Hello,

I got a 2012 imac modified to have the Big Sur recent OS on it. Is that bad?

What programs do you recommend me?

I need a sample editor ( cut, trim etc), any good synth ( I like Atmosphere) and any 16 bits like retro game?

I also liked the old GRM Tools.

thanks

 

Reaper is versatile audio editor, DAW, batch converter etc..
I don't think any other plugins match what GRM Tools do, but maybe check Cableguys plugins,

I recommend Crossover app so you'll be able to run all sorts of Windows programs

 

more recommendations?

 

LuLu firewall - free
Keka - archive tool like winrar
The Unarchiver - same as Keka. Sometimes will work when keka reports a problem with a downloaded archive
Codesigner - get from sister site
xcode command line tools - run: xcode-select --install ____ in terminal
Transmission - if you use torrents it's a decent client
Permissions Reset2 or BatChmod - fixes permissions, etc.
dbpoweramp music convertor- for media files
Audacity - one of the best free wave editors with plugin support

There are a decent number of plugins that are supposed to be good for making video game chiptunes. but i don't use any of them.

SurgeXT is one of the best free synths. DSP56300 emulator will probably not work, not enough cpu.

 

TG Pro - monitor temperatures and adjust fan speeds of Mac
Smooze Pro - map additional mouse buttons, mouse-wheel hand-grab/drag etc..
Little Snitch - behavioral firewall for MacOS
HyperDock - Windows-like dock previews of running app windows and app window snapping in MacOS
MIDI Monitor app - troubleshooting functionality of MIDI devices
Sublime Text - just a more powerful text editor alternative
Blackmagic Disk Speed Test - free utility to benchmark disks (including flash sticks or network shares) performance on MacOS
Plist Edit Pro - editor for nasty .plist files MacOS uses
Suspicious Package - free app to observe/extract .pkg installers MacOS uses
Mac Deploy Stick - free app (version 4.3 is last free) to download/make MacOS installers
App Cleaner - free app to properly trash/uninstall applications in MacOS
Media Info - utility to observe and compare metadata of video and audio files
Keka - free utility to extract and compress formats that MacOS doesn't natively support
BetterZip - (paid) utility to view contents of archives without extracting
Free File Sync - free utility to sync files including folder structures, very reliable, pauses transfers even on disk/network disconnect
IINA - free video and audio player for MacOS
Nulloy - free audio player for MacOS with waveform display
Reaper DAW - most versatile audio software, affordable and reliable
Tempomate - simple metronome app for MacOS
PDF Expert - quick and powerful .pdf viewer and editor, Acrobat Pro replacement for MacOS
Affinity Publisher + Designer + Photo - powerful much cheaper alternatives to Adobe's Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign..
Crossover - fancier WINE interface to run Windows programs on MacOS without virtualization of entire OS layer
Jump Desktop - utility for remote desktop of Macs and PCs (MacOS by default does not have built-in RDP client)