Re: Why Hardware?

[andy butler <akbutler@tiscali.co.uk>]

Steve Lawson wrote:
> I guess it's no longer works/doesn't work, it's more a matter of 
> performance orientation and cost... There's no way I could run any 
> looping software on my macbook without it crapping out - way too much 
> going on on it anyway, I wouldn't even have the hard-disc space for it. 
> To get it reliable enough, I'd need a dedicated looping rig laptop, 

or a dual boot

> pimped out and spec'd up, and even then,
> I've not found anyone with a 
> laptop fast/powerful enough to run a Lexicon 60 second reverb and up to 
> 8 channels of stereo loopage along with all the other stuffs, at low 
> enough latency for me not to feel it.
> 
> So I'd have to carry an extra laptop, and pedals, and a soundcard, and 
> possibly still run outboard effects.
> 

Yep, same here.
My laptop setup would end up just as heavy as the current hardware one.


When someone builds a small audio interface with a nice high quality 
(valve?) input for guitar/bass
we'll be part of the way there.  

I don't see the latency problem being solved by M$/Apple tho'
it's not something they're interested in.

andy butler