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RE: ...speaking of PC...



Rafael,

 

Thank you for your kind input – that is certainly helpful!

 

I don't have a particularly “fixed” budget, but am thinking in the range of $1000-$2000. My primary current focus is live looping, though I expect I will probably revisit some of my more “crafted” / sculpted work too down the road. (i.e. “movie soundtrack” kinds of stuff, and also occasional... how shall I call it … aggressive dance music  <g>).

 

My live looping work historically was done w/the Repeater + Ableton (play only), and the “sculpted” work was previously done in Acid. I’m open to new ideas / tools on both of those counts as well though..

What is the general consensus these days re: going full software-based looping, as opposed to Repeater and/or Repeater + software based? Should I keep the Repeater, or sell it?

 

Happy Thanksgiving to all..

 

C            

 

From: Rafael Nunes [mailto:supersimples@gmail.com]
Sent: Friday, November 19, 2010 8:49 AM
To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
Subject: Re: ...speaking of PC...

 

It all depends on how much you want to spend, and how clean you need it to sound. I'd say the lowest priced acceptable setup involves something like an M-Audio Fast Trak Pro, and a multicore Pentium machine. If you know how to build your own, go that route, save the money, if not there companies that focus on audio PCs. I'd focus on those, rather than trying to get a Vaio, Dell or HP laptop that will get the job done. I currently use 2 ADK pro Audio computers, one desktop and one laptop. Both are just over 2 years old, and I just upgraded to Windows 7 64 bit, they run like a dream, quiet, uber fast and reliable.

They're great too because if you buy hardware through them, or any software, they can pre install everything, so when your PC shows up, you just plug things in and turn them on!

Hope that heps at least get you thinking, if you post a budget, and project ideas, I'm sure folks would have fascinating software/hardware suggestions.

 

Rafa

On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:02 AM, CM <listmail@asyouthink.com> wrote:

No corporate gigs here, BUT...

I'm dipping my toes back into the looping waters. Current studio looping
setup is on an ANCIENT (P3!) Windows box with an almost-equally-ancient
Ableton version, running in play-only mode and synced to an Electrix
Repeater for live-looping. Looking to switch to a "modern" (i.e. this
century) Windows laptop sometime soon (should I still keep the Repeater??);
what's the applicable current/recommended hardware route to low-latency live
laptop-based looping?

(Feel free to point me to some FAQ if I missed this answered elsewhere --
seems like it w/b a frequent question, but I've not seen it in recent
lurking).

C




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