Today you can take a music production studio in the pockets of your jeans! Pictured P. Series Vaio PC
In recent years technology has become, in size and price, considerably smaller. We live the golden age for those who want to produce music, and this is just the beginning. It's impressive sound quality can be obtained with a home studio. Converters A / D / A, microphones, pre amps and more ... Everything is available at an affordable price, and audio quality so good that only about 10 years ago would have seemed science fiction.
The new frontier is mobile technology, and is reaching unbelievable levels. In the audio world is no exception. Just to see the number of portable audio recorders that have come onto the market in recent years. Some, like the Yamaha Pocket Trak 2G as small as a couple of pencils together. Others like the H4n , but not so small, they are practically a complete study in a single housing.
course there is no more profitable unit in the mobile audio production laptops. Mac or PC, expensive or cheap, and colorful ... Almost any laptop on the market today is capable of supporting a pair of virtual instruments, and some many more audio tracks. I've even been able to run 6 audio tracks and two virtual instruments on a Netbook. Technology is wonderful ...
For audio interfaces are an endless number of options if you want is mobility. My Fast Track Ultra is one of my favorites because of the large amount amlificadores pre connections and combining in a lightweight portable package. If you do not want as much, the new Apogee One seems to be one of the best options for the mobile studio. It even includes its own condenser microphone! Many of the portable audio recorders (such as Zoom), can also function as an audio interface.
course with miniaturization are some sacrifices. . .
For audio interfaces, the smallest and laptops will have fewer connections, and certainly less pre amplifiers. There will always be a sacrifice, it is your duty to find and evaluate if it is not important what you do. For example a device like the new R16 Zoom has tons of features, and certainly many pre amps and connections. However their faders are ultra short, so it is a means of mixing and DAW controller pretty mediocre. Does that improrta? Depends on the application ...
For computers, usually for the price of a notebook can get a desktop with better performance. It is easier to update and maintain it to a desktop PC, and considerably cheaper. Then there is the issue of ergonomics and comfort.
Also, the overheating of laptops is the most common cause of damage. It is not unusual to see a collapse laptop before 2 years of use. Right now I'm repairing a Vaio that over heated so that the CPU thermal compound melted and ran off leaving your site without cooling the processor. The cause? Used the computer on the bed, blocking the air intake is underneath the machine. One could argue that the user's fault but that of our own design of product, but these intakes are very easy to block, and if you use the laptop on a dusty surface, the air intake becomes a vacuum that ends fill the sink with all kinds of particles, eventually leading to overheating and collapse of the system.
When choosing between a laptop and a desktop, the decision should be based on a simple pregutna Why I want a laptop for music production? Some valid reasons to choose a laptop would be:
- Travelling and need / want to keep producing music on the go
- going to make recordings, or do you perform live at different locations
- You can only have one computer, and you need a laptop for your tasks unrelated to
audio.
Choosing a laptop just for the "cool factor " is not a good idea, because you'll end up sacrificing many things to change nothing.
Perhaps the Holy Grail of laptop technology to come true the day we can add a computer in our brains. We could spend all day writing music without disturbing anyone, and nobody would notice. Then mind our recordings via Wi-Fi to our computers, then the internet, and worldwide success! But ... How would presume then our team forums and blogs. . .? :-) Well, it will be a mess when the nano technology to invade the world of digital audio. Meanwhile, today's portable music production technology is a reality, take advantage of it!
The new frontier is mobile technology, and is reaching unbelievable levels. In the audio world is no exception. Just to see the number of portable audio recorders that have come onto the market in recent years. Some, like the Yamaha Pocket Trak 2G as small as a couple of pencils together. Others like the H4n , but not so small, they are practically a complete study in a single housing.
course there is no more profitable unit in the mobile audio production laptops. Mac or PC, expensive or cheap, and colorful ... Almost any laptop on the market today is capable of supporting a pair of virtual instruments, and some many more audio tracks. I've even been able to run 6 audio tracks and two virtual instruments on a Netbook. Technology is wonderful ...
For audio interfaces are an endless number of options if you want is mobility. My Fast Track Ultra is one of my favorites because of the large amount amlificadores pre connections and combining in a lightweight portable package. If you do not want as much, the new Apogee One seems to be one of the best options for the mobile studio. It even includes its own condenser microphone! Many of the portable audio recorders (such as Zoom), can also function as an audio interface.
course with miniaturization are some sacrifices. . .
For audio interfaces, the smallest and laptops will have fewer connections, and certainly less pre amplifiers. There will always be a sacrifice, it is your duty to find and evaluate if it is not important what you do. For example a device like the new R16 Zoom has tons of features, and certainly many pre amps and connections. However their faders are ultra short, so it is a means of mixing and DAW controller pretty mediocre. Does that improrta? Depends on the application ...
For computers, usually for the price of a notebook can get a desktop with better performance. It is easier to update and maintain it to a desktop PC, and considerably cheaper. Then there is the issue of ergonomics and comfort.
Also, the overheating of laptops is the most common cause of damage. It is not unusual to see a collapse laptop before 2 years of use. Right now I'm repairing a Vaio that over heated so that the CPU thermal compound melted and ran off leaving your site without cooling the processor. The cause? Used the computer on the bed, blocking the air intake is underneath the machine. One could argue that the user's fault but that of our own design of product, but these intakes are very easy to block, and if you use the laptop on a dusty surface, the air intake becomes a vacuum that ends fill the sink with all kinds of particles, eventually leading to overheating and collapse of the system.
When choosing between a laptop and a desktop, the decision should be based on a simple pregutna Why I want a laptop for music production? Some valid reasons to choose a laptop would be:
- Travelling and need / want to keep producing music on the go
- going to make recordings, or do you perform live at different locations
- You can only have one computer, and you need a laptop for your tasks unrelated to
audio.
Choosing a laptop just for the "cool factor " is not a good idea, because you'll end up sacrificing many things to change nothing.
Perhaps the Holy Grail of laptop technology to come true the day we can add a computer in our brains. We could spend all day writing music without disturbing anyone, and nobody would notice. Then mind our recordings via Wi-Fi to our computers, then the internet, and worldwide success! But ... How would presume then our team forums and blogs. . .? :-) Well, it will be a mess when the nano technology to invade the world of digital audio. Meanwhile, today's portable music production technology is a reality, take advantage of it!
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