Re: Looping Laptops in general (WAS Products, Services, and LoopingGear "Packages")

[Daryl Shawn <highhorse@mhorse.com>]

Wow, that's a great solution, Paul. I was wondering if anyone had done 
that...I know rack-mounted servers exist, but their cases are very very 
long. It obviously presupposes a good deal of expertise...maybe this 
could be combined with a good racked patchbay/interface for plugging in, 
and set up completely a la Krispen's ideas, and the whole thing sold in 
a two-space Anvil. That would make a pretty damn attractive package.

Daryl Shawn
www.swanwelder.com
 
> I was able to build a 1u rackmount p4 with a 3.06 cpu, 1
> gig ram, 120 gig 7600rpm hard drive, a used aardvark q10 pci interface 
> that has
> 8 decent quality mic pre's, and a small 8" touch screen monitor for about
> $900.00. I know the monitor is kinda of small and you don't want to do 
> any
> reading with it, but this computer is only for music. no internet 
> hookup at
> all. I've been using it quite a bit for 4 months now and no problems. 
> The only
> thing that can fall off the rack and get damaged is the touch screen 
> monitor
> and it can be replaced for about $150.00. Because it is a computer I can
> upgrade the motherboard, cpu, memory all with minimal problems.
> For me this was a great solution over the rig that I was using, gave 
> me more
> flexibility and greater potentials for sounds that I was seeking to 
> utilize.
>
> Of course there are reasons for going with hardware loopers, but for 
> me this was
> the best overall solution.
>
> Paul Haslem
>
> www.dulcify.ca
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