 New Powerbook Studio, Advice on new Powerbook Studio needed |
 Sun 16 May 2004, 13:03
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Hi,
I am just starting to put together a home studio and am in need of some advice. I currently have a Powerbook G4 1.5Ghz, 512 running Reason 2.0. I am interested in putting together Vocal/Guitar/Piano based music with a simple system that works, I don't have the technical ability to sort out latency/compatability etc. issues! What do I need?...... More memory: Should I upgrade to 1GB? Audio Interface: USB or Firewire (Ua-5, Ua-700 ,Tascam FW1884, RME Hammerfall, MOTU 896 and PreSonus Firestation)) ?? External Hard Drive: Firewire or USB? Sequencer: Go all out on Logic 6 or will Tracktion do the job? Vocals: Is this simply input via the Audio Interface or do I need something else, compressor (MAudio TAMPA)? I am more interested in keeping it simple and having it work without too much fiddling! Thanks |
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Mon 17 May 2004, 22:23
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QUOTE (SiGi @ May 16 2004, 12:03) Hi, I am just starting to put together a home studio and am in need of some advice. I currently have a Powerbook G4 1.5Ghz, 512 running Reason 2.0. I am interested in putting together Vocal/Guitar/Piano based music with a simple system that works, I don't have the technical ability to sort out latency/compatability etc. issues! What do I need?...... More memory: Should I upgrade to 1GB? Audio Interface: USB or Firewire (Ua-5, Ua-700 ,Tascam FW1884, RME Hammerfall, MOTU 896 and PreSonus Firestation)) ?? External Hard Drive: Firewire or USB? Sequencer: Go all out on Logic 6 or will Tracktion do the job? Vocals: Is this simply input via the Audio Interface or do I need something else, compressor (MAudio TAMPA)? I am more interested in keeping it simple and having it work without too much fiddling! Thanks Hi Sigi I have a same opinion with hahawaorld about your RAM memory. But you have to select with care for audio interface, I think. It is very important material of sound quarity. I recommend you MetricHalo and MOTU 2408. especially, MetricHalo has very clearly and high resolution sound. This is not talk about catalog data for bitrate. MetricHalo has wonderful mic preamp and dynamic effects processor ---compressor, Limiter, EQ and more... (+DSP ver.) It is always help you and your simple concept materials of music. (vocal, piano and guitar) I use some firewire external HDD. USB HDD is not bad stuff but little bit slow for multi track mixing and editting I think. I always recommend a Logic when I talk about sequencer. Logic has a lot of very systematic MIDI functions and audio edit parameters. It's very simple but very useful for wide way of audio editting and mixing. I hope this help. stansonic |
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SiGi New Powerbook Studio Sun 16 May 2004, 13:03
hahaworld 512 should be enough ram for simple V/G/P music. Y... Mon 17 May 2004, 18:15 SiGi hahaworld and stansonic
thanks for the feedback, j... Tue 18 May 2004, 07:57 lushbudget Well, I can tell you what I have and after some he... Tue 18 May 2004, 14:34 SiGi Once again thanks Lushbudget for the comprehensive... Wed 19 May 2004, 01:33 lushbudget I have noticed some latency during monitoring, but... Wed 19 May 2004, 12:58
SiGi Many thanks Lushbudget! Wed 19 May 2004, 15:24 |
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