Quote from: Wontolla on January 11, 2016, 05:31:18 amGET AN AUDIO INTERFACE.All you really need is an interface.I'm gonna add to this, any decent PC with enough of RAM and a great audio interface will do wonders for you.I've been working on the same mid-2012 macbook 13" and only just recently upgraded my ram and hard drive a few months ago from 4GB to 8GB and I've almost never had a project crash on me since then. If you have a decent interface to do all the thinking for your audio apart from just your PC will help a lot too. This is just my experience. Most of my VSTs are very CPU/RAM hungry..The interface part is really important though.
GET AN AUDIO INTERFACE.All you really need is an interface.
GET AN AUDIO INTERFACE.My production PC is a VAIO laptop more than five years old. The specs:*Core i7 1.73 GHz*8 GB RAM (upgraded from 4GB, but it worked fine before)*7200 RPM drive (1 TB) no SSD*Desktop Pod HD (guitar effects processor) as an audio interfaceAn interface is the easiest way to reduce latency. Other than that, if you've got plenty of decently fast storage for samples and projects, you're golden. In fact, unless you're using huge sample banks or layering more than 50 synths in every project, don't even worry about RAM.All you really need is an interface.I just built a new desktop (with the thread Babas linked) and I'm moving all my stuff on to that, but I'm definitely keeping this laptop around for future DJing and producing on the go. I kind of want to trash it out of spite for Sony, but regardless who put the parts together, a solid machine is a solid machine. Maybe I can pry the VAIO emblem off the back.
Quote from: aaron on January 11, 2016, 06:04:48 amQuote from: Wontolla on January 11, 2016, 05:31:18 amGET AN AUDIO INTERFACE.All you really need is an interface.I'm gonna add to this, any decent PC with enough of RAM and a great audio interface will do wonders for you.I've been working on the same mid-2012 macbook 13" and only just recently upgraded my ram and hard drive a few months ago from 4GB to 8GB and I've almost never had a project crash on me since then. If you have a decent interface to do all the thinking for your audio apart from just your PC will help a lot too. This is just my experience. Most of my VSTs are very CPU/RAM hungry..The interface part is really important though. Can you guys suggest an Audio Interface for me?
Quote from: aaron on January 11, 2016, 06:04:48 am Can you guys suggest an Audio Interface for me?Focusrite Scarlett Solo/Presonus Audiobox Two
Can you guys suggest an Audio Interface for me?
Quote from: aspenfox on January 10, 2016, 10:41:15 pmKind of surprised to see you say it starts to get choppy on you with even smaller projects, since you're on AMD processor that's more powerful than mine. Do you do anything to maximize your processing power during a session? There isn't usually too much happening in my projects since i'm still learning, maybe 20 or 30 layers with 3-4 Sylenth1, some automations and loads of effects in the mixer from eq to reverb and more. A friend told me that it might be a problem in the installation of the drivers so i'll try installing everything again.
Kind of surprised to see you say it starts to get choppy on you with even smaller projects, since you're on AMD processor that's more powerful than mine. Do you do anything to maximize your processing power during a session?
Due to work I need to be pretty mobile ... so 2.6GHz quadcore i7 MSI laptop, 16GB Ram, little Focusrite interface. ...and I'm good.
Hows that MSI working out for you? Thinking about going all in and buying one in the next couple months.
