Re: Firewire/USB 2.0 Adaptors for M-Audio Firewire Solo

["Krispen Hartung" <khartung@cableone.net>]

It's weird, all of my other PC notebooks has firewire, and then I buy this 
amazingly fast ThinkPad, designed for fortune 500 companies, and it 
doesn't 
have one. Very odd. Not big deal, though, as a firewire card for the 
cardbus 
will do the trick. The one I found seemed to be a bit more expensive than 
others (as low as $18), so I feel safe going with it. Plus, it will give 
me 
two more USB 2.0 slots as well.

Kris

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeff Kaiser" <loopersdelight@pfmentum.com>
To: <Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 4:43 PM
Subject: Re: Firewire/USB 2.0 Adaptors for M-Audio Firewire Solo


whoops!

I am blind: "don't have firewire..."

jeez, buy a mac already...

:-)





Jeff Kaiser
http://www.jeffkaisermusic.com
pfMENTUM.com • AngryVegan.com


On Jul 22, 2006, at 3:40 PM, Jeff Kaiser wrote:

> Check out  the Presonus Firebox
>
> http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/PreSonus-FIREBOX-24bit96kHz- 
> FireWire-Recording-System?sku=184133
>
> or
>
> http://tinyurl.com/ga9xm
>
> for my money the pre-amps sound better
>
>
>
> Jeff Kaiser
> http://www.jeffkaisermusic.com
> pfMENTUM.com • AngryVegan.com
>
>
> On Jul 22, 2006, at 1:48 PM, Krispen Hartung wrote:
>
>> While we're on this topic. I am thinking of getting the m-Audio  
>Firewire 
>> Solo as input for my guitar, not because I don't like my  Echo Indio IO 
>> card, but because I'd like the option of having an  actual mic XLR and 
>as 
>> well as 1/4 inch inputs. However, my notebook  doesn't have firewire, 
>> only USB 2.0.
>>
>> I found a few cardbus Firewire/USB 2.0 converters that will do the 
>> trick, like this one: 
>> http://www.usb-ware.com/ads-usb-2-firewire-cardbus.htm
>>
>> Can anyone else make any recommendations?
>>
>> Here is the m-Audio Firewire Solo: 
>> http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/FireWireSolo-main.html
>>
>> Kris
>>
>>
>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: Krispen Hartung
>>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>>> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 2:02 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Sample sound clip from my notebook computer system
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> ...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.
>>>
>>> So, there is a relatively easy way to make the transition without it 
>>> being too painful, radical, or costly.
>>>
>>> Kris
>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: tEd ® kiLLiAn
>>>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>>>> Sent: Saturday, July 22, 2006 1:51 PM
>>>> Subject: Re: Sample sound clip from my notebook computer system
>>>>
>>>> Jeff,
>>>>
>>>> On Jul 22, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Jeff Kaiser wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ted: Sell your gear. Buy a laptop.
>>>>
>>>> I might just yet . . . however, I have a track record of selling  off 
>>>> bunches of
>>>> perfectly good gear from time to time in order to afford getting  the 
>>>> "latest
>>>> greatest" thing (ya know it's true) and then about 3/4 of the time  I 
>>>> wind up
>>>> being so disappointed with the new stuff and wishin' I hadn't that 
>>>> it's sorta
>>>> heartbreaking.
>>>>
>>>> After 43 years of playing I finally have a set of sounds I like, I 
>>>> finally sound
>>>> like myself (I think). And I still have the depth in what gear I  
>have 
>>>> to learn new
>>>> things -- room for growth. Yes, hauling gear is a pain, but giving  
>up 
>>>> that other
>>>> aspect (my personal sound) for the total unknown is a daunting 
>>>> proposition
>>>> that will probably have to take some significant other motivating 
>>>> factor to get
>>>> me to give in, turn loose, whatever. Pain is a good motivator . . . 
>>>> but so far
>>>> it's only pain.
>>>>
>>>> Peace,
>>>>
>>>> tEd ® kiLLiAn
>>>>
>>>> "Different is not always better, but better is always different"
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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