Tech: Home recording

Subject: Tech: Home recording
From: GUEST,Confused by Pro Tools
Date: 02 May 09 - 04:38 AM

I've recently bought a Pro Tools M Box 2 and found that it was too clever for my current hardware. Therefore I want to but a laptop just for recording with the M box 2 and LE software. I've looked on the Pro Tools website at the compatability stuff and it's left me more confused than when I started. Can anyone help with advice on what to buy so I can just load up my software and get going. It may be wise to say I'm UK based.

Subject: RE: Tech: Home recording
From: Acorn4
Date: 02 May 09 - 04:41 AM

From what I've heard, get one with XP rather than Vista as the latter has a lot of problems with audio.

Subject: RE: Tech: Home recording
From: Mick Pearce (MCP)
Date: 02 May 09 - 05:51 AM

Confused - I run an old Mbox with Pro Tools 7 under XP/Pro. The only thing that caused me problems originally was low memory causing frequent "interrupts held off" messages. That was when I had only 512Mb. Once I moved up to 1Gb it was fine (If you have a new laptop, then I imagine you have no problems with memory). The only other thing I remember from the compatibility was that it required a 7200rpm disc drive and specified Firewire rather than USB if you're using an external drive. I can't comment on this latter; I run from internal discs on a desktop machine.

If you can specify more exactly what your problems are I'll try and help. (If you become a member - there are no string/dangers to this - you can send me a personal message (PM) (see drop down Quick Links). Pro Tools is a great piece of software - it's worth making the effort to get it going!

Mick