Laptop Question

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Hi all

I have An Acer Aspire 5610Z id like to use for portable recording --

I have a few questions....

1. what are my sound card options besides the included card
2. what are my options for memory
3. what tips are available to tweak the laptop for Home Recording
4. what other options are available to " trick out" the laptop..

i understand it is a cheap laptop....its gonna have to do for the moment
I use N-track for recording
thanks in advance :D
 
1. what are my sound card options besides the included card

I don't see any Firewire ports in the specs for the laptop. A external USB interface may be the only option. There are some PCMCIA cards available, but the I/O on those is quite limited.

2. what are my options for memory

The specs say it has 1Gb... that should do fine.


3. what tips are available to tweak the laptop for Home Recording

Tweak the OS, the interface drivers, and the audio recording software. Check the speed of the hard drive. Replace that if its slow. The CPU should do fine.


4. what other options are available to " trick out" the laptop..

You'll have enough to worry about learning the hardward and software. Trick the laptop later.
 
Nick98338 said:
There are some PCMCIA cards available, but the I/O on those is quite limited.
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What are you smoking?

Just buy a PC-Card Firewire interface and you can use any Firwire interface out there...
 
you'll need an external drive for the audio depending on the # of tracks you expect to need... a 7200 rpm drive is considered to be best for recording to... most of the drives that come with laptops are 5400 and some even lower... and when your trying to run the prog from that drive and record to it in real time as well... expect to buy an external drive...
 
dementedchord said:
you'll need an external drive for the audio depending on the # of tracks you expect to need... a 7200 rpm drive is considered to be best for recording to... most of the drives that come with laptops are 5400 and some even lower... and when your trying to run the prog from that drive and record to it in real time as well... expect to buy an external drive...
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Simply not true unless you are recording a ridiculous number of simultaneous tracks.

My laptop has a 4,200 RPM drive and doesn't skip a beat with DV capture. DV has a much higher data rate than audio.
 
ok which firewire should i get for laptop?..kinda new to to firewire
 
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What's your price range?
How many inputs do you need?
What type of inputs do you need?
Do you need more than 2 outputs?
 
I use a Presonus Inspire 1394. Firewire. It provides 2 simultaneous mono inputs through pretty decent preamps, or 2 instrument direct inputs, or one of each. Plus one more stereo input, without preamps. $170 US street price. It does quite well for two inputs at the same time. It's also possible to add another Inspire later. Helps to spread out cost over time.
 
brzilian said:
Simply not true unless you are recording a ridiculous number of simultaneous tracks.

My laptop has a 4,200 RPM drive and doesn't skip a beat with DV capture. DV has a much higher data rate than audio.
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not wanting to start a pissing match but this flies in the face of what most of the sites suggest and what i personally have found... so you'll be around to help him when it doesn't work???
 
My laptop has a 4200 RPM drive and I would highly recommend against it. I am going to shell out the 120 bucks for a 100 gb 7200 RPM drive.
 
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