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 dim. 16 oct. 2005, 00:23
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Hi everyone,
I'm looking to get started doing some live-instrument multitracking on my 1.33ghz 12" Powerbook. I have a Tascam US-122, but I'm getting rid of it because the latency is too apparent. I guess this means I'm looking at firewire, so I've been considering getting a PreSonus Firebox, as I've read bad things about M-Audio's comparable 410.
Does anyone have any other suggestions or thoughts on this setup? I'm looking to spend around $300 but I could go higher if there were a compelling reason. I need to be able to record at least two tracks at once. I've seen firewire interfaces that have integrated mixers - are these always very expensive?
Thanks in advance.
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 dim. 16 oct. 2005, 02:39
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You need: - a decent amount of RAM (ideal is higher than 1GB, depends of your plug-in/virtual instrument/sampler set up) - an external FW hard drive (FW 400 is just fine) for audio files (the internal drive will not like the job if you ask for system + virtual memory + apps + audio at the same time, it can work on a few tracks, but you'll hit the ceiling fast) - for the best performance, a PCMCIA card for a dedicated FW port for the hard drive is a good idea (you sure can do without, we're talking ideal  I let our FW interfaces specialist for the shoot out 
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