Recording shows using a Mac Laptop

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I recently read a thread about how recording direct to a Computer's Hard Drive would be the next step in progression in recording after the DAT era.

I have been thinking about getting into recording shows lately but have been leary about dropping some serious cash on all that equipment that I could only logically use for recording shows.

But, I have been in the process of picking out a laptop for some time so I figured that these two things would go together quite well.

I am just wondering if people could give me some advice about what I might use. I have looked at various .TXT files from tapers shows but I don't want to go get stuff that people use for DAT recordings when in fact I might want to take an alternate route since I will be recording to a laptop.

Here are my plans so far:

I am looking at getting a 17" Apple Powerbook
- backlit keys a bonus for those dark nights at Alpine :)

I was also thinking about using ProTools for the Audio Recording software for the shows.

[willndmb]

scott brown and bastable use laptops
you should try and talk to them
i heard though that most people who use laptops also run dat backups still

if you want the comp for recording i would go with the 12 inch too
i also wouldn't worry to much about light, if tyou have a spot good enough to tape from you will have lots of bright lights around you and the screen is pretty bright
don't forget every taper should have a mini maglight too :)

here are a few lt sources
Source: DPA (B&K) 4022s > Apogee Minime > Apple PowerBookG4 > Spark ME 2.7 @ 24/48 > Peak 3.2 * > shntool 1.2.0-rc1 > shn

Source: DPA (B&K) 4022s > Lunatec V3 @ 16/44.1 > Metric Halo ULN-2 > Spark XL 2.8 > shntool 1.2.3 > shorten 3.5.1

AKG391 (X/Y) > Edirol UA-5 (Oade w-mod) > Apogee Mini-Me @ 16/44.1 >
Sony VAIO PCG-SRX87 > n-Track 3.2

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That is a lot of great info.

Thanks for the help.

[newscane]

Chris Jones tapes to Mac (even for his matrixed sources from this summer):

6.20.03:
DPA 4015 Wide Cardioid > DPA AO0182 XLR Interconnect > Grace Design Lunatec V3 Pre Stage > Canare XLR/TRS Interconnect > Metric Halo Mobile I/O 2882 +DSP FireWire Interface (clocked internally @ 44.1 kHz) > Apple iBook G3/600/640 > MOTU DP 3.11 (@ 16/44.1)

DPA 4011 Cardioid > DPA AO0182 XLR Interconnect > Metric Halo Mobile I/O 2882 +DSP FireWire Interface (clocked internally @ 44.1 kHz) > Apple iBook G3/600/640 > MOTU DP 3.11 (@ 16/44.1)

Multiple sources tracked to disk real-time; mixed in post.

[willndmb]

what does the 600/640 mean