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 Help Me Build The Ultimate Portable Music Studio.., ULTIMATE PORTABLE MUSIC STUDIO.. |
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 Newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 31-Jan 06 From: Markham - CA Member No.: 76,089  |
Hello...I'm a PC-recently-turned-Mac-Lover and Need some Advice...
I want to build The Ultimate Portable Studio that can also Handle playing Multiple Resource-Hogging Plug-ins (Virtual Instruments)... So, Two Purposes for the laptop: 1) Music Production and Recording (Cubase, Pro Tools) 2) Live Performance (V-Stack)…so in essence A VST Beast! I plan on buying: The Akai MPC2500 M-Audio Semi-weighted 88 Keys Can someone help me out of this overwhelming decision process with What laptop? what interfaces work best...etc...all this "wait-to-buy"..."buy-now- stuff" is crazy Any advice is Hugely appreciated... |
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Wed 1 Feb 2006, 19:22
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 Rookie  Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 21-Jan 05 From: East Lansing - US Member No.: 58,914 |
I'll just throw some simple advice out there: power book with multiple gigs of ram. The Akai MPC2500 is a very expensive tool and it frustrates me that they don't include a firewire connection (its USB which is not bad but a CPU hog at times). Other than that it's amazing.
Word of warning though: i'm not sure if you are used to playing real pianos or synths, but the keys of the m-audio keystation's are really cheap feeling and aren't heavy enough for my tastes. But for the money it is a great midi controler. -------------------- |
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Thu 2 Feb 2006, 07:14
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 31-Jan 06 From: Markham - CA Member No.: 76,089 |
Thanks for all the input...Hopefully there are others (Yes I'm talking to you =)...that would love to share their input as well...no Seriously your knowledge may seem like nothing to you but it means a whole lot to me at this point...
THE ULTIMATE PORTABLE STUDIO & VIRTUAL INSTRUMENT MACHINE =O ....Wow...is my excitement surpassing the speed of technology?...Is it possible?...anyone?...lol |
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 Fri 3 Feb 2006, 03:07
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 Moderator In Chief (MIC)  Group: Editors Posts: 15,189 Joined: 23-Dec 01 From: Paris - FR Member No.: 2,758 |
I'd say go for the macbook (there will be other models by the end of the year) as you don't have legacy peripherals or software to run on it, it'd be a safe bet. But you'll have to wait a little for availability, including software.
Now the interface will be a problem… right now.  Now whatever the laptop: bcatcho is right… RAM! the more the merrier. On the USB keyboard, I'd have a look at what's available, M-audio touch cheap but work usually, and now there's a load of controlers available everywhere, I don't know half of them. On the high end, i'd look into the Korg and CMI direction… Now not everyone needs this stuff. Now laptopists! it's your turn!  
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