Shopping advice for a new recording laptop?

[Kamanda~SD]

Re: Shopping advice for a new recording laptop?

That is a 'general rule' many people follow. I haven't done any tests myself on the matter though. With that said, I have an active box but all my guitars/ bass have passive pickups.

With anything in the recording world, it's all about what sounds best for that application.

 

[TwilightOdyssey]

Re: Shopping advice for a new recording laptop?

With anything in the recording world, it's all about what sounds best for that application.

This. Ultimately, no one cares what the impedance is. Does it sound good to you?

 

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: Shopping advice for a new recording laptop?

I’m going to try setting my computer up for audio this weekend.

 

[NegativeEase]

Re: Shopping advice for a new recording laptop?

If your guitar tone is clean and phasey, funky, scooped, or Mark Knopflered, -Using a DI is preferred in many cases over an amp -especially Single Coils

Listen to any classic Curtis Mayfield for example -all that Guitar is a phantom powered DI straight into the console.

 

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: Shopping advice for a new recording laptop?

If your guitar tone is clean and phasey, funky, scooped, or Mark Knopflered, -Using a DI is preferred in many cases over an amp -especially Single Coils

Listen to any classic Curtis Mayfield for example -all that Guitar is a phantom powered DI straight into the console.

I’ll keep that in mind. Sometimes I use Strats with scooped singlecoil tones.

 

[Old Guy]

Re: Shopping advice for a new recording laptop?

If your guitar tone is clean and phasey, funky, scooped, or Mark Knopflered, -Using a DI is preferred in many cases over an amp -especially Single Coils

Listen to any classic Curtis Mayfield for example -all that Guitar is a phantom powered DI straight into the console.

It kinda depends what pre-amp is in the console and how the signal is processed.

*Most* recorded guitar is actually either micced or through plug ins through an interface. I don't *think* DI is done that much. Unless you are referring to DI as through an interface and plug ins. I would venture to say that there is a lot more digital recording with plug ins than people think.

 

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: Shopping advice for a new recording laptop?

I probably don’t want to run amp sim plug-ins all the time. I should have bought a Power Mac if I wanted to do that.

I sound exactly like Curtis Mayfield.

 

[NegativeEase]

Re: Shopping advice for a new recording laptop?

It kinda depends what pre-amp is in the console and how the signal is processed.

*Most* recorded guitar is actually either micced or through plug ins through an interface. I don't *think* DI is done that much. Unless you are referring to DI as through an interface and plug ins. I would venture to say that there is a lot more digital recording with plug ins than people think.

Good point -Probably should have clarified my comment -by DI -I mean converting the output signal of a guitar to line level (and before a ADC of course) without the use of an amp and Mic and Mic Preamp etc. Either by an external box or interface. I prefer old external DI -Modern Interfaces tend to have less than stellar interaction directly with guitar pickups. Mayfield like so many Motown/Soul/Blues/Funk players were using late 60s UTC DI boxes straight into preferred RCA, NEVE and later SoundCraft consoles -how do I know? I have 2 UTC boxes he gave me when I was young.

 

[Little Pigbacon]

Re: Shopping advice for a new recording laptop?

Curtis Mayfield never gave me any DI boxes.