Re: Sample sound clip from my notebook computer system

[tEd ® kiLLiAn <tedkillian@charter.net>]

Krisp,

I'm enjoying this discussion -- even though it is taking on certain aspects of
an behavior altering "intervention" at my expense . . . heheheh. I love all of
you guys too.

Another slight hiccup in the plan is I already have a few computers and one
laptop, all of which are Macintoshes. I am a long time graphic designer type
and only slightly speak "PC" if you know what I mean. I know just enough to
be able to turn one on an launch a simple program or game. check my e-mail
and turn the thing off again. In other words . . . on a PC . . . I'm useless.

I am a fairly "expert" level user on a Mac (in general) 'cuz I've been using 
them continuously since the mid to late '80s. I have an M-Box and ProTools
and can record audio. I even have a Live, Reason, and a bunch of other bits 
of software that came bundled with the M-Box and some other software 
packages I've purchased over the years.

It won't be cheap getting a Mac computer that'll do all the stuff I want to do. I'm
sure my current little iBook doesn't have the horsepower to run all of that stuff.
Plus, family budget considerations will not likely allow that I can buy a lappy 
of any sort JUST to do music stuff with it. All of my computer purchases so
far have been serious professional graphic business tools that I could write 
off as business expenses at tax time.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. Excuses, excuses, excuses . . . 

Peace y'all!

Ted

On Jul 22, 2006, at 1:02 PM, Krispen Hartung wrote:

> Ted, the trick is to build your computer system on the side so that you don't have to go without full functioning system for any period of time...then you can transition slowly into the notebook system.  Once you get your notebook computer and sound card, then we can help you build a basic system for very low cost. Get an inexpensive VST host like Chainer, EnergyXT, or Plogue Bidule (all less than $100), and then take advantage of the thousands of free VST effects out there.  You will be amazed at how many effects you can replace in your hardware system with just free VSTs...astounding.
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> ...then, once you get that basic notebook system up and running, you can start selling one hardware effect at a time to purchase more expensive and higher quality VST effects and hosts.  You could buy sophisticated VST effect systems like Reaktor, PSP84 and PSP42, Pluggo, Hipno, etc. And you could get more sophisticated VST hosts, like MAX/MSP, if you choose.  Next thing you know, you have gradually replaced every cell in your guitar system body with a new cell...hope you like the analogy.
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> So, there is a relatively easy way to make the transition without it being too painful, radical, or costly.
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> Kris
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