KVR Audio

declassified · Post by **declassified** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 7:43 pm

I plan to use my laptop without a mouse, just touchpad+qwerty. Playing VSTis works fine with Trollo, but moving parts in my current sequencer (Tracktion) is very exhausting, and so is scrolling and zooming the arrangement.

I tried Ableton Live, but Live 3 doesn't have MIDI and Live 4 is a bit too bloated and CPU consuming for my system.

So which Host should I try?

dystonia_ek · Post by **dystonia_ek** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 7:47 pm

If you just want touchpad and qwerty action, you could always try Aodix

declassified · Post by **declassified** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:04 pm

Thanks for the fast reply.

I'll try Aodix, though it seems to be a little too sofisticated for live use (just judging from a screenshot).
Other ideas?

dystonia_ek · Post by **dystonia_ek** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 8:45 pm

I would have said Audio Mulch, but you'll be wanting a mouse.

GuyWithDogs · Post by **GuyWithDogs** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 9:22 pm

http://www.brainspawn.com/products/forte/

I'm not sure how it works without a mouse ... I have a Dell Inspiron 8500, but I almost always put my USB Mouse on it because life is so much easier...

dougsyo · Post by **dougsyo** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:14 pm

I installed the same hosts - Sonar and FLStudio - on my laptop as are on my desktop machine. In fact, I am any more using the laptop more than the desktop machine.

I'm used to using the touchpad on the laptop (this one also has the "trackpoint" nub). Somewhere I have a hand-held trackball for laptops that I picked up for like $10 that's not bad either - but I don't use it much.

Doug

dougsyo · Post by **dougsyo** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:18 pm

GuyWithDogs wrote:http://www.brainspawn.com/products/forte/

I'm not sure how it works without a mouse ... I have a Dell Inspiron 8500, but I almost always put my USB Mouse on it because life is so much easier...

Forte can be used without a mouse just fine - but then it's completely different from a sequencer, it's a live playing host.

Since the OP mentioned "moving parts in Tracktion", I figured he was talking about writing tunes.

Doug

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BONES · Post by **BONES** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:33 pm

Why don't you just use a f**king mouse? I've never used those stupid track-pads. Even on a plane, its no hassle to use a mouse.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:55 pm

I too use FL on my laptop and Audition...I also use the touchpad and love it....it's great with FL's x-y controller, delay lama too...but I actually prefer it on everything, it doesn't limit me and the only time it's a pain is if I brush the touchpad accidently and put a note in or something, but that's what undo is for.

Hink · Post by **Hink** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:58 pm

Why don't you just use a f**king mouse?

I reckon it would piss him off if I interupted it...

cptgone · Post by **cptgone** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:05 pm

BONES wrote:Why don't you just use a f**king mouse?

I prefer optical ones. No moving parts!

Mr. Tingle · Post by **Mr. Tingle** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 11:07 pm

Is there a reason not to get a mouse?

declassified · Post by **declassified** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:10 am

I'm not using a mouse because I want to play with a band just using a laptop (and perhaps an Oxygen-8). A mouse would require an additional flat space to move it on which I figure is hard to get on a venue.

A trackball is a nice idea, though...

uncadave · Post by **uncadave** » Fri Feb 11, 2005 10:36 am

ball mouse, like the logitech marble mouse.

Which host do you use on laptops?