Reaper LAPTOP Suggestions?

[tech]

Brand new to Reaper.

Need a laptop that will handle 22+ track recording from an X32 Desk.

What do you recommend? (and why - if you feel like typing)

[Fergler]

Anything with an SSD, at least 2gb of RAM (unlikely to find less than 4GB or 2GB dual core nowadays, new), and a decent video card to handle general purpose use. A decent video card nowadays is pretty cheap. I'd say a Dell or Acer laptop within the 4-600 dollar range is probably good enough, though you may have to purchase the SSD separately.

The SSD is a must, trust me. Your recording life will be 100x easier with it.

[tech]

was thinking something like Asus N550:

http://www.trustedreviews.com/asus-n..._Laptop_review

[joelsampson]

Welcome to REAPER!

Probably obvious, but an Intel i7 with as much RAM as you can stuff into it, which would probably be 16G (two 8G boards). All current laptops should have USB 3. It's hard to find Firewire anymore. . .

[serr]

Originally Posted by tech

Brand new to Reaper.

Need a laptop that will handle 22+ track recording from an X32 Desk.

What do you recommend? (and why - if you feel like typing)

If all you are doing is recording 22 channels of multitrack (even 96k program) and not mixing the live sound or doing anything else with the computer, just about any old C2D machine with a standard 7200rpm HDD would be more than enough.

If your plan is to take over the live mix with the computer (just using the x32 as an interface) while simultaneously recording the 22 channels of inputs (+ the track outputs from any fx you run live), then you need a SSD first (OS/apps/audio all on the SSD) and I'd recommend an i7 to give you some headroom.

Just for a data point though, the older C2D Macbook Pro in my signature with it's SSD lets me mix 36 channels live with quite a few plugins up while recording all the multitrack. CPU use in the 90% range doing that though while the i7 doing the same gig just idles through it.

[Giano]

Can´t you run Reaper from an i3 Laptop, too ? Why i7? and there is also i5!

[plamuk]

Originally Posted by tech

Brand new to Reaper.

Need a laptop that will handle 22+ track recording from an X32 Desk.

What do you recommend? (and why - if you feel like typing)

depends largely on what kind of music you're making -- how fx, instrument heavy etc

go refurbished, if you need a powerful workhorse.

[lpcrispo]

Originally Posted by Giano

Can´t you run Reaper from an i3 Laptop, too ? Why i7? and there is also i5!

you can, but if you have a lot of tracks with all their own FX on them... you will have problems doing it with a i3... then, with a couple more tracks -> problem with the i5... and finaly with even more tracks, with the i7...

[tech]

The tracks are subsequently given to an editor so its really just for recording.

Sounds like an i7 would be more than enough?

Could I get away with something less?

[serr]

Originally Posted by tech

The tracks are subsequently given to an editor so its really just for recording.

Sounds like an i7 would be more than enough?

Could I get away with something less?

Any C2D machine with a 7200rpm HDD would be more power than you'd ever use for just recording without also running the live mix. You'd never even scratch the surface of an i7 machine. Even an old G4 would do what you're asking actually.

[rightonthemark]

i have a dell inspiron n5050 intel core i3-2350m cpu @ 2.30ghz with 6gb ram and have used a roland ua-1g; a tascam us-600 & a tascam us-1641 with success.

the first one recorded with the band all at once together.




this next one was with each part recorded separately.