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i'm using a metric halo Mobile I/O and boy am I a happy camper. http://www.mhlabs.com the drivers are great, the interface is unreal, with unlimited routing possibilities, the mic pre's are great, and best of all, bus powered, and a titanium sits right atop it. i'm using the 8228, but you can get a 2 channel as well. drawback -- a little heavy... t. On 4/1/03 7:50 PM, "Paul Weissman" <paul-mailinglists@nioterra.com> wrote: > >> What have you bought that you dig in terms of a sound card. >> It needs to have USB 2 and midi/in out (and preferably SPDIF if > > Rick, not sure what you're asking. I use a RME HDSP Multiface to play > live... works great, does everything you want... very solid driver > implementation. But if you're using the Mbox you have everything you >need > already, right? > >> From: Mark Sottilaro [mailto:sine@zerocrossing.net] >> I have a friend who has a great saying: >> >> PC's are only cheaper to people who don't value their time. > > or... > > PC's are only cheaper... ummm, in every conceivable way. > > After installing XP on my last machine, all I had to do was install >drivers > and my entire music system was up and running. It's a given that >installing > drivers may be daunting for newbies, but it really wasn't that difficult. > > For those who suffered through 98 and previous systems... that sucks. It > was a rough time, but things are definitely much better now. > > Don't get me wrong, I hate Microsoft... really and truly. I'm a UNIX guy > and just started messing about in OSX. The number of things you have to > figure out in OSX is not trivial, imho... I'm not sure where everyone >gets > the idea that Macs are really all that easy to just get up and running. >But > then, I have no real conception of where someone would start if they were > coming at it from scratch. > > After playing around with OSX for a while I'm convinced I want one (for > development more than music right now) and it REALLY SUCKS BECAUSE MACS >ARE > SO F'IN EXPENSIVE. So the point of this post is to say that I wish Macs > were cheaper, but they're not. > > Can one of you guys write a letter to Apple? Thanks. > > You know that $1100-$1500 on the Dell website gets a machine that will > pretty much beat the pants off a Powerbook? I really wish that wasn't >the > case. > > Paul > > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mark Sottilaro [mailto:sine@zerocrossing.net] >> Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 8:46 AM >> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com >> Subject: Re: SV: LAPTOP recommendations for LIVE LOOPING? >> >> >> I have a friend who has a great saying: >> >> PC's are only cheaper to people who don't value their time. >> >> Mark Sottilaro >> >> On Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at 12:56 AM, Per Boysen wrote: >> >>> I could as well have stayed with Macs all the time and saved a >>> lot of money and troubleshooting time ;-) >>> >>> Cheers >>> >>> Per Boysen >>> >> >> >