 Mon 2 Jul 2001, 09:24
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I am very interested in purchasing a motu 828 for use with my new ibook 500, but am curious about performance issues.. Will there be limitations compared to a G4 powerbook (such as multitrack use) because of the limited bus speed (66mhz) on the ibook as well as the 4200 Rpm hard drive and 256k on board cache (instead of the powerbooks 1mb on board)..
I know I can compensate somewhat with lots of Ram...but Basically I want to know if its wise to use the motu 828 with an ibook? Thank you for your advice in this matter.. |
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Tue 26 Mar 2002, 15:27
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I have an 828 and G4 laptop and I too am anoyed at the size of the soundcard, it makes a rediculous bundle. Check out the 'USBpre' (search) 2 channel card, its for the film industry, so its only 2 channel, but its XLR, phantom and has MS too and it's bus powered. Its looks ideal for porta-recording. But its about £500..
Also emagic do a 4 channel (I think) bus powered sound card, which is cheaper(but no XLR's). As for HD speeds, as far as I know, the Firewire bridge becomes an issue with HD's that are not true Firewire, but they use an inbuilt converter/bridge which is slow. So you need to look into the details of the HD in question. Hope thats of help. -------------------- melta
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bigwhig I am very interested in purchasing a motu 828 for ... Mon 2 Jul 2001, 09:24
DigitMus I'm using the 828 with my iBook and it seems to be... Mon 2 Jul 2001, 18:02 symota if you're plugging your motu 828 through the firew... Tue 10 Jul 2001, 23:02 bigwhig Good ? Sym.. DIgibus answer PLZ.. By the way I bou... Tue 10 Jul 2001, 23:36 DigitMus RE: How do you plug the HD in? Easy, plug the HD i... Wed 11 Jul 2001, 08:29 kishori I am using an ibook for recording, but I'm always ... Mon 25 Mar 2002, 22:26 symota Actually, I just saw in my Musician's Friend catal... Tue 26 Mar 2002, 21:54 kishori Is this what you're looking for?
Digidesign Mbox... Tue 26 Mar 2002, 23:31
melta Had a look into this area, some lists of soundcard... Wed 27 Mar 2002, 00:05 |
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