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Default laptop rec for live performance

On Oct 22, 7:05*am, "Soundhaspriority" wrote:
"Meindert Sprang" wrote in message

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"Soundhaspriority" wrote in message
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Consider:


Not necessarily. You need to check the firewire chip. See


http://www.google.com/search?client=...ozilla%3Aen-US...


and:


The speed of the machine is not important. I have recorded 12 channels,
24/96, with the aforementioned Asus, which has a 1gHz processor.It's

mainly
a question of the BIOS. The one Asus I use has a very friendly BIOS for
audio purposes, since it implements an extended interrupt system. But
this
machine is 4 years old. Look for a deal where the supplied Vista has a
"downgrade to XP" option. It will save you alot of heartache.


Then the conclusion must be: buy a macbook. It simply works. Period.


Meindert


You did not read:http://www.google.com/search?client=...ozilla%3Aen-US...

Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511


Seems like this problem with the Agere firewire chip is limited to
Macbook Pros, correct? I didn't see this explicitly stated, but every
post that discussed this mentioned a MBP, not Macbook. But thanks for
the heads-up, this is exactly the type of problem I wanted to be aware
of *before* plopping down cash...similarly, if any of you have a
configuration that is windows-based that works, and is low-latency,
rock solid, then that's also something I'd love to hear...Thanks!