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recommended laptop setup?
i have been using a roland vs1880 for the past few years, and am
considering moving to a laptop setup for remote work. i have an ibm t40, centrino 1.5ghz, but only 4200 rpm drive. 1. i think i will jsut buy a second latop and deicate it to audio. which is th best laptop for audio, and what specs do i need? (hdd speed, ram, etc.) 2. what is the best audio recording software - best bang for buck? i generally only use 8-10 tracks for the small ensemble acoustic work i do. i want to be able to use plugins like the SIR convolution reverb. 3. it is nice having the roland worksurface for mixing and control. i am wary of trying to mix using software only, using a mouse to controls faders, etc. what is a good work surface, or do you find the laptop control/work area to be adequate? 4. i have 8 channels of millennia media HV3 preamps, so i only need line in on the interface. what is a good interface that can give me 4-8 line inputs with outputs to USB2 or firewire? 5. what else whould i know/consider? thanks to all. |
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Search if your laptop eats 2 HD's 1 for programs and memorydrive (there IS
going to be need for that even with 1Gb or 1.5Gb of RAM). Now place second HD with at least 5300rpm (?) 2.5" or 7200rpm 3.5" if that fits. Noise is issue there. Stick with INTEL chipset laptops like IBM and Fujitsu's some models. Most Acer, Asus and other seems to be either SiS or Via or Ali but dont know for sure. Whats important with Intel is that there is certified USB, Firewire controllers that work with external devices and secondly USB Busmaster Speed with Intel is certain working thing. ..jukka "jnorman" wrote in message om... i have been using a roland vs1880 for the past few years, and am considering moving to a laptop setup for remote work. i have an ibm t40, centrino 1.5ghz, but only 4200 rpm drive. 1. i think i will jsut buy a second latop and deicate it to audio. which is th best laptop for audio, and what specs do i need? (hdd speed, ram, etc.) 2. what is the best audio recording software - best bang for buck? i generally only use 8-10 tracks for the small ensemble acoustic work i do. i want to be able to use plugins like the SIR convolution reverb. 3. it is nice having the roland worksurface for mixing and control. i am wary of trying to mix using software only, using a mouse to controls faders, etc. what is a good work surface, or do you find the laptop control/work area to be adequate? 4. i have 8 channels of millennia media HV3 preamps, so i only need line in on the interface. what is a good interface that can give me 4-8 line inputs with outputs to USB2 or firewire? 5. what else whould i know/consider? thanks to all. |
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"jnorman" wrote in message om... i have been using a roland vs1880 for the past few years, and am considering moving to a laptop setup for remote work. i have an ibm t40, centrino 1.5ghz, but only 4200 rpm drive. 1. i think i will jsut buy a second latop and deicate it to audio. which is th best laptop for audio, and what specs do i need? (hdd speed, ram, etc.) Like someone else said, loaded question. 7200 RPM drive would be good for your data drive. the 4200 should be alright to run the application/OS from. For the 7200 RPM you could use an external firewire drive. Make sure you test the device before you buy because some of the cases that house the external drives are obnoxiously loud. If it's unavoidable you could always put the external in a small seperate briefcase-like case for some sound isolation (must be well ventilated). 2. what is the best audio recording software - best bang for buck? i generally only use 8-10 tracks for the small ensemble acoustic work i do. i want to be able to use plugins like the SIR convolution reverb. I like Cubase SX (newest version is 3). I find it to be very stable. SX 3 is retailing for ~$899. I use that software for the same type of 8-ish track remote recording that you're talking about. 3. it is nice having the roland worksurface for mixing and control. i am wary of trying to mix using software only, using a mouse to controls faders, etc. what is a good work surface, or do you find the laptop control/work area to be adequate? I'm totally cool with mixing inside the box as opposed to requiring a control surface. One thing i do very much like is a second LCD screen. 4. i have 8 channels of millennia media HV3 preamps, so i only need line in on the interface. what is a good interface that can give me 4-8 line inputs with outputs to USB2 or firewire? I'm using two MOTU 896's right now. Works very well. They are Firewire 400 devices. (daisy-chainable). Sample rates as high as 192kHz, and 24bit depth. They may not be up to the same quality as the Millenia gear you're using, but you never mentioned a budget. They go for about CAD$1750 each. 5. what else whould i know/consider? Check out http://www.musicxp.net/ Good info on tweaking PC for audio. Roach |
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