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From: Farmington - US
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Hey all.
I'm a singer-songwriter who is looking to record and produce some music. My plan at this point is to record myself singing and playing guitar, then synth other instruments using Reason 3.0. I am also making the switch from PC to Macs.
The catch is, I need either an iBook or a Powerbook to take with me on the road to play backup for my gigs.
Does anyone have any suggestions or advice? Money is supertight, so the cheaper the better.
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From: Grand Rapids - US
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Well I think that either unit would work fine for you... As usual get the fastest processor you can afford Min. 512 Meg of Ram and lots of hard disk space...
The big question is: How much stuff will you be using... Here's a good indicator - Before I went to my G5 iMac I was using: - G4 1Ghz 12" Powerbook - 512 Meg Ram - 5400 RPM 60 Gig HD - MAudio FW410 Interface - Logic Pro 7
My 'comfortable' results were:
- 8 - 10 Tracks of Audio - 5 - 7 Effects Pluggins - 3 SoftSynths in use - 10 - 12 Tracks of MIDI Instruments (ie: as many as you like - This was in an average song)
If I decreased the number of SoftSynths I could get up to 15 tracks and more effects comfortably... That was where the deciding factor was... I could do quite a bit / pretty comfortably with this setup And it served me well for over a year
An iBook has a slightly slower bus speed so you could take a performance hit with that... Again - Fast Processor and some decent Ram and you've got a nice little studio going...
Aspiring Musician Getting Started
Sat 14 May 2005, 04:10
