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Re: [microsound] Hardware setup
david golightly wrote:
Now, to hardware...
I'm looking to spend less than US$1500 on good hardware for live
electronic performance. I've been doing electronic music for years now,
but only recording stuff to CD, then playing it back live... it's no fun
for subjecting an audience to.
I require:
-a laptop (PC/Windows pref.)
I would go Apple, so far the best price / cpu / display / battery power
consumption relation but I didn't checked out so far realtime CSound on
it, I use CSound always 'offline'. If you insist, Asus if one you should
look, btw. they build also Powerbooks for Apple.
1024x768 feels a bit small, I would try to get more Pixels. And beware,
14inch doesn't mean necessarly that there are more pixels on it, they
might be just bigger!
If you want your laptop to be mobile, take care about the battery
consumption. Cheapo Notebooks got Desktopcpus in it like Pentium 4 which
eats your battery in less than a hour! This is not what a notebook is
for. 512mbs memory should be inside so your OS (which also could be
Linux, dont want to start a flamewar but M$ is seriously dangerous!)
doesnt start to swap on the harddisk and waste more electricity.
look here:
http://notebookforums.com
-a MIDI controller device (M-Audio or Behringer?)
Doepfer is good too, they have even boards available which lets you
create your own rather easy.
Phillip Rees Faderbox is to avoid in my opinion.
http://www.doepfer.de
-a soundcard (USB ok)
-anything I'm missing?
I'm fine with renting speakers/pwr amp for now, but the above is what
Doesn't comes that usually from the organisers/ venue? I remember times
where you get a reasonable amount of money as a fee for performing,
then lot of clubs cut it down to just the travelling costs, recently
even this is cut (you know, the economy, 9/11...), do we have now to
bring own speakers too :) .
sad times,
Malte
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