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numbsong
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Registered: 22.Oct.05 |
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Hi everyone,
My band is back on track after 2 years of dormancy. From now on, I am willing to play live just by using a controller and a laptop. I have already choosen the controller: it´ll be a CME UF-71. But as far as the laptop goes, I am really lost. I don´t have plenty of money avaiable. I can afford the cheapest ibook on the Apple Store (1.33GHz, 512 RAM) or perhaps a faster PC notebook (something around 1.8 GHz, I guess). I don´t know wich one to choose. One thing I know: If I choose a PC notebook, I´ll also have to buy a Firewire AUDIO/MIDI Interface. What if I buy the ibook? I´m not sure, but I think that Apple´s built in audio hardware already provide a low latency playback, so I´ll just need a midi interface. Am I wrong?
Well, I´d like to know your opinions on this matter. Are you using a similar rig to perform live? What´s your setup? Anyone using PC laptops? What´s the best brand in the PC world?
Notice that I do not intend to trigger simultaneous loops or stuff like that. I just want to use soft synths as if they were hardware synths. Command them from the controller with the lowest possible latency.
I´ll appreciate any help. Thanks a lot!
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ramonster
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Registered: 03.Mar.05 |
Hello there,
we're using a PC laptop for Live performances. It's a Pentium M 750 and i've got an audiophile firewire external sound-card.
We use Ableton Live as sequencer a custom-made midi-controller and a behringer midi controller.
I've heard that the internal Apple audio is normally fast enough (low latency), but the performance of an Apple notebook compared with a windows notebook is dissapointing.
i'd allways go for an external sound-card. You've got low latency and you can use it on your desktop too.
What software will you be running?
Greetings,
Ramonster
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numbsong
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Registered: 22.Oct.05 |
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ramonster wrote on 27 Dec. (11:59) :
Hello there,
we're using a PC laptop for Live performances. It's a Pentium M 750 and i've got an audiophile firewire external sound-card.
We use Ableton Live as sequencer a custom-made midi-controller and a behringer midi controller.
I've heard that the internal Apple audio is normally fast enough (low latency), but the performance of an Apple notebook compared with a windows notebook is dissapointing.
i'd allways go for an external sound-card. You've got low latency and you can use it on your desktop too.
What software will you be running?
Greetings,
Ramonster
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Hi Ramonster, thanks for your reply! Yeah, I think I´ll go for a M-Audio 3496 Firewire Interface... seems a good choice. As for the ibook X PC Notebook, I´m still in doubt. What do you mean by the performance comparison? Is the ibook slow compared to a PC notebook of the same class? Cuz I´ve always heard the opposite!
Another thing: what´s the brand of your notebook? Is it stable?
I didn´t choose the software yet, I´ll have to experiment with Live and some others and choose the one that better suits my live needs.
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ramonster
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Registered: 03.Mar.05 |
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