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So many options. I'm sure you'll get a flood of
responses here, but I'll make only a few general recommendations and personal
opinions:
It doesn't matter whether you go mac or pc (that
argument is now defunct), unless you have your heart set on one particular piece
of looping software (e.g., Mobius is pc only and others are restricted to one
platform or another)
I would go for an audio interface that is
firewire (make sure your laptop as firewire too) and also MIDI on the same
breakout box (check out presonus, motu, m-audio, RME, etc...or just search on
audio recording interfaces until you find something that has those
features).
Whether you go mac or pc, make sure you get one
with the Intel duo core in it...I'd go for 2GHz and 1gig of RAM at
least.
Kris
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, June 16, 2007 5:01
PM
Subject: Laptop help
So, supposing I wanted to move my looping to the computer. As a
practical question (and assuming I am starting from nothing), and trying to
keep costs down, what do I need?
I mean, what CPU, how much memory,
what audio/MIDI interface do I need to achieve acceptable latency to loop? I
have a slight bias toward Mac, since I am kind of drawn toward Kenaxis and
Lisa -- but I could go PC easily enough (I'm sure such things exist over there
too). I don't foresee needing to run a lot of VSTs while I loop -- basically,
just a machine to run a looper like Sooperlooper or Mobius, and an interface
that won't lag so badly I struggle to play along with it. Then hook up an
FCB1010 and go to town.
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