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If you get a firewire card for a laptop, you are probably going to have to power it externally. Michael On Mar 1, 2012, at 12:33 PM, Raül Bonell wrote: > 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 >> > > > -- > .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-..-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. > Your moral values are meaningless, artificial constructs. 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