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Re: SV: LAPTOP recommendations for LIVE LOOPING?
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
>>>
>>
>>
>