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Audition on Intel Mac?

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crowe1856

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Can anyone share their experiences running Audition on one of the new Intel Macs using Boot Camp or Parallels? I'd like to switch back to a Mac at home, but use Audition/CE all day at the office & am wondering how well it would run on a standard imac or macbook...

Thanks!
 
Virtual Option

One thing that you might consider is running virtualization software on your Mac or PC. If you have lots of memory and hard drive space, you can set up a new environment on a machine that's completely separate from your native operating system. VMware is the leader in this technology, although Microsoft has a free Virtual PC product (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/virtualpc/default.mspx) that you can experiment with.

It's possible to transfer files between environments, and share hardware devices (network cards, video adapters, etc.). You want AT LEAST a gig of RAM (2 would be better), and you could dedicate a separate hard drive to the virtual environment. I know of people who have run XP with OS10 in a virtual environment, and people with Macs who have run XP in a virtual environment.
 
I don't think SirRoxAlot is very familiar with the latest Macs.

There is no Virtual PC anymore for Mac...I mean, it's still around for older Macs, but the question was posed regarding the latest Intel-based "Dual-Boot" Macs...and now, thanks to Apple creating their own dual-boot application called Boot-Camp, you don't have to buy anything extra. And in the upcoming version of the Apple OS, you'll have Bootcamp built-in.

I would think you COULD run Audition on an Intel Mac, probably running Bootcamp...because when you run Bootcamp, you completely leave the Apple world, and are running 100% Windows on the Mac platform.

I would go to the Adobe website, or even the Apple website, and check out the user forums, and see if anyone's had any success running Audition on a Mactel.

Good luck!
 
I am familiar with the older technology, but have you looked into the VMware products?

You can do a dual-boot scenario, but now you're in either in a PC environment or a Mac environment. If you have hard drive file systems that are compatible, you can access files from the other environment, but you can only run software on one O/S at a time.

With VMware, or even the free VirtualPC from Microsoft, you can run multiple environments simultaneously, and have portability of files between the environments. You can run multiple O/S simultaneously, and allocate resources to each environment based on need. It's a LOT different from the old "Virtual PC" for Mac.
 
Well, again, the original poster has already mentioned the two most well-known solutions for the newer Mactel platform...

The reason for running Bootcamp, at the moment, is so that you can have both kinds of machines running on one platform. And since you're turning your system into a dual-boot system, rather than running multiple virtual pc's or macs across your processors, I would venture a guess that for the purposes of running a fairly processor intensive audio program, it would make the most sense to want to run one OS at a time.

However, the Parallels program is pretty nice, and inexpensive, and allows you to drag and drop files from your PC environment right into the Mac environment, and vice-versa.

Considering that Bootcamp is free...I'd go that route if you want to try running Audition on your Mactel, before you go off buying anything.

Rock on...

mb
 
I have an Intel Mac 2 Core Duo with 2.16 Ghz processor, 2 Gb of memory and 250 Gb hard drive with Parallels and I use Adobe Audition 1.5. (I have AA 2.0 but there's an issue with that and my automation system, so I stick to 1.5 and rarely have issues.)

I would choose spending the ~$85 on Parallels as opposed to using BootCamp as it just runs as an application and you can seamlessly move from one app to another as you would normally do.

There are maybe one or two quirks that I experience but know how to easily work around them. I can explain in detail if you just need to know.

I create all the spots and liners and send them directly to the on-air computer from my iMac...I grew up using Apple so it nice for me to incorporate my computer of choice and still be able to use Audition. Wouldn't have it any other way now!

I hope that helps. Feel free to contact me if you want more info...
 
Thanks everyone for the feedback (much more helpful than the braintrust at the Apple store whose answer was that I should switch to Logic). I also found a few positive posts on an Adobe board via Google. It's been a few years, but looks like I'll be switching back for a another drink of Apple Kool-Aid when it comes time to upgrade.
 
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