Laptop vs desktop when it comes to music production

2011-04-13 Thread bigboy529
HI list, As some of you know by now I'm new to mac. I want to find out if you will get the same performence using a mac laptop as you will get using a desktop for music production {recording/mixing/ processing]? The reason for asking this is that the case on pc is that you'll never get the same

Re: Laptop vs desktop when it comes to music production

2011-04-13 Thread Kevin Shaw
HI, I can't help you with the PCI card information, but I can offer some advice with regard to a desktop vs. a laptop for recording. If you're planning on doing recording as a career, invest in a desktop like a Mac Pro or one of the i7 iMacs. You can get the iMacs now with a solid state boot

Re: Laptop vs desktop when it comes to music production

2011-04-13 Thread Frank Carmickle
Hi I mostly agree with Kevin but... I've been running large channel count mixes with lots of plugs on my dual core i7 mbp with out any problem what so ever. At some point I will get a mac pro though. The quad core i7 is available in the 15 inch and I'm sure it would be more than enough. If

Re: Laptop vs desktop when it comes to music production

2011-04-13 Thread bigboy529
Thanks guys this really helps, I know that a mac pro would be best and if I had the cash I wouldn't even think twice about it but money money money sigh... So is a external hard drive only nececery on a MBP, will I be fine recording on a SSD drive on a imac? Frank Carmickle wrote: Hi I mostly

Re: Laptop vs desktop when it comes to music production

2011-04-13 Thread Scott Chesworth
You'll want to track to an external drive wherever possible IMHO. There's a certain amount you can get away with working on an internal drive, probably more so with solid state, but that's not going to be a rock solid system you can rely on. Pro Tools is pretty resource hungry, plus there's the

Part 1 of the Pro Tools Tutorial is finally here.

2011-04-13 Thread Kevin Reeves
Hey folks. I'm proud to announce that Part 1 of the Pro Tools Tutorial is available for your consumption. Read all about it and grab it here at http://www.kevinreeves.net/PT1. Thanks to Jason Dasent for his editing work. Enjoy. Kevin

Re: Part 1 of the Pro Tools Tutorial is finally here.

2011-04-13 Thread John André Netland
Really nice work Kevin, thanks a lot! John André *** John André Netland - Voice/sms +47 971 68 794 Visit online at www.a-pro-studio.no *** On 14. apr. 2011, at 06.09, Kevin Reeves wrote: Hey folks. I'm proud to announce that Part 1 of the Pro Tools Tutorial is available for your