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mfa
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help a newbee with his setup

Post by mfa » Sat Aug 03, 2002 3:20 pm

i wanna kindly ask you pro-users to give me some hints for my setup, because i am seriously thinking about running LIVE on my laptop and i wanted to know about your experiences with using the sequenzer. i am running a sony vaio pIII 750 ... 256MB with no audiointerface and no midicontroller yet. here is the question. first, is this laptop these days good enough to handle LIVE 1.5 in a stabil way? what audiointerface to you recommend and what midicontroller would be the best (i think some doepfer pocket stuff?!)
i would be happy, if you could give me some answers. thank you very much.

mfa

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Re: help a newbee with his setup

Post by tjwett » Sat Aug 03, 2002 4:34 pm

mfa wrote:i wanna kindly ask you pro-users to give me some hints for my setup, because i am seriously thinking about running LIVE on my laptop and i wanted to know about your experiences with using the sequenzer. i am running a sony vaio pIII 750 ... 256MB with no audiointerface and no midicontroller yet. here is the question. first, is this laptop these days good enough to handle LIVE 1.5 in a stabil way? what audiointerface to you recommend and what midicontroller would be the best (i think some doepfer pocket stuff?!)
i would be happy, if you could give me some answers. thank you very much.

mfa
welcome. your machine should be just fine. i'm running Live on a 550mhz PowerBook, which is a real slug, and I get by pretty well. Live runs much better on Windows than Mac also. Add some RAM to your machine if you feel the need and it should keep you busy for a while. As for an audio interface you basically have 3 choices FireWire, USB, or PCMCIA slot. Choose based on your needs and budget. I use an emagic emi 2|6 USB and I love it, at times. Scour the forum and see what will work best with your setup. There are plenty of Vaio owners here. For a MIDI controller I recommend the Midiman line of USB keyboards. They have worked great for me. Before you go shopping download the Live demo and see what you think. chances are you'll fall in love with it like the rest of us and you'll most likely be pleased with your machines handling of Live. hope that helps. enjoy![/list]

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Post by mfa » Fri Aug 09, 2002 8:00 am

thank you tjwett. due to your advice i already added some RAM (384MB). i decided to use the ibk 10control which should keep me busy for a while. so - thanks for your post. mfa

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