My stalwart PC containing my trusty SX2.2 install has finally and irrevocably clocked it’s last cycle. It might be the PSU, the MOBO, the processor. To be honest, I don’t have the will to find out.
I’ve popped the drive out and put it into a USB2 caddy and it spins up fine and the Macs can both see it, so the data is all retrievable. Such as it is.
If I had the first clue where my Cubase install disks were I might try putting it on the iMac, though I suspect SX2.2 and Snow Leopard have never met, and probably wouldn’t get along if I tried to introduce them. So there we are.
Might make an ornament out of my syncrosoft dongle. Encase it in epoxy resin for future generations to wonder at.
I sympathize; have had three computers (1 PC, 2 Macs) give up the ghost in as many months. I think I can salvage the PC. But both Macs (obsolete as they are) are history.
To be honest I’ve had Logic Studio 9 on the iMac and MacBook for over a year, and I love it. It’s just I actually liked both platforms and was happy with both, and I still found Cubase particularly useful for some things - particularly EMU Emulator X, which is PC only - and always will be as it’s now obsolete - I have, sorry, that’s had - a huge library of samples I’d created, in that format, and Jamstix was my go-to drum sampler and rhythm track creator, and again that’s PC only for now. I had done most of the MIDI sequencing for the upcoming album in Cubase, but pretty much all the audio tracking and mixing I did in Logic. I know, crazy workflow, but it worked for me.
I also have the sequencer in the Roland Fantom which is actually brilliant to use when you want to get ideas down quickly.
I really can’t see me replacing the Cubase install, because I don’t have the money right now and 2 major DAWs is a luxury I can’t afford now. (Who knows in the future!)
But since I still have a valid licence on a valid dongle, that entitles me to be here, and you do meet a much nicer class of person here - despite all the gripes about this forum, have you ever BEEN to Apple’s forums? (shudder). So Cubase-less I might be, but I’ll still pop around regularly
