In this week’s podcast Russ, Dan and Sara are discussing the practicalities of using a laptop as the only computer in a professional studio. Laptops have been suitable for pre-production, songwriting, tracking, mixing and many other things for a long time but so many of us own a desktop for the studio and a second laptop in addition - Why?
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Talking Point 1 - Using a laptop in a pro studio?
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