 Making Music With A New Ibook, Looking for setup help |
 Sat 7 Dec 2002, 21:00
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I am a public school music teacher who is thinking about getting a new iBook to use as a portable music making tool. Here's what I would like to do with it:
1. Sequence backing tracks in various musical styles for my students to play along with in class. I'd want to burn these backing tracks onto cd and bring them into the classroom so my kids can jam to a calypso-style "This Land Is Your Land" or whatever. What would be good software to do this with an iBook? 2. Record my own music and my students music either live or track by track - what is the best way to get sound into an iBook? 3. Begin to explore the world of software synths. Which ones are easy to use and can interact well with the software/hardware used for the above two items? I hope that's clear enough. I'd appreciate any suggestions. If there's anyone answering who lives in the NYC area and can help me in person with this I'd be really grateful. Thank you for supporting public education. |
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Thu 9 Jan 2003, 13:16
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Bowsk: there's no difference between recording on a laptop or a tower, per se. The crucial factors are the same for any computer: hard disk size and speed, processor speed and type, sound card, graphics card, screen size - these are all the things that matter.
Towers are usually better-equipped and offer a higher level of tech spec than laptops and are also more flexible in terms of adding new components. But if you were using the same setup on a tower or a laptop, you'd get the same result. If you could afford a new 17" 1GHz G4 Powerbook and add on a FireWire audio/midi interface and FireWire hard drive (  ) that would be the ultimate portable studio.
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musicteacher Making Music With A New Ibook Sat 7 Dec 2002, 21:00
ghess musicteacher,
An organization that you might find... Mon 9 Dec 2002, 17:26 rickenbacker Logic 5.x, Cubase SX, Pro Tools, Bias Deck & P... Wed 11 Dec 2002, 16:58 Hamish The absolute simplest option would be to get a gen... Wed 11 Dec 2002, 17:57 BagHun QUOTE (rickenbacker @ Dec 11 2002, 09:58)Logi... Wed 11 Dec 2002, 19:36 goldmike Hi everybody,
I´m working on a iBook 700 Mhz with ... Thu 12 Dec 2002, 11:01 rickenbacker Baghun: OK, Pro Tools X isn't out yet, but it... Thu 12 Dec 2002, 16:01 musicteacher Thank you all for all of this helpful information.... Thu 12 Dec 2002, 22:54 rickenbacker Noooo! Don't do it! Don't go back ... Fri 13 Dec 2002, 15:46 ryosode Wait Rickenbacker, as it currently stands, I belie... Fri 13 Dec 2002, 22:20 musicteacher My fear is that after I get my new iBook (if I in ... Sun 15 Dec 2002, 16:53 ghess Musicteacher;
There are two online resources whic... Mon 16 Dec 2002, 14:22 jmax Take a look at Harvestworks they have a number of ... Mon 16 Dec 2002, 19:05 ryosode NYC being a huge market for multimedia, I bet ther... Tue 17 Dec 2002, 23:27 bowsk If i can just throw in a query, Is there a major d... Thu 9 Jan 2003, 01:30 charlieb Hi Rickenbacker,
When you talk about "and add... Thu 9 Jan 2003, 15:57 Presto I'm no expert but have an ibook600 with 384 Ra... Thu 9 Jan 2003, 17:12
rickenbacker charlieb: I mean that whatever Mac you own, you... Fri 10 Jan 2003, 13:27 |
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