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 Mon 17 Nov 2003, 11:24
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I make hip-hop music so i really use vocal tracks on protoolsLE. no midi required
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Tue 18 Nov 2003, 10:13
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We use a G4 power book with the mbox and it works great long as you have a seperate external HD youll be cool a 12" or 14" book makes no difference however the screen is your interface to the whole creation process so bigger the better
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Mon 1 Dec 2003, 06:31
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Why is the external HD neccessary with this set up? (I have the powerbook and I'm thinking about getting the Mbox)
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Mon 1 Dec 2003, 11:27
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If you want to record audio you ll be get a lot more tracks running on your machine with a seperate drive that just the way it is All the manufacturers these days will sight this as a fundamental! Drives are cheap these days ,make sure that the drive runs @ 7200 RPM which most do these days LOL
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Tue 2 Dec 2003, 06:52
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speaking to your question, I really don't think there's likely to be much difference between a 933 iBook and a the 12" pbook.
And i've never heard anybody describe a $5k budget as strict either!
Fast spindle speeds are a bonus, however there are other options. The 15" pbooks (and several pc laptops which are geared towards audio) offer 5400 rpm drives. Also, a friend of mine just got a 7200rpm _internal laptop drive for his 867mhz tibook.
I think if I was on a tight budget of $5000 I'd get a dual 1.8ghz G5, a Motu 828 mk II (never been fond of usb soundcards) and an iBook G4 933. What are we up to now? $4500? okay, so throw in some reference monitors and a halfway decent condenser mic and I'm done shopping.
oh, and save a few hundred bucks for a Jerker from Ikea- no home studio is complete without a Jerker!
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Kit: Dual Ghz G4, Vaio 2.6ghz GRV670 notebook. Software: Reaktor, Reason, Ableton Live. Leanings: Laptop performance, jazz guitar, singing.
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