Thanks guys, i'll definitely be looking at your suggestions, i think it's pretty clear that i should make the move to linux, but i just haven't gotten to it. i already have an acer netbook, but the issues there are horrifying latency and breakup of the sound (at least on windows), pierre's solution seems like my ticket for now, as i don't need to have the system on me. although the bisquitbox, audiopint , beagleboard ,etc. seem like good possibilities.<div>
<br></div><div>To be continued... <br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Michal Seta <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mis@artengine.ca">mis@artengine.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On Thu, Jul 29, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Jeffrey Concepcion<br>
<<a href="mailto:jeffreyconcepcion@gmail.com">jeffreyconcepcion@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> I would like to exclude my laptop from live performance, so to be able to<br>
> upload my pd patch (or patches) to a device like the beagleboard seems<br>
> perfect for my needs.<br>
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</div>I suppose that by "exclude" you mean you want to avoid interacting<br>
with your laptop directly?<br>
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I don't know what platform you are on but you may want to consider<br>
using a netbook. It gives you more power than a beagle board, you can<br>
develop/test your stuff right on the thing, it is small and you could<br>
even fit it in a small backpack that you could carry on stage. If you<br>
are familiar with linux you should search linux-audio-users list for<br>
some info about getting it done. Ivica Ico Bukvic (who is also on<br>
this list) does a laptop orchestra with netbooks running linux, Ken<br>
Restivo uses an eepc for live shows as a softsynth and DSP (IIRC) and<br>
I was recently involved in a project where a mobile setup with<br>
netbooks, speakers and microphones was used and carried by musicians<br>
in backpacks:<br>
<a href="http://vimeo.com/12997228" target="_blank">http://vimeo.com/12997228</a><br>
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