Re: OT Laptop recommendation needed

[Raül Bonell <raul.bonell@gmail.com>]

Yes. I did buy a PC laptop for a friend this past winter & couldn't
find any windows notebook with firewire, just on macs.

2012/3/1, Dean, Hal <HDean@wcupa.edu>:
> Just a quick word about laptops and firewire - the range of laptops (or
> desktops for that matter) that have integrated firewire, out of the box, 
> was
> small and getting smaller, as of my research about 6 mos. ago.
>
> I am a little leery of firewire by card but maybe that isn't merited by 
> the
> facts.
>
> Hal Dean
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Per Boysen [mailto:perboysen@gmail.com]
> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 2:11 PM
> To: Loopers-Delight
> Subject: Re: OT Laptop recommendation needed
>
> I assume he wants to record at least eight inputs simultaneously?
> That's something any modern computer would manage, given the audio 
> interface
> offers so many inputs. I never need to record that many simultaneous 
> inputs
> but I spend some time around in studios and a lot of them use the RME
> Fireface 800 and tell me they love it.
>
> Regarding operative system it seems Windows 7 may bring back Microsoft 
> into
> the game again. Windows XP was good for audio but with Vista many users
> complain with less stable audio functionality.
>
> Myself I use only Apple pc's these days. Back when I used to run Windows 
> on
> my live concert laptops - because Mobius wasn't available on Mac OS - I
> still kept an Apple box for studio recordings. I have two reasons for 
> that
> choice. One is that it that it is such a standardized platform, with the
> same company developing the OS and manufacturing the hardware, so you can
> always find an Apple certified repair service that can fix issues right
> away. I mean, the inside of a Mac always corresponds to the 
> specifications
> regarding the model. My other reason is that I produce a lot of 
> recordings
> where I kind of compose as part of the production process and for this I
> haven't found a better software than Logic, and Logic does only run under
> Apple's OS. But if your friend is thinking about using Cubase I guess my
> advice isn't totally relevant.
>
> Regarding the question about USB and Firewire we have talked about this a
> lot on this list in the past. Firewire is better in the way that it is
> reliable all the way up to the very last bit of capacity.
> USB may get flickery with increasing traffic. But with a moderate data
> traffic USB does just fine. I use both here and have not yet run into the
> dangerous zone of USB. For recording of eight and more simultaneous 
> inputs
> Firewire is recommendable. It's also good to record to an external drive.
>
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.perboysen.com
> http://www.youtube.com/perboysen
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 6:25 PM, Stephen Goodman 
> <spgoodman@earthlight.net>
> wrote:
>> I’m following this one as well, since I’ll be shopping up a laptop to
>> combine with The Rack Unit when I get back to the US.
>>
>> From: Michael Peters
>> Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 5:06 PM
>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>> Subject: OT Laptop recommendation needed
>>
>>
>> I need a recommendation (for a friend) for a laptop/soundcard
>> combination that can run Cubase and easily record 8 concurrent tracks.
>> That friend of mine (livelooping guitarist Michael Frank, some of you
>> might know him) needs to buy a laptop for music lessons and recording
>> at school (he is a music
>> teacher) and wonders what he should get. He has a budget of 2500 Euros
>> which is plenty I think, but what should he buy (laptop hardware,
>> sound card, software)?
>>
>> He is familiar with Windows and because Windows is generally cheaper
>> than Macs, we thought a Windows laptop (Windows7 64bit) is the way to
>> go, but if there is good reason to buy a Mac, maybe he would consider 
>> that
>> too.
>>
>> The laptop/soundcard should be able to easily record at least 8 tracks
>> concurrently. Which soundcard is best suited (somebody suggested a
>> Focusrite
>> 8 channel card)? Is that something all current laptops can do,
>> speed-wise, or does it already require a very fast harddisk? USB or
>> Firewire?
>>
>> The package would also include a version of Cubase (which one?), a DVD
>> burner, and a beamer.
>>
>> thanks bunches -Michael
>


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