2k XL & Laptop?

my PC is gonna croak any minute and i'm thinking about stepping over to a laptop instead of another PC to run alongside my MPC2000xl, with a Roland UM-1 to connect the MIDI...

is there anything I should look out for?....spec wise? or problems with laptops and MPC's wise?.....

can I get a good audio sound out of a laptop?.....hoping to multi track at some point too via USB?!


I know nothing about laptops....i'm old school.....

Short answer.

Laptops are fine for music production, most of us use them alone or alongside a static studio computer.

Just get the best spec you can afford if its a PC, on the Mac side an Intel-based Macbook or Macbook Pro will do the job.

clint246clint wrote:Short answer.

Laptops are fine for music production, most of us use them alone or alongside a static studio computer.

Just get the best spec you can afford if its a PC, on the Mac side an Intel-based Macbook or Macbook Pro will do the job.

how would you use it alongside a static studio computer?......what would be the benefit?

As soon as I saw this thread I thought.

Living Bate...where the hell you been?

You've not posted in years but I been around long enough to remember you...

clint246clint wrote:As soon as I saw this thread I thought.

Living Bate...where the hell you been?

You've not posted in years but I been around long enough to remember you...

haha, I was half expecting to find my account closed or something.....yeh its been a while!

I thought i recognised your name too.....

Cant beleive how long ago it was I registered with this site now......time sure does fly....

Living Bate wrote:how would you use it alongside a static studio computer?......what would be the benefit?

Well obviously you get a portable studio which is easily transportable , handy for production on the road and other tasks that can be done on a computer without firing up the whole studio.

You can quickly get ideas down, anywhere. All you need is a USB midi keyboard and some headphones to keep busy.

You can have the best of both worlds. You could have a Mac in the studio and a Windows laptop, or vice-versa, enabling you to have the widest choice of software and plug-ins that run natively on each system.

You can take your sample collection and software with you allowing you to get busy in other studios using your own sounds.

The list goes on...


BTW Welcome back!

clint246clint wrote:

Living Bate wrote:how would you use it alongside a static studio computer?......what would be the benefit?

Well obviously you get a portable studio which is easily transportable , handy for production on the road and other tasks that can be done on a computer without firing up the whole studio.

You can quickly get ideas down, anywhere. All you need is a USB midi keyboard and some headphones to keep busy.

You can have the best of both worlds. You could have a Mac in the studio and a Windows laptop, or vice-versa, enabling you to have the widest choice of software and plug-ins that run natively on each system.

You can take your sample collection and software with you allowing you to get busy in other studios using your own sounds.

The list goes on...


BTW Welcome back!

nice....

so it is possible to switch between Mac and Windows that easily?.....I didnt think they were so compatible?

also err...... bit worried that software for the Mac might not be so easy to 'buy'.......as stuff that i've already 'bought' for the P.C.......