Some will say it matters, but here's my setup...Second generation
Macbook with a 5400RPM drive, 2GB Core2 processor, 2gb memory, firepod
audio interface, and I stream to a 7200RPM Western Digital Mybook
firewire drive. I can run The Grand, B4, and any other VST instruments
you care to want, and the computer never hickups... The Macbook Pro,
even in its stock configuration, will blow what I have out of the water.
On Jun 16, 2008, at 10:48 AM, Damon Fibraio wrote:
I know, but I suppose I am lazy and I also am not as comfortable
working in
a laptop as I am on a desktop. I have some people advising me to go
for the
mac book pro as opposed to the mac book. I was looking at getting
the 200gb
7200 rmp drive instead of the 5400 rpm drive and the same 4gb of
memory.
Will 7200 rpm drives matter if you are using soft synths like b4 and
pro 53
and stuff? I mean, I want to get this asap, but don't want to
undersell
myself and be screwed.
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Damon Fibraio
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dfibraio
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of 2008.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jesse Kragiel
Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2008 10:39 PM
To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
X by the
blind
Subject: Re: macbook for music recording
I'm using the exact same setup you want...Sonar in Windows. So far,
none of the Mac software that we would even consider is quite
accessible to us, so this is the best way. BTW, opening your Macbook
and putting in new memory is the easiest thing! $200 is a rip for
that, especially for less than $200 more, you can get the Macbook Pro
that will be specked out better, and come with more memory.
On Jun 14, 2008, at 11:48 PM, Damon Fibraio wrote:
What are you using to record music, and are you doing it in the Mac
os, or
windows xp? I plan on dual booting mac os and win xp on it.
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Damon Fibraio
screen names -- aol: dfibraio...msn [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype:
dfibraio
personal music site: http://www.keyboardguy.com.
Internet Radio station: http://www.nhbradio.com
Internet radio show Wednesday nights from 8 to 11 pm eastern,
returning July
of 2008.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jesse
Kragiel
Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2008 7:39 PM
To: General discussions on all topics relating to the use of Mac OS
X by the
blind
Subject: Re: macbook for music recording
I use it for music recording, and it works fine. Just make very sure
to disable the wireless card when you go to stream audio through your
Macbook. Trust me on this one. That goes for both playing, and
recording.
On Jun 14, 2008, at 8:58 PM, Damon Fibraio wrote:
Folks. I could buy a macbook tomorrow. I plan on using it for work,
and
portable computer use and also for some basic music production. I
plan on
using bootcamp with sonar and running some soft synths with it.
Kevin reeves
told me that he was having issues with latency on his MacBook with a
midi
controller and some instruments through usb or firewire with m-lan
and his
Yamaha keyboard. Before I go plunking down $1800 on this thing, can
somebody
else who uses the mac book for audio work, preferably on stage with
a band,
message me and tell me this will work or not. The configuration I am
looking
at is the 2.4 ghz macd book with 4gb of ram.
--
Damon Fibraio
screen names -- aol: dfibraio...msn [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype:
dfibraio
personal music site: http://www.keyboardguy.com.
Internet Radio station: http://www.nhbradio.com
Internet radio show Wednesday nights from 8 to 11 pm eastern,
returning July
of 2008.
