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Topic: Windows laptop that works well with the Babyface PRO FS

I'm in Australia and am looking at buying a new Windows laptop that will work well with the Babyface PRO FS.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?  From what I've read in general a music production laptop should have a decent amount of RAM (I'm currently thinking 32GB) and have good CPU and adequate SSD disk space.  Is there anything else that I should be looking for?
Has anyone found it real easy to get things working with a recent Windows laptop purchase?  If so, could you please share what your setup is?
Does anyone have any problems relating to a recent purchase that they wish to share?
My understanding is that the Babyface PRO FS should run fine on USB 3 but I have read posts where people have had troubles running it through USB 3 ports but had success with USB 2.  Does anyone have some more info on this?

I'll probably just be recording 1 or 2 tracks at a time  - vocal, bass and guitar - but there's a small possibility of wanting to record drums etc down the track.

Thanks heaps in advance.

2 Reply by tonpalt (edited by tonpalt 2024-06-02 10:53:34)

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Re: Windows laptop that works well with the Babyface PRO FS

Hello

3 years ago I bought Gigabyte Aorus 15G KB that works perfectly, I do not recommend it because was designed for Gaming and I’m not a gamer but was a good deal. Here is the reasons why choose it and recommended specs for future proof laptop:

1 - You can avoid Video Production and Gaming laptops, Audio Production is inside of general purposes and for your neeeds Workstation based laptops make no sense.

2 – At least 16” screen, better 17”

3 – At least 32GB RAM and being able upgrading up to 64GB

4 – Dedicated GPU with at least 8 GB VRAM

5 – SD Card reader and numerical keyboard

6 – AMD or Intel? Sure other users here will advice better than me.


thegeneral wrote:

My understanding is that the Babyface PRO FS should run fine on USB 3 but I have read posts where people have had troubles running it through USB 3 ports but had success with USB 2.  Does anyone have some more info on this?

I can’t share any experience about this, my UCXII (also USB2) is connected to my Desktop PC via USB3 and so far 0 problems.


thegeneral wrote:

I'll probably just be recording 1 or 2 tracks at a time  - vocal, bass and guitar - but there's a small possibility of wanting to record drums etc down the track.

Seems the BBF Pro FS is perfect for you and to record drums in near future you can connect an external preamp with ADAT output to the BBF Pro FS ADAT input, for example

RME OctaMic II https://rme-audio.de/octamic-ii.html

or

Audient ASP 880 https://audient.com/products/mic-pres/asp880/overview/

or

SSL Pure Drive Quad https://solidstatelogic.com/products/pu … b=overview

UCX II FW106/34/104 v1.253 TM1.97 - PC Win11 23H2 / Fedora WS 41 - Reaper 7.27
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Re: Windows laptop that works well with the Babyface PRO FS

You do need to be careful with laptops as if there is a bottleneck causing latency it could be a component you can’t change out. That’s why I would use a company that sells laptops tested specifically for audio work. In the UK that is companies like SCAN. Do you have anything like this in Australia?

Babyface Pro Fs, Behringer ADA8200, win 10/11 PCs, Cubase/Wavelab, Adam A7X monitors.
  • From: Valencia, Spain
  • Registered: 2024-04-18
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Re: Windows laptop that works well with the Babyface PRO FS

mkok wrote:

You do need to be careful with laptops as if there is a bottleneck causing latency it could be a component you can’t change out. That’s why I would use a company that sells laptops tested specifically for audio work. In the UK that is companies like SCAN. Do you have anything like this in Australia?

Bravo!

https://www.scan.co.uk/3xs/custom/daw-d … aptops#anc

UCX II FW106/34/104 v1.253 TM1.97 - PC Win11 23H2 / Fedora WS 41 - Reaper 7.27
  • Registered: 2024-06-02
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Re: Windows laptop that works well with the Babyface PRO FS

tonpalt wrote:

Hello

3 years ago I bought Gigabyte Aorus 15G KB that works perfectly, I do not recommend it because was designed for Gaming and I’m not a gamer but was a good deal. Here is the reasons why choose it and recommended specs for future proof laptop:

1 - You can avoid Video Production and Gaming laptops, Audio Production is inside of general purposes and for your neeeds Workstation based laptops make no sense.

2 – At least 16” screen, better 17”

3 – At least 32GB RAM and being able upgrading up to 64GB

4 – Dedicated GPU with at least 8 GB VRAM

5 – SD Card reader and numerical keyboard

6 – AMD or Intel? Sure other users here will advice better than me.


thegeneral wrote:

My understanding is that the Babyface PRO FS should run fine on USB 3 but I have read posts where people have had troubles running it through USB 3 ports but had success with USB 2.  Does anyone have some more info on this?

I can’t share any experience about this, my UCXII (also USB2) is connected to my Desktop PC via USB3 and so far 0 problems.


thegeneral wrote:

I'll probably just be recording 1 or 2 tracks at a time  - vocal, bass and guitar - but there's a small possibility of wanting to record drums etc down the track.

Seems the BBF Pro FS is perfect for you and to record drums in near future you can connect an external preamp with ADAT output to the BBF Pro FS ADAT input, for example

RME OctaMic II https://rme-audio.de/octamic-ii.html

or

Audient ASP 880 https://audient.com/products/mic-pres/asp880/overview/

or

SSL Pure Drive Quad https://solidstatelogic.com/products/pu … b=overview

Thanks so much for your reply tonpalt!  You've provided some really useful info that will help me a lot.  Much appreciated

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Re: Windows laptop that works well with the Babyface PRO FS

mkok wrote:

You do need to be careful with laptops as if there is a bottleneck causing latency it could be a component you can’t change out. That’s why I would use a company that sells laptops tested specifically for audio work. In the UK that is companies like SCAN. Do you have anything like this in Australia?

Thanks heaps mkok.  I'll ask some local suppliers and see if someone can point me in the right direction.  Cheers!