SGI is Silicon Graphics. They make high end video and audio stations for mostly the Hollywood market. I have been using SGI as the base of my music system for some years now ever since I fell in love with them back around 91.





Silicon Graphics machines are mostly used in video production, but they have some very nice audio qualities.



One of the greatest features of them is the fact the DAT drives that come with them are fully audio capable, and the built in sound devices far outweigh anything but the best PC ones.



The OS also comes with a full suite of MIDI tools built into it, and there is alot of nice commercial software available for it. The version of Cubase VST for SGI isnt supported anymore ( but Nuendo is) , and in fact alot of people arent supporting SGI anymore. Thats why Im starting to play with the various Windows software available, that used to never be available to me because I had to do everything via big dirty knobs







But they are the nicest looking machines ever made, and the while new they are $50,000+ , you can find used ones 3 or so years old for as low as $750.





They arent too far off in operation from macs, but the operating system is UNIX based and lets you tinker with its internals so its very easy to write software to do small tasks that the normal applications dont have instead of begging for new features.



www.sgi.com/workstations/..._spec.html



Thats the specifications on the current model. I still use the previous model to get all my work done.



Its a beautiful platform, and I'm sad to see it dying the way it is, but maybe I can get the windows software to make my life a little bit easier and faster. Who knows I may end up liking it





Mike


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