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offline Quoth from Sweden on 2002-02-03 19:50 [#00078642]
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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.


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-02-03 19:54 [#00078650]
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You'd need electricity, and it doesn't grow on trees. Until
they make MAGIC instruments.


 

offline Quoth from Sweden on 2002-02-03 19:57 [#00078652]
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but what if all you have is a umm... laptop?


 

offline Jarworski from The Grove (United Kingdom) on 2002-02-03 19:59 [#00078654]
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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


 

offline The_Funkmaster from St. John's (Canada) on 2002-02-03 20:12 [#00078668]
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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...


 

offline Binaural Tea from Christmas City (Christmas Island) on 2002-02-03 20:14 [#00078670]
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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?


 

offline Quoth from Sweden on 2002-02-03 20:23 [#00078679]
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oh yeah... i think the Layla is an excellent card for
laptops... connects by firewire port!


 

offline Binaural Tea from Christmas City (Christmas Island) on 2002-02-03 20:30 [#00078682]
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n works with windows?
whats the price?


 

offline umbriel from Sainte-Foy (Canada) on 2002-02-03 21:46 [#00078734]
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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


 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-02-04 01:11 [#00079018]
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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


 

offline Ophecks from Nova Scotia (Canada) on 2002-02-04 01:17 [#00079027]
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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).


 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-02-04 01:19 [#00079029]
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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


 

offline ReZiN8R from United Kingdom on 2002-02-04 01:24 [#00079033]
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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


 

offline Quoth from Sweden on 2002-02-04 03:19 [#00079074]
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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


 

offline dave from saskatoon (Canada) on 2002-02-04 03:59 [#00079098]
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do it in your car


 

offline Binaural Tea from Christmas City (Christmas Island) on 2002-02-04 19:00 [#00079714]
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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?


 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-02-04 21:50 [#00079881]
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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?)


 

offline Quoth from Sweden on 2002-02-04 21:53 [#00079887]
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oh yeah... just a seck Aminal...


 

offline Quoth from Sweden on 2002-02-04 21:56 [#00079890]
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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...
MUSICIAN'S FRIEND


 

offline AMinal from Toronto (Canada) on 2002-02-04 21:59 [#00079895]
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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?


 

offline Quoth from Sweden on 2002-02-04 22:05 [#00079903]
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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.


 

offline sine707 from Frankfurt (Germany) on 2002-02-04 22:49 [#00079946]
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I agree.
ACID is great for the start. Fast, efficient and easy to
handle :-)


 

offline umbriel from Sainte-Foy (Canada) on 2002-02-05 00:40 [#00080027]
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i play piano not keyboard


 


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