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Originally posted by SPAWNmaster apples are good for production (especially the macbook pro's)...you can use boot camp to run windows XP if thats a concern of yours

Aren't computers good for producing?

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On this note..

I've got a 2.2Gig Celeron with 700MB+ of RAM.

It's a reliable machine, and i take good care of it with many tweaks. Having compared it to many of my friends' laptops (many which are 2 years newer) with games and high-demand software, i find mine can usually match and even surpass theirs in many aspect, despite being a celeron.

The only problem is that it's got a USB 1 slot instead of USB 2.

If i was going to hook up a high quality soundcard, would this be a big issue?

I'd imagine it would be, but do u guys think it's worth buying the USB 2 port for it?

I ran USB audiocards off of USB1.0 all the time back in the day when I used my M-Audio Audiophile USB.

It's not a big issue.

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Originally posted by DJFreaq I ran USB audiocards off of USB1.0 all the time back in the day when I used my M-Audio Audiophile USB. It's not a big issue.

are you sure that it doesn't result in drop in quality or anything?

USB 1 has a much lower transfer rate.

Buy the audio interface you want and if it doesnt work well with usb 1.0 then you can buy a firewire or usb 2.0 pcmcia card for around $15-20 USD off ebay. I baught a firewire pcmcia card from ebay for $20 AUD! and it works great except pcmcia slot doesnt have power.

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Originally posted by DJ 00 Tommy Buy the audio interface you want and if it doesnt work well with usb 1.0 then you can buy a firewire or usb 2.0 pcmcia card for around $15-20 USD off ebay. I baught a firewire pcmcia card from ebay for $20 AUD! and it works great except pcmcia slot doesnt have power.

yeah...

about that....

i nuked my PCMCIA slot.

I opened my laptop up, and replaced it with a new one...

still doesn't work.

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Originally posted by DJFreaq I ran USB audiocards off of USB1.0 all the time back in the day when I used my M-Audio Audiophile USB. It's not a big issue.

is that a production quality sound card?

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Originally posted by Abhay is that a production quality sound card?

What defines production quality?
Do you have good studio moniters? If not then you probably wont hear much difference...

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Originally posted by DJ 00 Tommy What defines production quality? Do you have good studio moniters? If not then you probably wont hear much difference...

I have Monitoring headphones. Sennheiser HD280 (I will marry these headphones one day).

I was just wondering if the level of sound card needed for software driven music production could function just as well off USB 1.

I'm aware of the deficiencies in bass accuracy that monitoring headphones have. I should be able to work around it.

Thanks heaps guys.

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Originally posted by Abhay are you sure that it doesn't result in drop in quality or anything? USB 1 has a much lower transfer rate.

No. It's digital. From either direction it's just O's and 1's with plenty of buffer.

Once it goes through the USB audio device then it becomes audio. (The digital to analog converter.)

So if you have a shitty USB audio device then it's going to do a poor job converting digital audio to analog audio. Slower transfer rates simply mean bigger buffers which = more latency = don't try running more than one program at once on the same USB audio device.

HOly shit. Time for bed.

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