Re: laptop vs echoplex

["percu rama" <percurama@hotmail.com>]

hi Per
thanks very much for your help.
I think to use the laptop only for audio but im afraid for the possible 
risk 
of "livecrush"
I see yor page and ejoy veriy much , especialy the chart is very helpfull 
to 
my decision.
I hope the review of the boss mc 50 I dont found the user manual.
I apreciatte very much your words and please sorry my poor english.
Thank you

Pablo Rivas
Argentina


>From: Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com>
>Reply-To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>Subject: Re: laptop vs echoplex
>Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:51:04 +0200
>
>On 31 mar 2006, at 15.41, percu rama wrote:
>
>>I have a (probably foolish) question for you. How stable is to play  on 
>>stage with a laptop based audio system? (pentium IV (2g) 1 g ram  
>m-audio 
>>410 card)
>>Nowadays, softwares like Ableton's Live provide numerous creative  
>tools, 
>>but, can the software replace the stability of the old  echoplex?
>
>
>Yes it can, but that's no general rule. Stability of a laptop used  for 
>audio depends on many factors, hardware and software as well as  how well 
>you maintain the system. So it's actually not possible say  that it's 
>stable in general. And speaking about hardware staying  power I would 
>guess 
>that an EDP outlives a dozen laptops ;-)
>
>per
>

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