RE: Computers and Global responsibility - was RE: Snap, Crackle, Pop - VST Effect & Sound Card Problems

["Dean, Hal " <HDEAN@wcupa.edu>]

Which is why, leaving aside the environmentalist point of view for a
minute, my ideal includes a laptop plus hardware, because each has
distinct pros and cons.

Hal


-----Original Message-----
From: Krispen Hartung [mailto:khartung@cableone.net] 
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 10:17 AM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: Computers and Global responsibility - was RE: Snap,
Crackle, Pop - VST Effect & Sound Card Problems


yeah, I question the term "perfect". :) That seems to be relative as
well. 
Sure, if all I used my laptop for was to load up my simple VST host and
load 
Mobius to loop....then I can do that now and it is pretty close to
perfect. 
But as soon as you start adding complexity to the system, risk
increases. 
As with me, I was building a VERY complex VST effect system. In the end
what 
killed me is a contention issue between applications and hardware. This
is 
the most frustrating thing about software and computer systems.
Applications 
will often work great by themselves, but they don't always play nice
with 
others, which is why my complex system crumbled when I decided to try a 
different sound card.

Kris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey Larson" <jeff@zonemobius.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2006 8:00 AM
Subject: Re: Computers and Global responsibility - was RE: Snap,
Crackle, 
Pop - VST Effect & Sound Card Problems


> On May 26, 2006, at 8:26 AM, Claude Voit wrote:
>
> > During all these month long "puter setup blogs" , hardware
> musicians where
> > playing, composing, practicing, enjoying life using gear they
> really know.
>
> And so have legions of "software" musicians who, apparently through 
> some divine miracle, have perfectly functioning computer-based 
> systems.
>
> > no latency in my vocabulary
>
> Nor mine :-)
>
> Now, where did I put those shoes...
>
> Jeff
>