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Has anyone tried? I'm getting tired of staring in my computer screen or at my instruments placed in my room :( I would love to go out in the freezing cold and look upon a lake or something. |
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You'd need electricity, and it doesn't grow on trees. Until they make MAGIC instruments. |
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but what if all you have is a umm... laptop? |
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I've taken my acoustic guitar out and about a bit, it does make a difference to what you come up with |
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I'd love to have a laptop, and go to the beach in some nice warm place down south and make music... it would be nice and inspiring I bet... |
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im fucking tired of having to be inside when i want to write tracks. im getting a fucking laptop man. are there any good soundcards for laptops if your working with windows? |
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oh yeah... i think the Layla is an excellent card for laptops... connects by firewire port! |
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n works with windows? whats the price? |
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i think i will never be able to play outside. i play piano and taking a piano on a night out is a bit technical |
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umbriel, couldn't u just get a small battery powered keyboard and maybe use headphones? i guess it prob wouldn't be the same |
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Oh yeah, laptops. Sometimes I think I'm the only person in the universe, and everyone has a computer exactly like mine. A horrible piece of garbage that crashes hourly (nice CPU other than that glaring problem). |
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it would be pretty cool to make music outdoor w/ a loptop, or maybe even on the subway, bus or @ school between classes (or during them) but as i understand it, laptop screens glare really badly outdoors... and i wouldn't want it to get stolen or anything |
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i like to be able to play music loud when i'm writing tunes. usually when i have done a tune using headphones and then i play it back on proper speakers i have to mix the whole track again cuz all the levels just sound wrong, maybe thats just cuz my headphones r a bag of shit i dunno |
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fuck... i'll just bring a tape deck and my big fuckin Juno 60 with me outside and write some arpeggios!... hehe |
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do it in your car |
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ummm.. this.. layla thingie.. what about it? w h a t do i have to pay for it? what laptop models (with FW ports that is) should i look for? anyone? |
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apple laptops have firewire, and they're supposed to be good for music production too. the g4 powerbook is super cool (15inch screen on a laptop!) and its got a titanium case... but its actually really powerful too.. and really expensive btw, thom yorke and jonny from radiohead both use them to make music on the road.. not that that (or the cool looks) should influence ur decision (im sure some pc laptops have FW too.. just not sure which ones) but about this "layla" thing.. any info anyone? (a link perhaps?) |
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oh yeah... just a seck Aminal... |
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For $729.99 usd "mark of the Unicorn 828 FireWire Digital Hard Disk Recording System" -works with any firewire-equipped Mac or Windows PC. includes 12' firewire cable, software drivers, and audiodesk recording/mising software. THIS IS ALL FROM MUSICIANS FRIEND check them out on the web here... |
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cool thanks btw, could u clear something up for me? ok, are pro sound cards used mostly for AUDIO recording work? if ur not planning on recording audio (ie guitar/vocal track), but just arranging samples w/ software.. what advantage is there of having a good sound card? do they have hardware effects processors or something? |
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umm... I believe *personal opinion* sound cards make the music recorded and played back much better, with obviously the more $ you spend. I dunno... the sound card that I'm using is the Echo - "Mia 24/96 Audio System" and it's tight as hell. Games & Audio recording/editing sounds SUPERB. work? If I were you and I was interested in arranging samples and such, I would buy a regular 20-bit sound card and go from there. I'd suggest buying software, (ie: Acid, Cakewalk, basically anything that lets you sample!) that includes effects and ease of recording. |
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I agree. ACID is great for the start. Fast, efficient and easy to handle :-) |
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i play piano not keyboard |
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