I'm going to be using this for recording live music using Pre Sonus One 2 Professional software. Will this laptop handle it?
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it should. cause i am able to run games flawlessly so it should handle well
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Yes it will, I use it with Virtual DJ when performing in small events. You jus need to adjust some settings in the options menu in Virtual DJ
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Hi, I've never used the presonus but i do own the focusrite saffire pro 40 and I can tell you that it's pretty good! The preamps are very clean and have enough gain to power any mic. I went with the focusrite because it is a repected company and also because I saw equipment from them on every studio I've visited, but at the end it's your decision. :)
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I wouldn't advise it. For your purposes, and to ensure quality recordings, I would advise a laptop with faster processor speed and more memory. This is a decent little laptop for general purpose computing, but you require something with more robust capacity. If you're trying to keep it cheap, consider the Lenovo S415.
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It works with either PC or Mac. You can do effects while recording but there will be more delay monitoring through your DAW than monitoring through the saffire.
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Hi every one!! I have to clear a doubt before I buy this item, I love to use midi and playback instruments especially with Reason (obviously I take advantage on recording at the same time), my doubt is if I will have playback latency with this unit as it does not use an internal PCI card? Thanks in advance
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Absolutely!!! It's a great live Music recorder. You have the option also of reducing the sensitivity of the Mic for recording sounds in high decibel areas such as concerts , which helps in reducing distortion. In my opinion a collector's item .
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You need an interface, and it depends what are you using it for, multitrack recording or just one input. Personus makes nice affordable interfaces, but there are others.
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It has an award winning (it won a Grammy)sound chip built in so it should do it well enough, though I have not had accasion to use that option yet I am well satisfied with playback quality, hope this helps .
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No, no, and NO. The card is only capable of a 20ms latency running ASIO - no where near what you'll need for audio production. Nothing but clicks and pops during playback and especially during multitracking. I sent mine back because of this, and the fact that the RCA outputs buzzed like crazy. If you're looking to produce music, get a decent IO system from M-Audio or Presonus, and either a firewire or thunderbolt card, depending on what the IO supports. Do NOT buy this card for music production.
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Yes, it should work quite well if you get all the settings correct (in the Control Panel Sound app make sure the "Recording" tab has the "Line" setting turned on).
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For the price you will get solid performance. All the specs are listed on the amazon page. The only problem I ran is with 64bit operating systems
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I can't tell for sure. I bought that Sound Card for output mostly. The sound is great rhough. However the software included allows you do many things .Good luck
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I also got a laptop. I bought a Focusrite Scarlett 6i6 and it works well with MixCraft. At first I was scared 'cuz it didn't recognize the 3rd and 4th inputs from the Focusrite, but I just needed to change some settings in the Preference section, to ASIO and it was solved. Four channels at the same time, which is sufficient for me, for the moment. I also got a Zoom H4N and it also works fine with it. I still havent tried to connect both the Focusrite and the H4n and check if I can do a simultaneos 8-channel recording.
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I love this device. I own 2 of themOne for my home recording studioAnd I turn one of them in to Live Digital Mixer by using "MultiRack" software
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I am running Windows 7 Pro 64 Bit (retail) with 4gb ram on my 1410. I can confirmed all drivers work right away - wifi, video, audio, hdmi, LAN, touchpad (though you might want to install the acer version). I have not tested the webcam but i'm sure it'll work. There is an update to the video driver and LAN. I agree with John. The dual core with the SU4100 processor should be out sometimes after windows 7 release. But the price may be over the $500 price mark. I think the SU3500 chip in the 1410 should be fine for most tasks - it can even handle 720P and 1080P files.
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i don't know anything about "arturia". sorry about that. but you'll be better off with a sound card that has "asio" tech. "asio" tech. doesn't rely on your cpu for the software performance. my acid studio took to it like a hungry dog. i've taken reg. wav. files (songs i recorded years ago", and drag & drop it on a track without a problem. had to burn cd's on the slowest speed, or the program would crash / lock up. its also tempermental with "midi files" and recording them. now, its only $18 so its not a bank breaker. you shouldn't have to get a 2nd mortgage on your home. i have creative sound blaster x-fi platinuim sound card / system. it was a real cool deal about 8 years ago and still is capable of doing a high-end job. you might look in that direction for doing music / computer / studio quality projects. i just invested a small fortune in "avid protools" and a "avid m-box 3". but haven't tried it out yet. i'm trying to get away with what i can on this old computer (os is windows xp with sp3). i don't know how much money your willing to invest or how much you already have invested, so if you can afford better software and have a pc that can handle it, my advice is "you get what you pay for".