[PD] PD on a laptop??

[Jim Ruxton]

Hi Tom,
Thanks a lot. This info. is a big help. Had to lug my desktop around again
today and tomorrow so getting this info. is inspiring me to go shopping.
ciao,
Jim
> Hi Jim,
>
> I use WinMe on a toshiba satellite 2800-400
> PD runs fine except for the strange edit lock that seems to happen on
> windows machines..
> (just close the patch and reopen it to allow editing again...)
> I use a midiman usb 2x2 midisport box for midi, although the timing isn't
> great (more windows than the usb I think) it's useable with a bit of
> tweaking...
> As for soundcards.. my advice is just to use your onboard card fo the time
> being cos it will pretty much gurantee compatibility with pd and wont hog
> any extra cpu time..
> Externals.... theres the wami box, the digigram pocket and the almost
> mythical (here in UK anyway) hammerfall laptopcard... I've heard bad stuff
> about all of them so I'd suggest getting a trial run (return offer on the
> hardware e.t.c.) before you commit..There a new motu firewire unit thats
> sposed to be god,but i haven't got firewire so...
> anyway.. i hope this helps..I've done quite a few performances, just using
> the phones socket, and to be honest on an average PA in an average room
you
> don't notice the quality level at all.
>
> oh and as far as video cards go .. most newish laptops come with savage
> video cards (OK) ATI cards (OK again) or NVIDIA geforce (brilliant), they
> all have decent opengl drivers i think although the nvidia card is kinda
> geared towards T&L systems like DX..
>
> Tom
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Ruxton <cinetron at passport.ca>
> To: pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at <pd-list at iem.kug.ac.at>
> Date: 22 October 2001 21:23
> Subject: [PD] PD on a laptop??
>
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> >I'm still what you'd consider a newbie with PD but I did my first
> >performance using PD and know I want to continue exploring it. One thing
I
> >discovered however is it is a hassle lugging around my desktop PC to run
> PD.
> >I'm considering buying a laptop to make my life easier. I have a couple
of
> >questions around this and was wondering if anyone can help out.
> >Right now I am running PD on Win98. Most new laptops come with Windows
> >Millenium or Windows XP . Does anyone have experience running PD under
> these
> >operating systems? Should I just load Linux onto the laptop with the
other
> >resident operating system and use that? Does anyone have a recommendation
> >for a good soundcard that would connect to a laptop? I guess this would
be
> >USB. I use MIDI so the soundcard would have to have MIDI ports. I haven't
> >yet but if I decide to output video using GEM is there a recommended
laptop
> >video card? Finally if anyone can recommend a specific model/
configuration
> >they use I would appreciate hearing about it. The other thing I'm
> >considering is keeping the desktop and getting a flat screen. This would
> >help a lot although the laptop would be more convenient. Thanks for any
> >suggestions/advice!
> >Jim
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