Tell Me If I'm On The Right Track Here Please!

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I'm a newbie of sorts... I have lots of studio experience as a songwriter on the lyrical/melodic end, co-produced (again on the vocal end) back in the day... I want to start making my own beats as well when i write... and eventually fully producing and writing.

The music will generally be Caribbean (Dancehall, Reggae, Reggaeton & Soca) with some R&B, Hip Hop and Dance thrown in at times...

Anyway... I'm about to buy a laptop.. tell me if i'm going in the right direction.

I'm planning to get a 15-inch MacBook Pro 2.0Ghz, with 1 G of RAM the 7200 RPM 100 Gig Hard drive.

I'm also getting Logic 7 Pro, Reason and a few other such plug ins...

In addition, I'm getting the M-Audio O2 25-Key USB keyboard controller to input stuff...

Any thoughts? Critiques?
 
Why God, oh why, do so many people want to record on to LAPTOPS!!?????!

Sorry I had to vent here for a moment. Nothing personal.

  • Your bang for the buck factor is lower... you pay more, you get less.
  • They break.
  • They break.
  • They break.
  • You can't fix them yourself.
  • Have I mentioned that they break?
  • You can't scavenge parts from them.
  • They grow legs and walk.
 
IslandMuzikk said:
I'm also getting Logic 7 Pro, Reason and a few other such plug ins...
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You're biting off a big chunk of learnin' there, Mr. Muzikk.

And wheelema says, laptops are prone to all kinds of problems so I would recommend, if you're stuck on the idea of a laptop, that you get a low-priced PC and try an easy to master program set like Fruity Loops and Tracktion. They will give you a good jump into the world of computer music, and you can see just how much you're really going to use it without spending silly money on a Macintosh. You can get pro-quality stuff out of Fruity Loops and Tracktion, so there's no worry about them being inferior, soundwise or otherwise, to Logic and Reason except in the ways that you won't get to for at least a year of dilligent, constant use.










wheelema said:
You can't scavenge parts from them.
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Sure you can.

I have a 20 gig hard drive from one of my old laptops happily spinning inside my MPC1000.


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ssscientist said:
You're biting off a big chunk of learnin' there, Mr. Muzikk.

And wheelema says, laptops are prone to all kinds of problems so I would recommend, if you're stuck on the idea of a laptop, that you get a low-priced PC and try an easy to master program set like Fruity Loops and Tracktion. They will give you a good jump into the world of computer music, and you can see just how much you're really going to use it without spending silly money on a Macintosh. You can get pro-quality stuff out of Fruity Loops and Tracktion, so there's no worry about them being inferior, soundwise or otherwise, to Logic and Reason except in the ways that you won't get to for at least a year of dilligent, constant use.











Sure you can.

I have a 20 gig hard drive from one of my old laptops happily spinning inside my MPC1000.


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That's weird, cause i knew quite a few guys who been producing (local hits too) for a few years well on their laptops...
 
If you've got money to spare or burn or whatever cliche you choose, go ahead with your original plan.

In my opinoin it's foolish to ask for advice and then ignore it, but maybe you know better...


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If you think you can work right on a laptop then go for it. See which one you feel comfortable working with.
 
So far the responses here have not been too encouraging... :(
 
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