Advice on setting up with TiBook, Been-there, done-that with a Powerbook? Options

[sambeau]

I've got a TiBook and have probably paid off enough now to get some Audo tools.

Does anyone have any advice?

I would like to do audio and MIDI, would like to portable and quiet and as near to professional as I can get without spending more than $1000 max. And preferably a lot less Buying abit at a time would also be better than having to shell out all at once.

Do I need an Audio card? How is USB Audio?

What should I do? What would you do if you were setting up today?

[sambeau]

Boy am I glad that you brought the mBox up. THanks.

I've been eyeing it up all weekend at their website and asking - 'what's the catch?'.

Are you sure there isn't one. I mean, okay so it doesn't do midi. But I can get a midi box later. And it comes with ProTools LE which according to the reveiw of the 001 on s-o-s seems to be everything I need.

It just sounds a bit too-good-to-be-true. What about latency problems? surely I won't be able to hear effects beingapplied in real-time will I? IS there anything I should realise about USB rather than a PCI card.



I mean, why does anyone bother with a soundcard if they can get the same result from a USB box?