Re: OT Laptop recommendation needed

["Stephen Goodman" <spgoodman@earthlight.net>]

I’m following this one as well, since I’ll be shopping up a laptop to combine with The Rack Unit when I get back to the US.

 

From: Michael Peters

Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2012 5:06 PM

To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com

Subject: OT Laptop recommendation needed

 

I need a recommendation (for a friend) for a laptop/soundcard combination that can run Cubase and easily record 8 concurrent tracks. That friend of mine (livelooping guitarist Michael Frank, some of you might know him) needs to buy a laptop for music lessons and recording at school (he is a music teacher) and wonders what he should get. He has a budget of 2500 Euros which is plenty I think, but what should he buy (laptop hardware, sound card, software)?

He is familiar with Windows and because Windows is generally cheaper than Macs, we thought a Windows laptop (Windows7 64bit) is the way to go, but if there is good reason to buy a Mac, maybe he would consider that too.

The laptop/soundcard should be able to easily record at least 8 tracks concurrently. Which soundcard is best suited (somebody suggested a Focusrite 8 channel card)? Is that something all current laptops can do, speed-wise, or does it already require a very fast harddisk? USB or Firewire?

The package would also include a version of Cubase (which one?), a DVD burner, and a beamer.

thanks bunches -Michael