Hey guys,
I am buying some new equipment and am hoping to get some feedback to make sure I am getting the right stuff.. My goal is to be able to move lightning fast without drag on sound engine while using super large kontakt libraries.. also, i need mobility.. as far as vocals go, i want to be able to record stuff that is good enough for an album..

One 2016 Retina mac book pro

• 2.5GHz quad-core Intel Core i7
• Turbo Boost up to 3.7GHz
• 16GB 1600MHz memory
• 512GB PCIe-based flash storage1
• Intel Iris Pro Graphics
• AMD Radeon R9 M370X with 2GB GDDR5 memory
• Built-in battery (9 hours)2
• Force Touch trackpad

Switch out internal with solid state 1 tb evo.. and in place of the optical drive a 2 tb samsung Solid state 2.5 hd pro for kontakt and other drum libraries.. one dvd/cd extended drive for the mac..

a regular western digital 4-5 tb to hold all libraries and plug in installer back ups.. as well as a 2 tb drive regular western digital desktop like drive to use as a time machine back up...

One apollo twin duo with neumman tlm 103 running through avalon 747..
One m audio 88 weight key controller..
and mashine studio with ultimate komplete..

Licensed versions of omnisphere, trilian, uvi falcon, and maybe one other great piece of software..

Kind of still confused if i can use the the ultimate komplete to run cracked kontakt libraries.. but other than that, i am feeling good...


Thoughts...

 

my 3 cents:

Storage:
http://www.drobo.com/storage-products/5D/
(Though I would NOT run audio off of this but use it only for storage, I would get yourself a small http://www.glyphtech.com/ to run active projects off of and when inactive move them to storage.)

Backup | 2 Drives:
On one drive:
http://www.shirt-pocket.com/SuperDuper/SuperDuperDescription.html
combined with time machine on another drive.

Controller:
http://www.rolandus.com/products/a-88/

Good luck!