iMac or MBA

[Vandefilm]

Hi all,

I am varily new mac user, I own a 2012 MBA since august and this is my first apple-experience. I love it so far and also have an iPhone 5. But I'm not the most experienced person when it comes to apple/mac's.

I use my MBA mainly for video-editing, and one of the things I edit is music-video's of me playing the piano. I record with the Yeti-blue mic. My setup (27inch Dell monitor) is upstairs and my piano is downstairs. So I use my MBA to record sound and a HD-camera to record video and edit it upstairs.
I absolutely love the MBA, but since I'm not really travelling with it (other than in my house) I thought of selling my MBA and my Dell monitor and switching it for an iMac (also better for video-editing) and an iPad. The problem is, how do I record sound since my Yeti mic. only has USB and the iPad doesn't have a USB-port and I'm not going to transfer my iMac up- and downstairs all the time .

Any thoughts on what the best solution for me is?

 

[comatose81]

Didn't you answer your own question?

 

[pukingpixels]

Keep the MBA, sell the Dell monitor and buy the iMac?

 

[Vandefilm]

Ofcourse, but I was thinking in terms of money-saving. So selling MBA and Dell and buying iMac and iPad (doesnt need to be the iPad 4) is cheaper I was thinking?

 

[mihai.ile]

why not sell the air, the monitor, buy an iMac and an older 13" macbook for less than a new iPad?
It is not going to cost you that much this way and it does not matter that the old macbook will not be the fastest thing around since you will have the iMac for heavy things...

 

[jclardy]

Have you tried the USB camera connection kit for the iPad?

I have a Blue Snowball mic and it worked on my iPad 3 with the CCK. I only tried it once though and I now have an iPad mini (and no USB->Lightning adapter yet.)

 

[medi.freak]

sell the monitor, and the MBA 13"

buy yourself the iMac and a used 11" MBA !

best setup, if you ask me

 

[Vandefilm]

Thanks for the ideas! I think i'm gonna stick with my MBA and buy a 2011 iMac and sell my monitor. The new iMac is out of my budget.

 

[Vandefilm]

Thank you so much, it was just that bit of info I needed. I understand how it works now and I now have a working double block!! I love you so much! You help but don't spoon feed which is soooo much better because it means we actually learn! Thanks again!





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Oh shut up .