Got the money just not the knowlegde

Ayo guys.
My lab now consists of : -mpc 1000, -turntable+mixer, -laptop, -audio/midi interface, -midi keyboard, and amp and speakers.
Really I'd like to get rid of the laptop, since it's had its best time and I dont want to lose my projects. I now work with Reason and Fl studio.
Is it better to get like a macbook or a normal windows laptop? All I want to do is mix the seperate tracks from the mpc in it. I'd also like a synth that's not too expensive and which I can directly record into my mpc (with the midi and all).
If I'd get an apple computer, is the crossover from reason/fl to like logic/protools not too hard?

Thanks.

I recommend mac, but fl dont run on osx

there many synths to choose from, pick one

konc3pt wrote:I recommend mac, but fl dont run on osx

I think that will be changing... I believe they may have a beta for either osx or linux (I forget which, but it may be both)

Get an iPad if you want FL.

Hmm okay thanks for your reply's. But lets say I buy a macbook, are there DAW's for that with decent synths?

peace

You can get most DAWs for Mac apart from FL, but like Debauch said, hopefully that will change.

They all seem to come with useable synths these days.

you can get good second hand synths for a couple of hundred, or even less.
have a look around on vintage synths.
late 80s, early 90s might be a good place to start.
or if you're on a real budget, the yamaha pss/psr range (you want the ones that have digital fm synthesis) can be picked up for free or close to it.

NightReveller wrote:Really I'd like to get rid of the laptop, since it's had its best time

What exactly do you mean by this statement? If the Laptop is still working and handling your needs I don't see a need to upgrade or buy anything.

Wal Martian wrote:Virtual Instruments are separate from DAWs. If your DAW supports VST which most do you have access to any synth in that format.

Oh allright but some are built in right?

Upright wrote:

NightReveller wrote:Really I'd like to get rid of the laptop, since it's had its best time

What exactly do you mean by this statement? If the Laptop is still working and handling your needs I don't see a need to upgrade or buy anything.

Well it's a minilaptop, and its getting very slow plus I have crashes sometimes. I already lost a few beats because of that.

NightReveller wrote:

Wal Martian wrote:Virtual Instruments are separate from DAWs. If your DAW supports VST which most do you have access to any synth in that format.

Oh allright but some are built in right?

Right.

3rd party vst's (free or otherwise) usually have more going for them though.

mr_debauch wrote:

konc3pt wrote:I recommend mac, but fl dont run on osx

I think that will be changing... I believe they may have a beta for either osx or linux (I forget which, but it may be both)

People have it currently running on Linux (with some latency issues I think), but it's not in development for OS X. FL Studio is written in something called Delphi and relies 100% on the Windows API. The FAQ on Image Line's site estimates it would take them 300 months (Deckadance's port time x 50) to change the instruction sets. Basically they would have to start 100% from scratch to make an OS X version, not impossible, but obviously they're not willing to do it. Some of their more recent VST's were coded using cross platform tools which is why some of them are dual format, while others aren't.

Whether you go with Mac or PC (both with Bootcamp on Mac), Reaper might be a good multitrack host at only $60. Logic is more expensive, but includes some excellent instruments.

I feel that the PC/internet stability thing is a remnant of the Windows 98/early XP days. On some Windows laptops the wifi messes the audio interface, but even that is getting rare, and I can't remember the last time I saw a Windows desktop DAW have an issue with being connected to the internet.

A Macbook with Windows on Bootcamp with FL, whatever you want on the OS X side, MPC 1000 as the main MIDI sequencer, might be a good look for you NightReveller.

if i was doing all software, id be running reaper with:

poise - for drums and samples
spectrasonics trillian / trilogy - for bass
arturia minimoog v for moog synthy stuff
reaper as sequencer

Aight thanks again for all the reply's.
I think it's gonna be a Macbook pro with reaper or logic, so I can play the instruments in that and record them in my mpc, after that export all the tracks to logic for the final mixing.
Do I need a midi keyboard with real midi out for that? Because the one I have now is just usb.

peace.