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I'm working on getting my computers into a network, or atleast sync them.
One of the computers will be used for file storage and samples, and if possible VST's, connected on an external, as well as potentially midi interface to hardware (as I only have 2 or three possible midi connections right now. If things go ahead, I'll also be running a 2.2ghz system and a 2.4ghz t7700 and t7500 processor dual core). Both them will be sigmatec audigy's I think plus an outboard extigy.. .. however i have no idea how the funds will work out.. two laptops is a little bit of madness but I'd like to use one for melodies, and the other for ryhtm. I'll have a edrum set I'm configuring for midi use as well as a mpd pad I'm not sure exactly how I'll do it yet. But I'd like to utilize all three computers into the mix. It is sort of ridiculously expensive though (as a hobby for a poorman). Of course the laptops have other uses as well (I quite accidentally put myself into a position to buy two) both are 3GB of ram... so between the two it will be 6GB of ram + 1 GB ram on the storage computer. Of course I'll also have some outboard equipment I'm going to try to get involved an access virus, mc303, keyboard, and a sampler.. but getting it all working, and it all running at the same time may be a stretch. Of course there is other stuff. How it likely may end up is that I'll connect everything to my mixer (and run with the 5 channels i have one for each laptop one for the virus, one for the mc303, and one for my turntables and dual cd deck (hooked up to a seperate 2 channel mixer)
all in all though the laptop alone handles most of my uses. One will be toggels and the other will be the drumset, and whatever else i need it for.. I just need to figure out how I'm going to sync it.
This is about callaghans gear though.. I really have no clue, I'm currently basically just using one computer.. I'll be running a lan, and trying to mix audio signals. I need to figure out how I'll be handling minitoring.. Luckily i have two 3.1 surround sound speaker systems.. so technically I may be able to run one for each laptop sync them somehow .. would sdpif work / firewire work? as both are equiped with it.. if I linked them together would there be some way that could be used? I honestly feel like flopping down 4000$ on two laptops is just insane. Although I am hoping that the purchase will last me the life of the three year warranty unless I have a windfall. Of course one of the benifits is having close to 1TB of data storage now between 3 large drives and a few smaller ones. Although 1TB externals can be bought for like 300$ or less now... .. a safer bet may have been to buy a nice workstation and one laptop... but I'm in the situation I'm in for a reason.. there is no way I normally would have bought two laptops.
Anyway long rant...
It should last.. but the "new software" that uses what it has .. seems to constantly occur.. if new more powerful stuff didn't happen then what..
(what I'd really like to see is a sound equivlent of the physics processor engines - as hopefully these will become standard in graphics cards)
none the less I'll hopefully be able to watch TV on the laptop record video, utilize voice commands - and that is the cool part.. both laptops have onboard mics... I'll be using dragon.. so if I give voice commands, they should follow the commands at the same time.. of course noise is an issue, but with a spilter audio cable or using bluetooth with both them interacting with the device.. I can fork commands...
We'll see what happens with it. (I think getting a car might be a more rational choice for some people...)
(I'm hoping that about 2000$ of the laptop funds will be reimbursed so I'll be stuck with about 2000$ for the two.. we'll see)
HERE IS A PICK OF WHAT I HAVE IN MIND - sorta
Multiple potential loopbacks on this.. should be fun.. also I'll likely have an equilizer kicking around on something.. but I'm not sure what yet.... dependson what I'm doing. |
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Robby,have you been smoking again
