

[JeffTD]

Ditto that, Cubase 5 here on Mac and PC, more stable on Mac if anything.

 

[Zack Uidl]

^Exactly. I would be curious to hear what the "horror stories" are......

 

[Let it burn...]

^Exactly. I would be curious to hear what the "horror stories" are......

I've had numerous crashes and hangs when editing stuff in cubase 4 on mac. I've lost my trust and nerves in Cubendo ever since. Don't know how 5 is though.

But seriously, check out logic 9 if you're on a mac. It's probably the fastest DAW on the system

 

[jangoux]

Well, C5 on Mac is wonderful, but C4 studio crashes a lot (even when dragging stuff from one track to another) and N4.3 crashes a lot on either Leo or Snow Leo and is a friggin' resource hog.

 

[JeffTD]

But seriously, check out logic 9 if you're on a mac. It's probably the fastest DAW on the system

If by fastest you mean "has the most annoying editing capabilities and idiosyncrasies ever" then yeah, it is.

 

[Norris-wf]

I've had no major issues with CS4 on a Mac at all. Not getting into a PC vs. Mac debate, but I find it much more stable on my mac than I did on PC, I've had the odd crash, but no horror stories, especially since I found the autosave settings

 

[jipchen]

With Logic you won't need any free plugins

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

I'm going to buy plugins, probably mcdsp, metric halo, etc... but I just wanted to know what free plugins are there, I don't give a flying rats ass for amp sims, don't really fucking care.... Also, any free impulse loader plugins? (For reverbs not cabs, so dont care for low latency monitoring)

 

[TheDriller]

Also, any free impulse loader plugins? (For reverbs not cabs, so dont care for low latency monitoring)

Yep, LA Convolver
http://audio.lernvall.com/

 

[greyskull]

good on you.

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

Hm... but that's AU... Doesn't Cubase 5 actually only opens VST even on mac?!

 

[Norris-wf]

Well Cubase 5 has it's own impulse loader doesn't it.....

 

[Pedro Teixeira]

good on you.

Ok

 

[jet_dry]

You can use PC free VSTs if you have development tools and wine ports. I frequently use the amp sims but can also run Gclip and other PC VSTs. I'm running Logic express and find it very reliable.