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Rain Recording Livebook L7 Laptop Audio Computer

Core 2 Duo power on the road.

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"Lacking ANY useful features for musicians, like built-in high quality audio I/O, phantom power, or maybe something neat like fad" submitted May 21, 2008

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Musical Background: Recording Engineer
Music Style: various / world music
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Sound: its a sham... its just a regular laptop computer... there's not even a high quality music I/O built in, let alone faders or controllers. I could use any number of notebooks to achieve the exact same thing, and I'd have to shell out less for most of them, leaving me more money to buy the actual musician's goodies you need to make this do anything :P I'm flabbergasted at this brazen attempt at selling us the emperor's new clothes... Feature: there are no music specific features, unless you buy other stuff, which will then make for extra little boxes and extra power cables. Make a laptop with some audio I/O and built in faders, phantom power for our microphones, so we can actually carry less crap around... Why would I buy an ugly no-name product that has nothing over any Apple, Sony or HP notebook??? Ease of Use: Ease of use... for musicians: none for the same reasons stated above. Quality: just a middle of the road no-name OEM notebook. You can probably find the exact same thing in 30 different adds in computer shopper from companies like Sager etc. Lame... Value: where IS the special value to a musician? I can sell you some snake oil to make your fingers play faster too. Manufacturer Support: no idea, didn't use The Wow Factor: a bit lacking in the design department for any "I want it" factor... maybe if it came with a Luis Vuitton handbag for my girlfriend :P Overall: humm, yeah, what more to say...
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"Great Laptop DAW less about flash and more about getting to work. Solid." submitted June 22, 2008

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Musical Background: Active Musician and Engineer
Music Style: Rock and others
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Sound: While it's difficult to judge a laptop DAW for sound as your monitors and soundcard are what provide that, I can say that the on-board speakers provide a nice sound quality for watching the occasional DVD, playing back MP3's etc. This laptop is also fairly quiet which is really nice as fan noise can be a problem on most laptops- not with the LiveBook though. Feature: The LiveBook comes with a few nice accessories. One really useful one is the separate FireWire card which helped when I discovered my Presonus Firebox doesn't always play so well with certain cards. It did work great with the LiveBook though. Ease of Use: It was very easy to get started recording and making beats. I opted for audio integration which meant that all of my software and interface was set up and ready to go when it arrived. Very nice touch. Quality: It is very well constructed. Feels real sturdy and the picture quality of the screen is very impressive. I have had several laptops from many companies like Dell and HP and can honestly say this is a breath of fresh air. It's a LOT more stable for recording music!! Value: So far so good. I really like this laptop DAW and am getting a lot of great use out of it. It feels solid and run very well. Manufacturer Support: Rain's support has been very helpful though I have only contacted them a few times with set-up questions mostly, they were always friendly and provided great answers quickly. The Wow Factor: Hard to comment on se appeal of a laptop, I have had some ugly laptops, but this certainly isn't if that says anything. Overall, I think it's a great DAW. Overall: This was exactly what my home studio needed. I move around doing live shows, but needed something I could set up at home and use as a DAW too and this fits the bill perfectly. I don't see the need to replace it and it seems like I'll get a lot of use out of it over the next few years.
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