RE: [microsound] Which laptop...?

[Chris Bissonnette <CBissonnette@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I apologize for backtracking on topics but I believe I have a question for
any 
producers on the list. I have been producing audio for a few years now and 
have worked with MIDI gear for much of that time. In the past several years 
my interest in experimental music/ microsound etc. has lead me to the
computer 
for sound development. I work in a rather small collective of producers 
and often do not get the opportunity to discuss technique and process within

a large community. So I am curious what process many of you have adopted to 
create sounds and construct and arrange tracks. I have given some 
consideration to working exclusively within a computer environment, 
but miss the tactile production process of a hardware sampler. I also have 
had some thoroughly frustrating experiences with computer production. 
I believe that computer music has essentially developed the language 
of microsound in many ways. Do any of you feel it conceptually or
theoretically 
important to the final product, to work exclusively within the realm of the
computer 
or do any of you work with hardware samplers? Does working with a hardware 
sampler affect the outcome of the product? I have wrestled with the 
software/hardware issue for some time, both for practical reasons as well 
as theoretical. I have yet to come to any concrete conclusions.
Any thoughts?

Chris Bissonnette
Thinkbox Productions