Re: looping computer

[Antony Hequet <antonyhequet@yahoo.com>]

That sounds perfect then Per
Antony

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On Feb 25, 2010, at 5:11 PM, Per Boysen <perboysen@gmail.com> wrote:

I agree with former speakers that XP is fine on a Mac's bootcamp
partition. I replaced my old looping rig PC with a Macbook running XP
by Bootcamp and it was perfect! Parallels is recommended to stay away
from by digital audio authorities. When I created my XP installation
partition on my Macbook I formatted it as FAT32 which makes it
possible to use the Windows partition just as any folder on the Mac
when working in OS X.

Greetings from Sweden

Per Boysen
www.boysen.se
www.perboysen.com



On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 4:12 PM,  <antonyhequet@yahoo.com> wrote:
hello,

I am a poet composer and performer, both French and American. I have been 
lurking and interjecting on this list for a while. I am now facing some 
serious engagements which will call for looping and must make some 
choices; would appreciate some help and feed back.

My main looping tools are a Loperlative LP1 and a Big Little Giant 
footpedal. Input come from : voice, various acoustic and electronic 
percussion and chapman stick.

I have excluded an older PowerBook laptop with Ableton Live from my set 
up, because at the time, looping tools in software were too rigid. Also, I 
have an aversion to looking at screens on stage; I am a performer I want 
to look at people when I perform, not screens!

Anyway, getting to the point after this digression: I am faced with the 
necessity of using windows to edit the Gordius foot pedal and other synths 
and devices in my setup. I have been offered a used ACER Aspire 5672 WLMi 
for 200eu (300 us dollars) but was also told his is not a reliable 
computer. Being a Mac user for a quarter of a century, I am immediately 
drawn to getting a 13 inch MacBook pro. Not the same price but a better 
investment, I believe.

Can I rely on Paralells to give me a good windows environment : Gordius 
editor, Spectralis editor, etc... Should I use Windows XP pro or will a 
lesser system do the trick

I have a Yamaha board with a MLan card in it, this MacBook could also be 
my recording machine on stage.

Anyway, that's the story-)

Antony Hequet

www.antonyhequet.com
www.mund.fr