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laptop on field.
which lowcost new laptop does perform well on audio use?
i have now HP ALI chipset based Pavilion ZE4407EA which does seem to have little noise problems. Something around 1000Euros perhaps. for 900e this laptop has 2200+ AMD XP ATI Radeon Mobile 30Gb 256Mb cdrw/dvd firewire .... but is there better solutions out there? ..jukka |
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"Jukka Andersson" wrote ...
which lowcost new laptop does perform well on audio use? i have now HP ALI chipset based Pavilion ZE4407EA which does seem to have little noise problems. Something around 1000Euros perhaps. for 900e this laptop has 2200+ AMD XP ATI Radeon Mobile 30Gb 256Mb cdrw/dvd firewire ... but is there better solutions out there? Are there ANY laptops out there with "decent" audio sections? I wouldn't bet on it. |
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"Jukka Andersson" wrote ...
which lowcost new laptop does perform well on audio use? i have now HP ALI chipset based Pavilion ZE4407EA which does seem to have little noise problems. Something around 1000Euros perhaps. for 900e this laptop has 2200+ AMD XP ATI Radeon Mobile 30Gb 256Mb cdrw/dvd firewire ... but is there better solutions out there? Are there ANY laptops out there with "decent" audio sections? I wouldn't bet on it. |
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People have had "luck" with lots of things. A buddy of mine runs a
Fujitsu Lifebook with a Nuendo Multiset interface (essentially a privately labeled RME product). We've run 18 tracks at 24 bit without significant issues. People have had success with Toshiba Satellites. We've found it works best to track to an external firewire drive as in our case the speed of the internal laptop drive "seemed" to be a limiting factor. When you get home, you unplug the drive and plug it into your DAW. Isn't there a laptop recording forum on the Web or in newsgroups? I believe there is.... Tim Richard Crowley wrote: Are there ANY laptops out there with "decent" audio sections? I wouldn't bet on it. |
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laptop on field.
People have had "luck" with lots of things. A buddy of mine runs a
Fujitsu Lifebook with a Nuendo Multiset interface (essentially a privately labeled RME product). We've run 18 tracks at 24 bit without significant issues. People have had success with Toshiba Satellites. We've found it works best to track to an external firewire drive as in our case the speed of the internal laptop drive "seemed" to be a limiting factor. When you get home, you unplug the drive and plug it into your DAW. Isn't there a laptop recording forum on the Web or in newsgroups? I believe there is.... Tim Richard Crowley wrote: Are there ANY laptops out there with "decent" audio sections? I wouldn't bet on it. |
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Hello,
I'm using a Dell Inspiron 8200 with two HD (One on media bay for data), 512 MB RAM, RME Hamerfall DSP with Digiface and I can run 55 tracks of 24/48 without any problem (On 2,5" HD). Cheers "tferrell" escribió en el mensaje ... People have had "luck" with lots of things. A buddy of mine runs a Fujitsu Lifebook with a Nuendo Multiset interface (essentially a privately labeled RME product). We've run 18 tracks at 24 bit without significant issues. People have had success with Toshiba Satellites. We've found it works best to track to an external firewire drive as in our case the speed of the internal laptop drive "seemed" to be a limiting factor. When you get home, you unplug the drive and plug it into your DAW. Isn't there a laptop recording forum on the Web or in newsgroups? I believe there is.... Tim Richard Crowley wrote: Are there ANY laptops out there with "decent" audio sections? I wouldn't bet on it. |
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Hello,
I'm using a Dell Inspiron 8200 with two HD (One on media bay for data), 512 MB RAM, RME Hamerfall DSP with Digiface and I can run 55 tracks of 24/48 without any problem (On 2,5" HD). Cheers "tferrell" escribió en el mensaje ... People have had "luck" with lots of things. A buddy of mine runs a Fujitsu Lifebook with a Nuendo Multiset interface (essentially a privately labeled RME product). We've run 18 tracks at 24 bit without significant issues. People have had success with Toshiba Satellites. We've found it works best to track to an external firewire drive as in our case the speed of the internal laptop drive "seemed" to be a limiting factor. When you get home, you unplug the drive and plug it into your DAW. Isn't there a laptop recording forum on the Web or in newsgroups? I believe there is.... Tim Richard Crowley wrote: Are there ANY laptops out there with "decent" audio sections? I wouldn't bet on it. |
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Jukka,
