 PowerBooks, Firewire & Music - how?, advice on making connections, please |
 Sun 1 Jul 2001, 09:37
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I use a PowerBook G4/400 MHz and would like to create a home studio. I have a good mic with a jack and intend to buy keyboards with a Midi connection. How do I configure things so that I can use the FireWire port instead of the USB? Does anybody know? I know Yamaha makes an interface but I read that it's not compatible with the G4. Can anyone confirm that?
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Tue 3 Jul 2001, 21:55
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Newbie Group: Members Posts: 8 Joined: 03-Jul 01 From: Baltimore Member No.: 1,155 |
If you don't have enough to think about with the other posts, here's another. I have been thinking about the same issue for a TiBook and another concern when choosing what hardware you need is what sequencing software you will use. I talked with a guy at Sam Ash music store and he is an EMagic Logic Audio user, which is known to be very good with Mac laptops. He recommended hardware in the e-magic audio line, such as the 2|6 ($350) for analog inputs and the MT4 ($150) for Midi. The benefits of these are that you know that they will work with the software, the latency is adjusted to be as minimal as possible, and it has some really interesting functions that others do not have (the 2|6 has 5:1 surround output for movie soundtracks). Plus they are extremely light and portable - key for laptop users on the go. Mind you I have never tried these but it is another thing to think about.
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tiloop PowerBooks, Firewire & Music - how? Sun 1 Jul 2001, 09:37
DigitMus I don't know about the Yamaha device, but I would ... Mon 2 Jul 2001, 06:18 tiloop From a Scot to a Scott, thanks for taking the time... Mon 2 Jul 2001, 09:04 Synthetic I would recommend the MOTU 828 firewire interface.... Tue 3 Jul 2001, 20:48 tiloop I 'm glad that this thing works so well but I didn... Wed 4 Jul 2001, 01:07 Synthetic well if you are not going to spend money... then y... Wed 4 Jul 2001, 15:55 tiloop Hi Synthetic,
It's a shame you can't laugh at your... Wed 4 Jul 2001, 19:09 Torrent At this point in time, I think that the iMic is yo... Thu 5 Jul 2001, 14:10 tag653 here are a few items I have run across looking to ... Wed 11 Jul 2001, 18:00 igor Some people said that Imic works with Virtual Memo... Tue 31 Jul 2001, 16:32
Synthetic Any time you have virtual memory turned on, it use... Wed 1 Aug 2001, 00:57 |
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