Macbook Pro, Garageband & Protools Feedback please :)

[MaryCoppin]

Hi,
Mary Coppin here.
Please let me know who out there is into recording on Garageband and Protools (especially on a Mac laptop) and how do you feel about them?
Do the new Macbook Pro laptops perform as well as a Mac desk top?
I need to be able to easily record a decent demo of the latest song to send to publishers and co-writers and also be able to record master quality acoustic versions to send to music supervisors.
And since I'm often on an island, I also want to be able to send tracks to a producer and have him more fully produce the songs in Protools, etc., for my next CD.

I want to buy a MacBook Pro right away. It has been years since I used a Mac so is it reasonable to hope that with newly learning the Garageband program, I might be able to send a new song, one girl-one guitar demo for a pitch within a couple of days? I have a degree in electronics (4.0, thank you, left brain) so I understand analog signal flow on a mixing board. I just need to be up and running soon and easily to get my songs to my people. I don't want to be a producer.

Please let me know what your experiences are with Garageband, Protools, Mac laptops and semi mobile recording setups etc.

Mahalo for the feedback,
Mary Coppin
http://www.marycoppin.com/

 

[macmoondoggie]

Hi,
Mary Coppin here.
Please let me know who out there is into recording on Garageband and Protools (especially on a Mac laptop) and how do you feel about them?
Do the new Macbook Pro laptops perform as well as a Mac desk top?
I need to be able to easily record a decent demo of the latest song to send to publishers and co-writers and also be able to record master quality acoustic versions to send to music supervisors.
And since I'm often on an island, I also want to be able to send tracks to a producer and have him more fully produce the songs in Protools, etc., for my next CD.

I want to buy a MacBook Pro right away. It has been years since I used a Mac so is it reasonable to hope that with newly learning the Garageband program, I might be able to send a new song, one girl-one guitar demo for a pitch within a couple of days? I have a degree in electronics (4.0, thank you, left brain) so I understand analog signal flow on a mixing board. I just need to be up and running soon and easily to get my songs to my people. I don't want to be a producer.

Please let me know what your experiences are with Garageband, Protools, Mac laptops and semi mobile recording setups etc.

Mahalo for the feedback,
Mary Coppin
http://www.marycoppin.com/

P.M. returned.

 

[foreverain4]

i would recommend protools over garage band for anything above hobby. garageband is fun, but protools will provide you with the tools you need. on thing i like about protools, is i feel it is pretty scalable. it is simple to operate on the surface, but provides you with incredibly deep editing and mixing capabilities. you can really use it on any level you want. an mbox 2 pro would be ideal as it is the only mbox that isnt usb... fwiw, i currently run a project studio in my area, it is centered around a macbook pro 2.33ghz, with a 002r and an mbox 2 for location recording. these things have plenty of horsepower. they have held their own in tests agains dual 2.7ghz g5's! i have yet to hit the cpu limitations, even on 32 track plus projects with lots of plugs.


also, given that your producers use protools, it really should not be a question on whether to use protools or not. getting a portable protools rig would allow you to send them entire sessions, or would let them send sessions to you to do your own vocals and such, then send it back.