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USB Posted by Steve...R (from: 194.117.133.196) on July 01, 2001 at 14:12:49: In Reply to: I want to record live band using my laptop, can you posted by Mike on June 30, 2001 at 14:49:07: I tried to read some tech specs on your laptop and I think it sounds like it has USB. If this is the case then there are a lot more audio interfaces available that utilise USB than there were a couple of years ago, (one maybe). Roland make one (UA-30 possibly), and I think it's Tascam that actually have a small portable blue mixing desk that is USB. The likelyhood is you will be recording a stereo mix from the band which should be easy for your machine. If you are trying to record many different tracks at the same time you will need a fast laptop with some serious input/output bandwidth, like the Apple G4 laptop. Firewire is standard on that machine so it can use the MOTU 19" rack mountable 18in/out interface (including the ADAT though). I doubt most if any laptops will happily process that many seperated audio tracks at the same time including the G4 although I would like to try that out...! Anyone tried that?? PC laptops have USB as the fastest bus on the whole, and therefore you will be limited to the amount of tracks you can record similtaneously. Do you need to record different tracks at the same time??? Software will depend largely on the answer to the last paragraph.... Keep us posted...! Steve...R Follow Ups: Post a Followup Name: E-Mail: Subject: Comments: : I tried to read some tech specs on your laptop and I think it sounds like it has USB. If this is the case then there are a lot more audio interfaces available that utilise USB than there were a couple of years ago, (one maybe). : Roland make one (UA-30 possibly), and I think it's Tascam that actually have a small portable blue mixing desk that is USB. The likelyhood is you will be recording a stereo mix from the band which should be easy for your machine. If you are trying to record many different tracks at the same time you will need a fast laptop with some serious input/output bandwidth, like the Apple G4 laptop. Firewire is standard on that machine so it can use the MOTU 19" rack mountable 18in/out interface (including the ADAT though). I doubt most if any laptops will happily process that many seperated audio tracks at the same time including the G4 although I would like to try that out...! Anyone tried that?? : PC laptops have USB as the fastest bus on the whole, and therefore you will be limited to the amount of tracks you can record similtaneously. Do you need to record different tracks at the same time??? : Software will depend largely on the answer to the last paragraph.... : Keep us posted...! : : Steve...R Optional Link URL: Link Title: Optional Image URL: [ Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Music Software Discussion & Help Page ] [ FAQ ]

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