this has been a life saver for me, and look at the priceUnfortunately just 3 USB slots, which isn't that great considering that I often have 2 dongles and 1 mouse attached.
http://sewelldirect.com/usbfirewirecombopcmcia.asp
Which laptop?
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
http://sewelldirect.com/usbfirewirecombopcmcia.asp
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 13446 posts since 14 Nov, 2000 from Hannover / Germany
Yeah, it's all good, but I'm gonna use the cardbus slot for my audio interface(s)...Hink wrote: this has been a life saver for me, and look at the price
http://sewelldirect.com/usbfirewirecombopcmcia.asp
And no arke, I defenitely won't get anything with the "Medion" label on it! Shittiest PCs ever.
There are 3 kinds of people:
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 13446 posts since 14 Nov, 2000 from Hannover / Germany
Yeah, seems like, allready noticed. But the last two ones I mentioned come with a dedicated ATI Radeon.lion_cub wrote: Yep. Most ACERs integrate the video card with the CPU.
There are 3 kinds of people:
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
I had a feeling you'd say that, I did look into the same thing but I didn't really find a cardbus soundcard that gave the features I wanted...but that was long before I knew of this thing. You might want to weigh the pros and cons some, though I will admit even a mobile card on the road could present issues. You really don't need more things sprawling out in front of you...Sascha Franck wrote:Yeah, it's all good, but I'm gonna use the cardbus slot for my audio interface(s)...Hink wrote: this has been a life saver for me, and look at the price
http://sewelldirect.com/usbfirewirecombopcmcia.asp
And no arke, I defenitely won't get anything with the "Medion" label on it! Shittiest PCs ever.
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 13446 posts since 14 Nov, 2000 from Hannover / Germany
I couldn't find a cardbus audio card with the features I wanted either.Hink wrote: I had a feeling you'd say that, I did look into the same thing but I didn't really find a cardbus soundcard that gave the features I wanted...but that was long before I knew of this thing. You might want to weigh the pros and cons some, though I will admit even a mobile card on the road could present issues. You really don't need more things sprawling out in front of you...
I'd love some selfpowered small mic/inst preamp and a MIDI in - you get all that with firewire, but latencies over PCMCIA are way smaller.
Best bet so far for me seems to be an Indigo I/O along with some small USB MIDI keyboard. Wouldn't mind a pre though... but there's just nothing that'd do a proper job for my purposes.
There are 3 kinds of people:
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
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- KVRAF
- 2206 posts since 16 Apr, 2004 from between my ears
good thread. good info. thanks.
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- KVRAF
- 2206 posts since 16 Apr, 2004 from between my ears
been checking out the asus z71v. seems like a good fit or me.
but what about the asus z70va? any reason to prefer one over the other wrt audio? i notice it uses a radeon x700 video card rather than the nvidia 6600 in the z71v. any reason to prefer one over the other?
any other major differences i may have missed for use with audio?
but what about the asus z70va? any reason to prefer one over the other wrt audio? i notice it uses a radeon x700 video card rather than the nvidia 6600 in the z71v. any reason to prefer one over the other?
any other major differences i may have missed for use with audio?
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
I you get a usb card with direct monitor like the edirols latency doesn't matter when recording audio. I run my buffer at 19ms because it doesn't matter, there is no latency. Direct monitor works through both the headphones and the analog outputs on my UA5.Sascha Franck wrote:I couldn't find a cardbus audio card with the features I wanted either.Hink wrote: I had a feeling you'd say that, I did look into the same thing but I didn't really find a cardbus soundcard that gave the features I wanted...but that was long before I knew of this thing. You might want to weigh the pros and cons some, though I will admit even a mobile card on the road could present issues. You really don't need more things sprawling out in front of you...
I'd love some selfpowered small mic/inst preamp and a MIDI in - you get all that with firewire, but latencies over PCMCIA are way smaller.
Best bet so far for me seems to be an Indigo I/O along with some small USB MIDI keyboard. Wouldn't mind a pre though... but there's just nothing that'd do a proper job for my purposes.
The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.
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- KVRAF
- Topic Starter
- 13446 posts since 14 Nov, 2000 from Hannover / Germany
Sure, but I *want* to monitor through software. Using guitar amp sims etc...Hink wrote: I you get a usb card with direct monitor like the edirols latency doesn't matter when recording audio. I run my buffer at 19ms because it doesn't matter, there is no latency. Direct monitor works through both the headphones and the analog outputs on my UA5.
There are 3 kinds of people:
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
Those who can do maths and those who can't.
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- Rad Grandad
- 38041 posts since 6 Sep, 2003 from Downeast Maine
My ua5 has a switch to enable or disable it right on the face...Sascha Franck wrote:Sure, but I *want* to monitor through software. Using guitar amp sims etc...Hink wrote: I you get a usb card with direct monitor like the edirols latency doesn't matter when recording audio. I run my buffer at 19ms because it doesn't matter, there is no latency. Direct monitor works through both the headphones and the analog outputs on my UA5.
..I hear yah though, I'm quite sensitive to latency as well...of course I didn't take into account needing a POD (or similar) as well, starts to make it less portable...The highest form of knowledge is empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another's world. It requires profound, purpose‐larger‐than‐the‐self kind of understanding.