Re: laptop live

[Mark Sottilaro <sine@zerocrossing.net>]

Damn, if you're looking for a cheap sequencer, get yourself an SE30 for 
$5 and a copy of Metro 3!

If that's too retro for you, I'm sure you could do a lot with a iBook 
or an older G3 laptop used.  Some of the older G3 laptops had decent 
audio on board.

Mark

On Friday, March 14, 2003, at 11:17 AM, Kim Flint wrote:

> At 03:39 AM 3/14/2003, jimfowler wrote:
>> i've been toying with the idea of getting a mac laptop for live 
>> use...mainly
>> for beats and what-not...of course, the newest G4 books are way out 
>> of my
>> price range.  what is the minimum amount of power (ballpark figure) i 
>> would
>> need for this?
>
> yeah, I'd like to get one of those fancy TiBooks too. Especially one 
> already configured with a lot of great audio software. Next time one 
> of you live laptoppers is playing with your very expensive, very 
> portable, easily concealable laptop in a dimly lit, noisy, crowded 
> bar/nightclub (preferably with exits near the stage), please let me 
> know.
>
> kim
>
>
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