octoruss
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Hola fellow recording amigos, yer friendly Octoruss here.
You know, for years I have been a proud owner of a Roland 1680, which I have loved dearly. But now I'm in the process of moving to Hong Kong from the US, and can't decide what recording equipment to take with me. A friend suggested that I make the jump to PC-based recording, and that's starting to make a lot of sense to me.
My question for you would be as follows:
1) Can I run a simple version of ProTools or Cakewalk on a laptop? Or would a desktop be inherently better?
2) What would be the suggested hardware requirements for any PC? Would a 120GB HD suffice to do normal PC applications, plus be able to record and store song files?
Thanks for any advice you can give on this.
You know, for years I have been a proud owner of a Roland 1680, which I have loved dearly. But now I'm in the process of moving to Hong Kong from the US, and can't decide what recording equipment to take with me. A friend suggested that I make the jump to PC-based recording, and that's starting to make a lot of sense to me.
My question for you would be as follows:
1) Can I run a simple version of ProTools or Cakewalk on a laptop? Or would a desktop be inherently better?
2) What would be the suggested hardware requirements for any PC? Would a 120GB HD suffice to do normal PC applications, plus be able to record and store song files?
Thanks for any advice you can give on this.