 Help! - What Gear Do I Need, new laptop setup for music |
 Sat 8 Dec 2007, 18:13
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Hello all,
I've been making music for many years, started with frootyloops.... then moved into real gear (mpc, digital multitracker, loop stations, synths etc.). Getting to the point: I want to go back to computer based music - basically to minimize wires and connections, and the fact that my gear could use an upgrade - multitracker is giving poor results (digital noise) and my mpc1000 is a huge piece of junk (sound output quality, and of course the pad issues with this machine). So i was thinking: Macbook 2ghz core 2 duo 2 gig ram 80gig hd (5400rpm) akai mpd24. So to record into this, will it be necessary to have an external soundcard? Will i require an external harddrive @ 7200rpm to record to? Will the above hardware have to be firewire? can they be daisychained? Is there a mac book (pro) that could handle my work load without all this extra gear? I'm really trying to minimize the amount of gear i need to carry around with me. Please help. MHB |
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Mon 10 Dec 2007, 10:08
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 Moderator  Group: Team Posts: 370 Joined: 19-Mar 03 From: Umeå - SE Member No.: 14,645 |
You should also try to have your harddrives both internal & external spinning at 7200 rpm:s for best results.
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mhb Help! - What Gear Do I Need Sat 8 Dec 2007, 18:13
BoStar QUOTE (mhb @ Sat 8 Dec 2007, 17:13) Hello... Sun 9 Dec 2007, 08:53 mortalengines Yes you will need an interface if you plan on reco... Sun 9 Dec 2007, 23:40
mhb QUOTE (mortalengines @ Sun 9 Dec 2007, 23... Tue 11 Dec 2007, 03:22 mortalengines Yeah what you have in mind sounds fine.....I curre... Wed 12 Dec 2007, 04:25 mortalengines Oh, and I just tried to add you as a friend at mys... Wed 12 Dec 2007, 04:44 |
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