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For what it's worth, I have a USB 2.0 audio interface (the Edirol UA-1000 rack mount unit), and it has performed VERY well in the experiments I've tried with it. I have used it for audio and (small amounts of) MIDI simultaneously, and managed latency in the teens (11-15ms if I remember correctly) using Ableton Live. I can't compare to Firewire or PCMCIA, because I've never tried either with my laptop. However, I'm confident that the UA-1000 will give me decent preformance when I finally fire up the Mobius Technological Enslavement Device, and begin focusing on technology with little or no musical historical perspective :) I'll let ya know soon! Dig Chris Kline wrote: >I have an overview of setting up a laptop for looping at >www.rekliner.com?PageID=15 > >PCMCIA is faster and less cpu-intensive, but the options are very >limited...I can't find any cardbus interfaces that support 4 analog >ins/outs. It's either stereo in/out or 8 million digital in/outs in a >rack-unit like on hammerfall. You also have to deal with flimsy >adaptors & cables. > >Firewire is a dependable standard, and I can get a consistant 64 sample >latency with the M-audio Firewire 410 (3ms from guitar to amp). I have >heard that other firewire interfaces are only as good as their drivers - >and bad things about the Presonus firestation. But I firewire can't be >dismissed as being in the same category as USB. USB is an entirely >different and slower spec never meant for audio.... USB 2.0 has more >bandwidth than firewire but from what I hear it is still slower to >deliver the data in a time-critical fashion...it only gets cranking when >you are transferring files and such. > > >Per Boyson wrote: >Do not go for USB audio or FireWire audio with PC. Go for a PCMCIA >card. One that is loved by many laptop PC musicians is the Indigo Echo >i/o. It gives you stereo in and stereo out with superb sound quality >to a modest price. > > > > > > >