 Want To Buy My First Mac... Don't Know What I Need, trying to solve ignorance |
 Sat 13 Sep 2003, 21:40
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well... i need some major help. i have been making music on my piece of crap pc for a couple of years. it is really slow, so i don't have many options as to what i can run on it. anyway... i'm looking to get serious about the whole music making thing and know that MAC is the way to go. i know some basics of what i want, but don't know enough about macs or making REAL music using REAL equiptment. so... on to what i know i want:
g4 laptop 12" or 15" -i need a separate hard drive for my music. my wife intends to use this as her computer for her job too. i know ABOUT firewire, but don't know anything about it. i do know that i can only get firewire 400 on the 12 and 15". i have some synths, a 12 track mixer, a drum machine that i will adding to (of course) and would like to get to start really using them. anyway, i don't know what's available as far as specs go or what i want/need to get in order to sucessfully create music. so, as you can see... i need a lot of help here. i would like to make this purchase sooner than later and really appreciate your time. thanks |
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Wed 17 Sep 2003, 08:50
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Hello impl0dr
What I would recommend (not knowing your how much you have to spend) would be a basic but great set-up. I would start with a 12 or 15 PowerBook whichever you could afford (you can get more mhz with the 15). I would then buy either a Digidesign Mbox or 002. If you plan to record with no more than 2 tracks in at a time I would buy the Mbox. If you are going to need more than two lines in I would buy the digi002. Both of these products are made by digidesign and will come with 32 track protools editing and mixing software. I would then buy Propelerheads Reason. This is a wonderful midi program. It will give you the ability to create midi music and sample. Reason is a very fun program, I highly recommend it. Keep in mind this is only my opinion, but I can tell you I have experience with all these items but the 002 and they are worked amazingly for me. Thanks 
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impl0dr Want To Buy My First Mac... Don't Know What I Need Sat 13 Sep 2003, 21:40
boze hi implodr-
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I understand that you are just st... Wed 17 Sep 2003, 03:48 boze thx for being diplomatic, gs94- i appreciate it.
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