Buying a Laptop for Music Production

Series Summary

The Greek philosophers believed that music was an orderly array of notes, which comprised melodies and harmonies floating in a linear fashion. Music has explored countless boundaries and styles, which in turn has created a variety of new forums for listeners. From bands like the Velvet Underground to singers like Luciano Pavarotti, music has captivated audiences throughout the world. But for the rest of the world to hear your music, you must first record you music and then hopefully have a hit record. In this free video on music recording, an experienced sound engineer explains the process of recording a record. Get tips on how to set up a home music recording studio and what the best computer for recording music is. Learn about drum machines, creating beats and using synthesizers. Find out how to write a hit song and all about music publishing. There are many things to learn about the music industry, but with this free video series, anyone can start recording their own music.

Video Transcript

"When buying a laptop for music production there's a few things, and I have personal biases involved here as well, that you need to consider. First, the strength and power of the computer, that's both in the processor power and the amount of RAM that you have available for you to use. I personally prefer Macintosh computers. I find with a lot of PC's you find artifacts put into the audio. Clicks, buzzes, pops, not anything you recorded just something when the hard drive is writing the information just an artifact that's put on there. So Macintosh computers, very stable, very powerful, well put together, pretty rugged in fact. You want to have a lot of processor strength. They're making quad-cores, dual-processors. So there's a lot of that to be had. Laptops will work just fine, especially in situations where you're going to a venue, going remote recording. So Macintosh supports a wide range of musical platforms, hardware, software, including ProTools made by DigiDesign. Logic is in there, Acid Loops, all the different kinds of things that you would add in and have programs running simultaneously. They typically have enough power and they're coming out with laptops now that will support. You can bring a little M-Box with you which is two inputs two outputs, up to a Digio1, Digio2. So you get greater frequency range, bit depth and the power of portability. Great for home use as well."