![]() You will want to have at least one USB 3.0 port and hopefully, there will be one or two more available. Likewise, at night or in unlit conditions you won’t see your keyboard at all, so a backlight helps. Screen glare will become a real issue with sunlight or lighting and a matte screen will fix this. There are two added features you should look at if you’re going to take your music production laptop out often – a matte screen and a backlit keyboard. If it’s just for transferring work from home to location and vice-versa, then you’ll have an easier time with a smaller model. Laptops are made to fit in a bag, but you may want extremely portable ones if you carry them around often, along with a lot of other gear. If it’s your studio center at home, then you’ll keep it plugged in often and it’s not so important. If you’re taking the laptop out, then you need more battery life. 13″ will be enough, or you can even go for those ultra-portable 11.6″ models. However, if you need a laptop just to transfer files and hook up your gear (like if you’re recording on location or doing some DJing with the material you sorted out at home) then it’s better to go smaller for portability. Go no less than 15″ if you’re using the laptop for actual production work (17″ would be much better, but pricier). If you’ll be doing a lot of production work, arranging, and playing with tracks and plug-ins, then you will need the space for it. Keep that in mind if you’re going to store all your media files on this laptop since the bigger space SSDs can get really expensive. Everyone recommends an SSD because it has faster writing speeds, which is great for recording multiple simultaneous tracks or lots of file transfers.Īn SSD will offer less space than a regular HDD though. ![]() Still, take it into consideration, since you may need that extra USB port for something else. Since you can attach an external hard disk via USB this may not be so important. If you don’t, you can get by with only 4GB. If you use a lot of sample libraries, then you need a lot – at least the 8GB, but 16GB will have you covered. As for how much you need, most recommend 8GB. Unlike the CPU, you can often upgrade RAM. Otherwise, you’ll be satisfied with anything that’s available today. If you run a lot of VSTs, plug-ins, and even multiple applications simultaneously, you will need a lot. How much CPU power do you need?Ĭhoose carefully, since you won’t be able to upgrade this. Also, take into account whether you already have a dedicated PC or laptop for audio production, as work transfer between a PC and a Mac can get troublesome. It is known that the MAC is more stable than Windows but still has fewer possibilities for upgrading. If it’s misbehaving, you can pay for obedience school or you can train it yourself.īottom line: If you’re not computer savvy and need stability then go for a Mac. A possible place to look could be at a 13.3 ultrabook which would suit your music-making needs. However, a Windows PC can be just as stable if you know how to tame it. Yes – the Mac is more reliable and more stable. The big one! There are so many Mac vs PC debates going on with price and stability. To help narrow your search I will offer a “general public opinion” list of brands and what to consider, but ultimately you will have to check the model spec sheets and pick which suits you best.Īlright, so what specs do I need to consider? Glad you asked! Let’s make a list: 1. You have brands, they have their product lines/series and each series has its models. What you buy is what you have, with little room for improvement. That’s a lot of questions and a lot of things to consider, but I’ll break it down and simplify it as much as possible.īuying a laptop for music production is similar to buying an audio interface, so you should approach it the same. Yes – music production – I know, but under what circumstances? Do you need a center for your home studio?ĭo you need it for a live DJ set? Do you need it for a quick portable studio?ĭo you work with samples or do you record more?ĭo you prefer a PC/Windows environment or a Mac/OSX one? It all depends on what we need a laptop for. ![]() What’s best for me, may not be the best for you and what’s best for us may not be the best for another person. ![]()
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