Re: laptop vs echoplex

[rick <bs@tanawana.com>]

I say it depends on "how" you use it to loop or how involved you want to
be.

I use an ableton/powerbook loaded with a bunch of midi loops running
into external sound modules. I do all my "live" looping with my echoplex
then. Ableton can be set up to do some nice looping scenarios I found
all by itself. I like it better with the computer/echoplex combination.
Sort of a backup and then not pushing the computer to its limits.

My labtop can do everything I need i to but it still is to unreliable in
a live situation for me. I play solo and can't afford any hiccups. That
and 4 hours can heat up a laptop nicely, which always made me feel
uncomfortable. And finally, no matter how well a computer is set up -
they can crash or who knows. I think a computer as a 100% laptop live
looping performance tool isn't quite there yet - Unless you are
up to speed with the ins and outs of computers themselves :O)



On Fri, Mar 31, 2006 at 01:41:50PM +0000, percu rama wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> I have a (probably foolish) question for you. How stable is to play on 
> stage with a laptop based audio system? (pentium IV (2g) 1 g ram m-audio 
> 410 card)
> Nowadays, softwares like Ableton's Live provide numerous creative tools, 
> but, can the software replace the stability of the old echoplex?
> thank in advance
> 
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