BEST SETUP FOR MUSIC PRODUCTION

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BEST SETUP FOR MUSIC PRODUCTION

HEY ALL

I AM NOT CURRENTLY USING A MAC OF ANY SORT, HOWEVER I WISH TO BUY ONE DUE TO THE EXTENSIVE FACILITIES AVAILABLE FOR THE SYSTEM. UNFORTUNATELY I AM A NEWBEE WHEN IT COMES TO MACS.
BASICALLY I AM WANTING A COMPUTER/LAPTOP SO I CAN CONCENTRATE ON MUSIC PRODUCTION. I HAVE BEEN LOOKING AT THE NEW LOGIC 8. CAN ANYBODY ADVISE AS TO WHAT THE BEST SOFTWARE WOULD BE (FOR RECORDING LYRICS, CREATING BEATS, MAKING SONGS IN GENERAL OF A PROFESSIONAL QUALITY) AND CAN YOU PLEASE ADVISE OF THE BEST COMPUTER SETUP TO BUY. I AM WANTING IT TO BE TOP QUALITY. IDEALY A LAPTOP FOR THE FACT I DON'T HAVE TO KEEP IT IN ONE PLACE, HOWEVER IF A LAPTOP CANT DO THE JOB, WHICH IMAC IS BEST ETC. THIS COMPUTER IS SOLELY BEING BOUGHT FOR THE PURPOSE OF MUSIC CREATION SO I WANT IT TO BE FAST AND EFFICIENT FOR THE JOB.
ANY ADVICE PEOPLE COULD LEAVE WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED
CHEERS
ANDY

Posted on Oct 27, 2007 4:41 AM

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Answer 1

Kwack

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Oct 27, 2007 4:55 AM in response to andyslogic

Buy Logic 8 and any of the current macs will run it fine.
You may need to look at external boxes if you want to record real instruments.

PS. On Macs you can turn off Caps Lock 😉

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andyslogic Author

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Oct 27, 2007 5:11 AM in response to Kwack

OK thank-u. is it worth me spending the extra money and getting a higher performance one or will the standard ones be fine for the software. where can i purchase an external box? what would i be looking for? i am wanting to record diff instruments and wana hook up mic's to lay down the lyrics.

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Answer 3

Oct 27, 2007 6:55 AM in response to andyslogic

I think by external box he means an external hard drive. Apple sells the Iomega 500GB drive for $139.95 with "free" shipping. I got mine for $129.99 at Amazon.com, and because I paid for Amazon Prime, I get 2 day shipping for free (great service if you buy a lot from Amazon, which I do). You can check out the drive on Apples Online Store web page. Here:

http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore/

In fact they have it listed twice on the same page! I'm planning on using it for Time Machine, although I have no idea how much space it will take up, but I think 500GB will last a long while, even if Time Machine's a real hog.

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Oct 27, 2007 7:26 AM in response to andyslogic

One BIG word of warning:

If you buy a new Mac right now you will get Leopard on it. If you get Logic 8 it will run on Leopard, HOWEVER, there WILL be plugins which will not work on Leopard yet. So be aware of that and do your research before you jump on a plugin.

R

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Kwack

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Oct 27, 2007 10:40 AM in response to Band On The Run

By external box, I meant a device that you can plug a microphone/s guitar/s etc.
If you want to trigger midi from a keyboard you'll need to buy one with a USB out, or have a device that takes 5 pin midi.
Also, you might want to consider a stereo out to feed studio monitors.

Personally I've a powermac G5 with a PCI soundcard that connects via ADAT cables to a Yamaha digital desk.
I also use a MOTU Midi express box to get midi connections into the Mac.
But, that's only what I need. YOU need to figure out what you need and buy what is useful to YOU.
There are so many different devices out there, so you'll need to do loads of research!
You should start looking at magazines like "sound on Sound" to pick up what's out there and what it does.

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