Pro Tools PC Laptop for MIDI and Audio, Which Good?

JDN · 14th August 2006

Im a Mac Music Person, never owned a PC, owned several Macs over the years. I currently have a Mac G5 Dual 2.0 running Pro Tools 7 with the music producers tool kit and an 002 that I use in my Home Studio. I'm doing my MIDI and Audio in Pro Tools and want to have a portable modest PC solution I can take to a studio to work on new beats as well as transfer the beats that I did at home on the Mac.

What I'm looking for is to be able to sequence and play back my softsynths in pro tools on the PC Laptop. The same ones I'm already using on my Mac Desktop. Open at least audio sessions and preferably sessions with the same instrument tracks or plugs I have on the mac.

I want to bring a USB MIDI keyboard controller(Edirol PCR-M50) that I already own, and something like an M Box(a modest 2 outs should be ok, or I may use another 002 rack if MTC is necessary). I do own an 002 rack already too, but don't wanna keep transporting and connecting it between home and other studios. Or, I could export onto DVD R or CD R individual wav files.

In short, I want to bring a Laptop PC to another Mac Pro Tools based studio and compose on the laptop, instrument tracks at least, and export those tracks as audio tracks or record them in real time through the audio interface to the studio Mac if I have too

JDN · 15th August 2006

bump...no one has an opinion on this??? i'm floored, I thought i'd check today and have all sorts of opinions and responses...I thought I was clear....anyone?

Henchman · 16th August 2006

an emacines m6800 series or the gatweay amd64 based stuff.
Both are basically the same computer, and users on the DUC swear by them.

FFTT · 17th August 2006

I'd wait till September for a MacBook or MacBookPro with the Merom processor upgrade.

You'll be able to run ANY software on that machine in the long run.

It's the best bang for your buck.

Henchman · 17th August 2006

Quote:

Originally Posted by FFTT

I'd wait till September for a MacBook or MacBookPro with the Merom processor upgrade.

You'll be able to run ANY software on that machine in the long run.

It's the best bang for your buck.

I guess it depends on how much money he wants to spend.
If he's looking for something inexpensive, the emachines/gateway Laptops are the way to go for now.

14th August 2006	#1
JDN Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 746 Thread Starter	Pro Tools PC Laptop for MIDI and Audio, Which Good? Im a Mac Music Person, never owned a PC, owned several Macs over the years. I currently have a Mac G5 Dual 2.0 running Pro Tools 7 with the music producers tool kit and an 002 that I use in my Home Studio. I'm doing my MIDI and Audio in Pro Tools and want to have a portable modest PC solution I can take to a studio to work on new beats as well as transfer the beats that I did at home on the Mac. What I'm looking for is to be able to sequence and play back my softsynths in pro tools on the PC Laptop. The same ones I'm already using on my Mac Desktop. Open at least audio sessions and preferably sessions with the same instrument tracks or plugs I have on the mac. I want to bring a USB MIDI keyboard controller(Edirol PCR-M50) that I already own, and something like an M Box(a modest 2 outs should be ok, or I may use another 002 rack if MTC is necessary). I do own an 002 rack already too, but don't wanna keep transporting and connecting it between home and other studios. Or, I could export onto DVD R or CD R individual wav files. In short, I want to bring a Laptop PC to another Mac Pro Tools based studio and compose on the laptop, instrument tracks at least, and export those tracks as audio tracks or record them in real time through the audio interface to the studio Mac if I have too

16th August 2006	#3
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15th August 2006	#2
JDN Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2005 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 746 Thread Starter	bump...no one has an opinion on this??? i'm floored, I thought i'd check today and have all sorts of opinions and responses...I thought I was clear....anyone?

17th August 2006	#4
FFTT Lives for gear Joined: Dec 2005 Location: A stoned throw from ground zero Posts: 5,763	I'd wait till September for a MacBook or MacBookPro with the Merom processor upgrade. You'll be able to run ANY software on that machine in the long run. It's the best bang for your buck.