I just bought a Dell Inspiron 8500 and I was blown away with its performance when running audio programs. It's fully the equal of my 2.26 GHz desktop computer with high speed buss and RDRAM memory. And I was REALLY astonished at how quiet the on-board sound card is for playback. I do not use this laptop for recording, so I can't comment on how good the built-in sound card is for that. Since the Inspiron has both USB 2.0 and Firewire ports, you can easily connect an external sound card for recording. --Ethan |
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Jukka,
I just bought a Dell Inspiron 8500 and I was blown away with its performance when running audio programs. It's fully the equal of my 2.26 GHz desktop computer with high speed buss and RDRAM memory. And I was REALLY astonished at how quiet the on-board sound card is for playback. I do not use this laptop for recording, so I can't comment on how good the built-in sound card is for that. Since the Inspiron has both USB 2.0 and Firewire ports, you can easily connect an external sound card for recording. --Ethan |
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Jukka Andersson jukka.andersson@rihmasto@com wrote:
which lowcost new laptop does perform well on audio use? i have now HP ALI chipset based Pavilion ZE4407EA which does seem to have little noise problems. Something around 1000Euros perhaps. for 900e this laptop has 2200+ AMD XP ATI Radeon Mobile 30Gb 256Mb cdrw/dvd firewire but is there better solutions out there? Until you get a professional audio interface connected to it, you're going to have lousy results with any computer. Once you take care of that though, any current model will get the job done. ulysses |
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laptop on field.
Jukka Andersson jukka.andersson@rihmasto@com wrote:
which lowcost new laptop does perform well on audio use? i have now HP ALI chipset based Pavilion ZE4407EA which does seem to have little noise problems. Something around 1000Euros perhaps. for 900e this laptop has 2200+ AMD XP ATI Radeon Mobile 30Gb 256Mb cdrw/dvd firewire but is there better solutions out there? Until you get a professional audio interface connected to it, you're going to have lousy results with any computer. Once you take care of that though, any current model will get the job done. ulysses |
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laptop on field.
"Jukka Andersson" jukka.andersson@rihmasto@com wrote in message ...
which lowcost new laptop does perform well on audio use? Well, I don't know about low cost. Audio is a demanding thing, especially for a laptop. So I would plan on spending some real money. I run an Apple Powerbook + Metric Halo 2882 + external 7200rpm drive w/ Nuendo 2. Could not be a happier camper frankly. Powerbooks are just wonderful to work on and Metrics provide all the sound quality you could ask for in a little mobile rig. The whole system functions extremely well together. I have never had so much as a millisecond drop out, freeze/crash, or showstopper while tracking multi-day live sessions. Of course it wasn't exactly low-cost either. The rig maxes out at about 50 24bit/44.1 tracks + 20 plug ins. -bananahead |
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laptop on field.
"Jukka Andersson" jukka.andersson@rihmasto@com wrote in message ...
which lowcost new laptop does perform well on audio use? Well, I don't know about low cost. Audio is a demanding thing, especially for a laptop. So I would plan on spending some real money. I run an Apple Powerbook + Metric Halo 2882 + external 7200rpm drive w/ Nuendo 2. Could not be a happier camper frankly. Powerbooks are just wonderful to work on and Metrics provide all the sound quality you could ask for in a little mobile rig. The whole system functions extremely well together. I have never had so much as a millisecond drop out, freeze/crash, or showstopper while tracking multi-day live sessions. Of course it wasn't exactly low-cost either. The rig maxes out at about 50 24bit/44.1 tracks + 20 plug ins. -bananahead |
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"Justin Ulysses Morse" kirjoitti ... Jukka Andersson jukka.andersson@rihmasto@com wrote: which lowcost new laptop does perform well on audio use? i have now HP ALI chipset based Pavilion ZE4407EA which does seem to have little noise problems. Something around 1000Euros perhaps. for 900e this laptop has 2200+ AMD XP ATI Radeon Mobile 30Gb 256Mb cdrw/dvd firewire but is there better solutions out there? Until you get a professional audio interface connected to it, you're going to have lousy results with any computer. Once you take care of that though, any current model will get the job done. ulysses I use my Emagic EMI 2/6 with it... thats good enought for me. I place professional micpres when needed and if emagics own ad converters does not do the trick i can use spdif and make emagic slave. ..jukka |
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