 Pc To Mac - Music Production, What do I need? |
 Thu 29 Jan 2004, 04:55
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I'm a P.C. user and have been all of my life. I am switching to make as I trying to start a company that will create music for its clients commercials, movies, etc.
Like I said, "I dont know MAC." If I were to get a Powerbook 15.2 in. with a 1.25G processor, 512RAM which I would plan to upgrade to 1G, and a 60Gig harddrive, would this be able to handle my music production needs. Also, it appears that the M-audio Firewire 410 is not the first choice of audio interface, so what would be an alternative for a notebook. Thanks a lot, Gavin |
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Fri 30 Jan 2004, 03:15
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Yes, he means a completely separate drive besides the one that comes internally with the powerbook (also, the one that comes with it is not firewire...firewire is an external port, kinda like USB). As for recommendations, it's cheaper to buy an External Firewire enclosure, which is basically an empty box with a firewire port on it. You can buy a regular 3.5" hard drive, (7200RPM recommended, that's how fast it spins) and put it inside the enclosure. I recommend Western Digital or Maxtor hard drives. Put the hard drive in the enclosure, plug the enclosure into your powerbook, and voila! Instant firewire hard drive!
The enclosure can cost as low as $40 and hard drive prices vary with size. I try to shop around at Pricewatch. As to buy the more expensive and more powerful Powerbook: If you're working on a tight budget like I am ($30k/year for school), I would recommend the 1Ghz machine. It's what I have, and it's pretty amazing at how much it can handle. You'll want to pump up the amount of RAM in it as much as you can (I have 768MB in mine and it runs well, although the more you add the more you can do!). Along with the external firewire drive, you'll have a nice little machine! Good luck! -------------------- Powerbook 15" 1Ghz 768MB :: MOTU 828 ::
Logic Platinum 6 :: Propellerhead Reason 2.5 :: Ableton Live 3.0.1 :: Peak 4 :: Midiman Oxygen8 :: M-Audio BX-5 Monitors :: Firewire drive |
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fateshand Pc To Mac - Music Production Thu 29 Jan 2004, 04:55
editbrain that machine is fine. and checkout the tascam us-... Thu 29 Jan 2004, 06:48 lepetitmartien Check for a Firewire external drive too. It's ... Fri 30 Jan 2004, 02:20 fateshand lepetitmartien, do you mean I should add another f... Fri 30 Jan 2004, 02:36 fateshand Well, either I am still confused or I now get it. ... Fri 30 Jan 2004, 03:26 fateshand Hopefully this can also be answered along with my ... Fri 30 Jan 2004, 04:47 nate d QUOTE So your telling me that I need to invest in ... Fri 30 Jan 2004, 05:17 fateshand Nate D
Thanks so much for your help. If you... Fri 30 Jan 2004, 05:53 xingu Actually, you'll want to keep your DAW softwar... Fri 30 Jan 2004, 06:05 nate d Exactly as Xingu said!
Computer Hardrive=OS, ... Fri 30 Jan 2004, 07:30 editbrain let me try to confuse you more....JUST KIDDING.
h... Fri 30 Jan 2004, 08:09 fateshand Thanks for everything guys, all of the information... Fri 30 Jan 2004, 08:50 lushbudget Take a look at Apple's website under the Store... Sat 31 Jan 2004, 17:51
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