Re: noisy laptop, (was firewire soundcard)

[André Donawa <andre@andredonawa.com>]

Thanks,

I've been using one of those add on plugs, without the ground.

I used it at the loop fest and it works well for the hum, but I was
talking more about the drop out snap, crackle and pop sounds which I'm
sure is a function of the drivers not playing well with my laptop.

Andre

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On Fri, February 5, 2010 1:10 pm, Gareth Whittock wrote:
>
>
> I've had a few laptops now and it seems to be pot luck as to whather thet
> are noisy whe using the psu. If you take the earth off the noise
> disappears. I do it by pluggin the psu in upside down in the socket on
> British plugs. Latops are generally plastic so it wont fry you either..
>
> Peace
>
> G
>
>> Date: Fri, 5 Feb 2010 13:06:18 -0400
>> Subject: Re: Firewire interface recommendations
>> From: andre@andredonawa.com
>> To: Loopers-Delight@loopers-delight.com
>>
>> Sjaak,
>>
>> I was wondering how low is your latency?
>>
>> Andre
>>
>> http://twitter.com/AndreDonawa
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>> http://www.myspace.com/andredonawa
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>>
>> On Fri, February 5, 2010 5:44 am, Sjaak Overgaauw wrote:
>> > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 5:16 AM, André Donawa <andre@andredonawa.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> I was really looking forward to the ultra lite. Are you using the
>> mk3?
>> >> If so usb or fireiwre?
>> >
>> > Hi Andre,
>> > I  have the firewire only version of the Ultralite mk3 running on Mac
>> > OSX 10.6. This combo is rock solid, it never crashes so far, very
>> > stable drivers. USB2 was added my MOTU a few months ago, but the model
>> > is still called mk3 I think.
>> >
>> > Regarding noise and USB, that's a common issue on many Windows
>> > laptops. I have used many different Toshiba's for my work and they
>> > were all noisy when I used USB and had the powercable  plugged in. On
>> > batteries, it was fine. A general recommendation is to use a dedicated
>> > laptop for your music, re-install the OS from scratch, and upgrade the
>> > OS and drivers to the latest versions. That's usually a good start for
>> > a stable system. What OS do you use? XP? Vista?
>> > --
>> > Sjaak Overgaauw
>> > http://premonitionfactory.com/
>> > http://livelooping.be/
>> >
>> >
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