I'm looking to start recording/making music mainly for backing tracks. I've played around with a few DAW's, (Reaper, Rosegarden, Cubase ) and while I;m no doubt missing the finer points I understand their capabilities. However I've run into a problem, my current laptop isn't up to the job, which is no big surprise so I need to upgrade. I ordered what should have been a good spec laptop, i7 6500, 12 g ram but it bombed while recording the 6th track, ie write fails to the hd. This has been returned and I'm awaiting a refund.
At the moment I'm tempted by a macbook pro, the 15" model, and while I've no doubt that with Logic Pro it will do the job, before spending that amount of wedge I'd thought I'd ask for advise here. eg Laptop models and/or DAWS that work well and or fit well with the Krome plus of course thoughts on the Macbook. (lets not get into the osx vs windows argument please.)
It's a pity that I don't have the room for a real computer, I had a loan of a 2006 vintage mac pro which coped well with what I threw at it, and would be ample for my needs, but alas no space hence the lappy.
Your thoughts please
Which laptop/DAW, help required
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Re: Which laptop/DAW, help required
I use a Dell desktop -- 3rd Gen i5, 16G Ram, Win10Pro
My DAW is Magix Music Studio 2 -- it has most of the nuts and bolts of the more expensive software without breaking the bank. Allow me to rephrase -- the software does everything I expect it to do, What "nuts and bolts" represent is a subjective matter!
My Krome88 is attached to both an audio mixer and connected to the computer via MIDI cable (Yamaha UX16).
If laptops are an absolute must, then go get one already
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If money is the problem, and if you don't want to buy a desktop, monitor, et. al., go for a all in one desktop; the cost of buying a windows based all in one might justify a Mac after all. Although Macs are still a lot more expensive than Windows PCs, the cost difference isn't really all that much.
I don't buy anything Apple as my entire technology ecosystem is Windows (and Android) based. Buying a mac would mean I'd have to invest in a lot more than just the hardware just to bring to the mac upto par with my Windows based hardware and softwares; not to mention most of my software development packages are simply not available on the Mac; which is an entirely different matter.
I almost forgot and had to return to this post to edit.
One factor you need to keep in mind is power. All that processing requires lots of power and a laptop can only do so much. I can only comment about a desktop -- get the default power unit in it replaced with something that has at least twice the output, with a minimum of 600W (if possible).
My DAW is Magix Music Studio 2 -- it has most of the nuts and bolts of the more expensive software without breaking the bank. Allow me to rephrase -- the software does everything I expect it to do, What "nuts and bolts" represent is a subjective matter!
My Krome88 is attached to both an audio mixer and connected to the computer via MIDI cable (Yamaha UX16).
If laptops are an absolute must, then go get one already
!If money is the problem, and if you don't want to buy a desktop, monitor, et. al., go for a all in one desktop; the cost of buying a windows based all in one might justify a Mac after all. Although Macs are still a lot more expensive than Windows PCs, the cost difference isn't really all that much.
I don't buy anything Apple as my entire technology ecosystem is Windows (and Android) based. Buying a mac would mean I'd have to invest in a lot more than just the hardware just to bring to the mac upto par with my Windows based hardware and softwares; not to mention most of my software development packages are simply not available on the Mac; which is an entirely different matter.
I almost forgot and had to return to this post to edit.
One factor you need to keep in mind is power. All that processing requires lots of power and a laptop can only do so much. I can only comment about a desktop -- get the default power unit in it replaced with something that has at least twice the output, with a minimum of 600W (if possible).