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The audio quality of the built-in I/O on any computer is questionable, but high-fidelity is not always the first priority. Personally I like great sound quality but regardless, built-in audio is only stereo and I like quad or 5.1. So I'm stuck with a card for now. However the newest Magma expansion chassis works with Pismo powerbooks, works with the MOTU PCI-32 card (providing a mere 7 msec latency) and is not much bigger than the laptop itself, so it can all fit in a carry-on bag. I've used a VX Pocket live but only a few times. We had trouble with the breakout cable. The CPU overhead was not 30 percent, but it was a hit. The latency problem is a big one but for looping, it can be compensated IF the OS provides a constant latency. I have a latency-compensating looper which I am diligently refining into share-able condition. By the way, when was the last time you measured the latency of your outboard rack? -Alex S. At 10:23 PM -0400 7/18/00, pvallad1 wrote: >If I understand you correctly, Max/MSP/Powerbook users are getting along >just >fine without an add-on card, using just Sound Manager? David Zicarelli's >comments at cycling74.com leave an impression that Sound Manager is a >performance dog on Powerbooks. Maybe I just got the wrong impression? > >Thanks, >Paolo > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Andrew Pask" <andrew@kaleidacousticon.com> >To: <Loopers-Delight@annihilist.com> >Sent: Friday, July 14, 2000 7:42 PM >Subject: Re: Lots of fun. > > > > As far as the VX pocket is concerned the word on the street for Mac >users > > (at least Max/Msp users) is that the VX pocket adds a 20 or 30 >percent cpu > > overhead, and if you go to 24 bit it's a real hog.I don't know anyone >who's > > using one live, the sound manager spec is fine for live gigs.The rule >with > > live gigs as always is "keep it simple": having a studio quality ADDA >rig > > with ASIO drivers and all the fruit seems to me to be asking for >trouble. > > > > L8r > > > > A > > > >