Echo Indigo DJ & Powerbook G4 Question

Verooka · Post by **Verooka** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:42 pm

Hey All,

I've got a Powerbook G4 with M-Audio firewire Audiophile, currently getting the common audio glitch problem associated with M-Audio and wondering about new interface.

Really haven't got the money for an RME at moment and prime use of laptop will be DJing so wondering if Echo Indigo DJ are any good with the Powerbook?

Any users have experience and comments, would really appreciate it.

Thanks

hambone1 · Post by **hambone1** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:03 pm

I'm thinking about the Indigo DJ for my Powerbook, too. Just using on-board audio now. Is 24 bit that much better?

Verooka · Post by **Verooka** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 8:24 pm

When I use my on-board and not M-audio it never sounds good, just stutters!

geralds · Post by **geralds** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 1:47 am

I've been using an Indigo DJ with my Powerbook for quite a while now and find the sound great and the latency tiny (6-8ms on a G4 400!)

Definately a good purchase for DJ'ing - it sounds much clearer than the built in audio and sends a much hotter signal, and a cue too.

However...

I last used the laptop a few months ago for playing out (24 bit multi-track backing for a singer) and then used it for boring network type things at work.

Now I've started working on a new DJ set and I was getting lots of dropouts when triggering scenes (the classic reported problem I suspect.)

I'd upgraded to 10.3.7 and live 3.1 and changed lots of stuff on the powerbook and just couldn't work out what caused the problem.
(and didn't have time to take the long steps recomended here when it was fine before)

I've now upgraded to 10.3.8 and the fault has disapeared, and it's working really smoothly now, so I don't want to change anything.

And I'm itching to play out with it so bad now.

Get one - its one less thing to worry about plugging in and taking up desk space.

G.

muthafunka · Post by **muthafunka** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 2:29 am

Works beautifully, used it with Live and TraktorDJ extensively.

Verooka · Post by **Verooka** » Sun Feb 20, 2005 11:03 am

Thanks for replies, might be slinging the M-Audio and picking up an Echo!