Re: O.T. Computers

["Jonathan El-Bizri" <ssrndpty@hotmail.com>]

> Another consideration is your social/technical support system. What
> are your friends using? Are they happy with their computing
> environment? Do you want to easily exchange files with them? You
> might be best served by going along with the crowd, as long as the
> crowd is going someplace you also want to go.


I thoroughly agree. Get what your friends and musical conspirators have. 
Not
only will they tease you less, but they will be able to help you fix stuff,
and help you out. As long as you don't get a mac  :>

> However, in each of these cases there might be, if not a direct
> equivalent, at least a comparable program that runs under the other
> operating system. Mac users have Live for loop-based composition and
> performance. PC users have PD for interactivity. So check out the
> tools and the alternatives before committing to a platform.
>

PC users also have Live. I wouldn't necessarily compare it to ACID
completely - it's cooler. There are a number of programs on each to do the
beat stretching thing, and pretty much every technology will be on both
within six months, if it's particularly special.

But my real question: What's PD, and where can I get it? :>

bIz