EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

On 1/07/03 18:43, "Nick Batzdorf" <recording@...> wrote:

>  >   From: Cyril Blanc <blanc.cyril@...>
>>
>>>  >Do you have an FW audio interface ?
>>
>>  Actually I do have a MOTU 828, but I only use it on my PowerBook as a
>>  portable DAW (and as back-up insurance if I'm recording someone and
>>  my Pro Tools rig goes up in smoke - but that hasn't happened).
>>
>>  Not a relevant factor in these reports - except that you probably
>>  wouldn't want to use a FW interface and a FW drive if you're trying
>  > to maximize a streaming EXS machine.

  From: Cyril Blanc <blanc.cyril@...>

>Hello Nick
>
>That is the point I want you to come.

Well, Firewire has enough bandwidth to do a lot, but the 
implementation in my G4-upgraded Pismo machine - and, I've been told, 
all but the last couple of TiBook generations - isn't great. I 
couldn't run a Digi 002 on that PowerBook (because it's controlling 
the mixer and running audio down the same wire), but even on the 
internal drive it can record eight simultaneous tracks while playing 
back 24.

So the Firewire bus on that machine is fine for a lot of things. I 
used to use it as an auxiliary sample-playing machine all the time, 
but only for RAM-based samples. With a dual gig Mac and a Giga PC I 
don't need to do that, but the opinion of your Apple tech below needs 
to be qualified. You can do a lot with a Wallstreet.

>Also a Power book is not a computer to make symphonic pieces of music with
>many tracks ; That was clearly pointed to me by Apple France when I bought
>my Wall Street a few years ago
>A technician from Apple told me \ufffdyou should never have bought this computer
>to make music, use a desktop

The Wallstreet doesn't have Firewire, but a lot of things have 
changed since then.

>  I bought a 400 MHZ G4 it was a dream !. (it\ufffds
>a question of disk, bus ..... WHAT SO EVER ;;;; I don\ufffdt know much about
>hardware inside the PB)
>
>With a 324 PCI interface with Motu 2408+24i+1296 ; I have manage to record
>the 54 ins with no problems on a G4 533 MP using internal ATA disk, I doubt
>you can do this on a series of FW interfaces !

Why would you need to? You're in a studio setting if you're recording 
54 ins, so you can use whatever works.
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Nick Batzdorf
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