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KeymasterSure it is. I just put an SSD into my 13” Macbook Pro. You just should have a good techie friend do it, as the connectors are a bit** you know and disassembly is like when they dismantle those atomic bombs in movies… If you want to do it yourself go to MacFixit.com and look for a picture walkthrough. They also offer all the necessary tools you need in packages.
I also just put a SSD into my iMac, since what apple charges for SSDs is absolutely over the top.. just bought a OCZ at a local dealer and put it in with the macfixit kit.April 5, 2012 at 6:20 pm in reply to: External HD vs Internal Laptop Drive for music storage? #18031KeymasterWell I am new to digital DJing, but I work with Apple Computers for about 20 years now in my daytime job.
As I am an old DJ I have a huge song collection and its about 200 gigs, since I really converted all my vinyls (yeah call me crazy). Now playing from an internal drive is really really cool, but playing and juggling songs from an external USB 2 or better will also be no problem for any Mac. However if you play small loops and samples, the latency of USB might be a showstopper for you.
Again this can easily be solved (and I suppose same goes for windows) if you use a firewire drive, as they are much lover latency in the protocol. Most HP laptops I know also have firewire ports nowadays.
If you are in for spending some real money however I just had a crazy setup for testing on my desk (sadly it was only for show and I had to give it back AAAAHHH): MacBook 15inch with internal SSD drive. – no moving parts – fast as hell, this thing can take it in your hands and shake it like a mixing bowl and it will still play your songs. And the external thunderbolt SSD we tried on it from Vestax was no slower (if not faster) than the internal SSD.
Downside… that rig costs a ton and the distributer pulled it out of my hands even when I started crying heheSo the general approach internal is faster will go away once more companies will adopt thunderbolt devices and SSDs get cheaper. (Intel today announced a close to 50% price drop in SSDs in the coming months) In the long run I will definitely go that way.
April 4, 2012 at 11:43 am in reply to: Can Anyone Recommend Me A Good Pair Of Headphones In The Range Of 70 $ Or Less? #17934KeymasterZomo HD-1200s, just got them and love em. They beat my old Sennheisers that costed double or triple that and they are not only good, punchy and responding, they also look nice around your neck.
KeymasterWhat do you think off the KRK Rokit 5s? I know that is prolly over your budget, but to me listening to them in our local shop, they sounded really good.
I’ll give the AV40s a listen as soon as I can.
I have soundsticks (actually for a lil gaming and not for DJ use) and they sound really good, but beware if you want to really crank it up, they do better in low to mid volume range, when the woofer shines. Also do not expect mid-range wonders from those cute drivers…KeymasterMarketing Manager at an IT company… I like my daytime job…
KeymasterI can totally relate, I am 38 now (for a few days hehe) and I feel the same.
Best of Luck to you on your new ventures!
We should think about an event for “old DJs” like “geriatric beat festival” hehe (little self ironic is never bad…)KeymasterFor Backup I have an external Firewire Raid Drive. You can get lots of free and good backup software for Macs or use the built in TimeMachine. So my tunes will hopefully not get lost.
I use smart playlists a lot, it has lots of features as when I have sets of compilations etc. I use stacked smart playlist (e.g. Smart playlist with added options).
I also totally agree: Tag and Rate. No matter what system you develop, you need to have one. For the few gigs I played digital so far I simply made folder playlists with what I inteded to include in the set. Preparation is everything (back in the day you packed your vinyls in your system order, today pack your set playlists…)
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