I am awaiting receipt of an instrument called a Re.corder which looks
vaguely like a Descant recorder but is also a MIDI controller. It comes
with an app for iOS and Android which will get me going.
However, if I want to use it with a PC or Windows laptop there's a fair
bit of work and expense involved with no real guarantee of success. It
seems to be different with a MacBook of some sort since they appear to
have built in MIDI along with Garage Band and a variety of DAWs and VST
hosts at astonishingly reasonable prices.
Any musicians here who can tell me what musical stuff comes with a used MacBook that runs Big Sur (is that the latest?) and/or who can make recommendation for a reasonably priced DAW or VST host?
Any MacBook models to avoid, I am looking for used around ÂŁ500?
I am awaiting receipt of an instrument called a Re.corder which looks
vaguely like a Descant recorder but is also a MIDI controller. It
comes with an app for iOS and Android which will get me going.
However, if I want to use it with a PC or Windows laptop there's a
fair bit of work and expense involved with no real guarantee of
success. It seems to be different with a MacBook of some sort since
they appear to have built in MIDI along with Garage Band and a variety
of DAWs and VST hosts at astonishingly reasonable prices.
Any musicians here who can tell me what musical stuff comes with a
used MacBook that runs Big Sur (is that the latest?) and/or who can
make recommendation for a reasonably priced DAW or VST host?
Any MacBook models to avoid, I am looking for used around ÂŁ500?
Thanks.
I don't know what kind of CPU/GPU grunt you would need for audio stuff?
I'd guess a Macbook Pro is probably better?
One other thing... if you did want a laptop, the 2012 non-Retina Macbook
Pro
is the last upgradeable Mac laptop - DIMM slot, SATA drive, DVD. They run >Catalina officially, and later OSes unofficially. They can be had for
about
ÂŁ200.
On 11/07/2021 in message <wXB*XOSoy@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk> Theo wrote:
One other thing... if you did want a laptop, the 2012 non-Retina Macbook Pro >> is the last upgradeable Mac laptop - DIMM slot, SATA drive, DVD. They run >> Catalina officially, and later OSes unofficially. They can be had for about >> Ł200.
Many thanks Theo and thanks for adding the Mac group, I'm so used to effectively only having one viable group for PCs I forgot to look for a
Mac group!
I am thinking of targeting an early 2015 MacBook Pro with an i5 CPU so
will keep my eyes open and hope for responses on music/MIDI software.
Thanks again :-)
On 11/07/2021 in message<wXB*XOSoy@news.chiark.greenend.org.uk> Theo wrote:
One other thing... if you did want a laptop, the 2012 non-Retina Macbook Pro
is the last upgradeable Mac laptop - DIMM slot, SATA drive, DVD. They run Catalina officially, and later OSes unofficially. They can be had for
about
ÂŁ200.
Many thanks Theo and thanks for adding the Mac group, I'm so used to effectively only having one viable group for PCs I forgot to look for a
Mac group!
I am thinking of targeting an early 2015 MacBook Pro with an i5 CPU so
will keep my eyes open and hope for responses on music/MIDI software.
Thanks again :-)
Youąre looking at a 2015 i5. This will handle most things, just be aware
that some later plugins use some fairly graphically intense coding, particularly reverbs. Get an SSD. Do not even consider trying to do this on an HDD, if youąre using Logic you will see the łSystem audio overload˛
dialog a -lot-, and it will annoy the hell out of you.
You’re looking at a 2015 i5. This will handle most things, just be aware that some later plugins use some fairly graphically intense coding, particularly reverbs. Get an SSD. Do not even consider trying to do this on an HDD, if you’re using Logic you will see the “System audio overload” dialog a -lot-, and it will annoy the hell out of you.
Any MacBook models to avoid, I am looking for used around ÂŁ500?
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