MacBook Pro

[MARK ANXIOUS]

i have a 15" powerbook and i seem to be doing more tracks on the road with this and a pair of headphones than i do in the studio these days. hmm i really want to waste money on a macbook pro but at the end of the day it'll be just that - a waste hehehe.

no seriously, a portable mac is an incredible tool to have. as well as your mobile studio it also becomes your mobile office, because OSX works so well if you're on the move.

i think it's important to have a powerful desktop in the studio, cause it make you think you have a 'real' studio and of course the way you think about the studio is integrale to the way you make music. but if i had to make a choice between a desk and a lap, it would be lap every time.

ps make sure you up that memory to the highest it can go!!!!

[DJCraig Ryan]

Thanks for all the help chaps much appreciated and helps alot!!

Very good points on both sides of the arguments and it is a hard desicion to make. But i do think i'm gonna go for the mac, mainly because production-wise i would only be starting out so i think it will be more than capable of getting me into making my own stuff. And then if i do get into alot i can always buy a nice desktop at home (if needed.)

Also for the DJ'ing side of things the laptop will be ace. Looking forward to getting into the digital side, as i am old-skool at the minute and everything is done on the decks.

I will let you know what i buy in a couple of weeks.


Again, cheers!

[DJCraig Ryan]

i have a 15" powerbook and i seem to be doing more tracks on the road with this and a pair of headphones than i do in the studio these days. hmm i really want to waste money on a macbook pro but at the end of the day it'll be just that - a waste hehehe.

no seriously, a portable mac is an incredible tool to have. as well as your mobile studio it also becomes your mobile office, because OSX works so well if you're on the move.

i think it's important to have a powerful desktop in the studio, cause it make you think you have a 'real' studio and of course the way you think about the studio is integrale to the way you make music. but if i had to make a choice between a desk and a lap, it would be lap every time.

ps make sure you up that memory to the highest it can go!!!!

Alright Mark. What software & programs have you got on your powerbook for making your stuff? And what results are we talking compared with your desktop in the studio? Can you achieve the same results on your mac?

[RDR]

Alright Mark. What software & programs have you got on your powerbook for making your stuff? And what results are we talking compared with your desktop in the studio? Can you achieve the same results on your mac?

The macbook for me becomes, like mark said, a sketch book. like an artists has a sketch pad i have an easel. If if want to write outside this framework i put my lappy on a desk, attach a second monitor, all my usb midi devices and treat is as a tower.

im 100% sure mark can achieve the same results on both machines in terms of creation. but its the environment that really matters in terms of mixing down and monitoring. what sounded good on the road often needs serious tweaking when giving it the studio treatment.

[MARK ANXIOUS]

ps dodgy i havent had this email you phoned me about :whoops:

[MARK ANXIOUS]

agree with dodgy.. i use my lappy as an easel, i have only ableton and a few of my fave plugs on there. i put things down very fast on my lappy and my headphones - on planes and trains and all types of weird and wonderful places hehe...

then i get back to the studio and use the power of my pc to really fine tune the ideas i had.

it's a wonderful way of working that i wouldn't change for the world :)

but if i had a macbook pro would i be able to do this?? hmm i'm not sure....

you do need power to make the finished results... that's why i use my pc.. bah.. i'll let other member comment on this ;)

but i do love the way i'm working at the moment - a substandard mac forces me to work quick and get ideas down fast.... i think that's very important in making music....

perhaps a big desktop would give you real power, then buy a 300 quid 12" powerbook from ebay for your sketchbook???

i'm think that might be the way to go...

[RDR]

ps dodgy i havent had this email you phoned me about :whoops:

Thats because you were supposed to email me...

:cheese: