Members schecterc1lh Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 what are the main differences between the mac book, the mac book pro, and the imac? Which would be best for recording purposes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members seifukusha Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 i record on an ibook..ive heard people recording on g3s....macs are great, pricey though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members schecterc1lh Posted March 23, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 are those the older versions? does it handle recording well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members girevik Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 Always check this site first before buying a Mac - they've very good at updating when it's a good time to buy a particular model:http://buyersguide.macrumors.com/ As of today, they say don't buy an iMac. Next week, who knows? If you only have a vague idea of your recording needs, just get a Macbook, not the Pro model. The Pro is for people who need a UAD Xpander, Apogee, etc. type high-end gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members schecterc1lh Posted March 23, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 so for good-to great demo recordings would a typical macbook be okay? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members girevik Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 so for good-to great demo recordings would a typical macbook be okay?Should be. I can't complain about the demos I recorded on my now-ancient iBook (any bad recordings were due to my poor sound engineering skills, not the tech - eg. recording with digital clipping! ). The Macbook has a crapload more horsepower than that little ol' thing.Just get an audio interface to go with that Macbook - do not rely on the built in audio for your demos. Lots of people use MOTU and M-Audio. Some love the Apogee Duet, which is much cheaper than its expensive cousins - only 2 channels of recording but that might be enough for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members schecterc1lh Posted March 23, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 i will need about 10-12 channels to do it how i want lol, the macbooks come with garageband correct? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members schecterc1lh Posted March 23, 2008 Author Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 im looking at these ibooks, and you can get them pretty cheap! could you upgrade those to make them like the newer one, such as software? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members girevik Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 im looking at these ibooks, and you can get them pretty cheap! could you upgrade those to make them like the newer one, such as software? Upgrade an ibook to a Macbook by software? No. You have a decent number of choices if you need to record up to 12 channels of audio at the same time. MOTU, M-Audio, Edirol, Presonus, and others all make audio interfaces boxes with that many inputs. More inputs cost more. Our band tried to record one to two parts at a time because we had a MBox with only 2 inputs. That was not fun. On the other hand, my bandmate is used to recording 10+ tracks of audio with that same M-Box. She just has to record each track one at a time. So, she can't record herself singing and playing two keyboards at the same time (voice is one channel, keyboards is 4 total). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members SUPER VELCROBOY Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 depends.... i am sort of a traveling guy and do everything on the go, so i like my macbook for the budget. If you want a home machine, imac is a great choice. We have one at work, and i can guarantee you it's a great machine as well as being the most beautiful imac apple ever made! it comes with 250 GB hardrive, 1 gig RAM upgradable to 4GIG, firewire 400 and 800, wireless aiport, USB, wireless keyboard, etc etc. It would make a great machine! You just have to decide on what interface to use. I used a digidesign mbox 2 mini with my macbook, which works well enough. I would strongly recommend buying more RAM and buying a firewire hardrive also for backing up and recording. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members mrweems Posted March 23, 2008 Members Share Posted March 23, 2008 My MBP is amazing. It is going to be just fine for recording. I just bought a motu 8 pre. So i'm pretty much set. though on a more permanent situation, i want a tower. yah know the really really really fast and powerful mother{censored}er ones! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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