On Wed, 24 Oct 2001 00:57:24 +0100 "eliselaptop" e.chohan@uea.ac.uk wrote:
I'm also running PD on a laptop, but does anyone ever get any
interference
when the power supply is connected?
It doesn't occur if I plug straight from phones socket to an amplifier,
but
I've recently started using a little mixer. When I'm plugged into this,
and
my power supply is connected, I get pretty bad interference noise, which only stops when I unplug the power to my laptop. I've tried plugging it into different wall sockets, even on different fuses, and also making
sure
none of the wires cross over, but to no avail. The drawback to this is
that
I can only work closely on sound for as long as the battery lasts!
i've had the same problem.. but only with a little mixer :)... first time i connected to a real PA i was deathly frightened that i might have to do the whole show on battery power but it turned out not to be the case.
i think i later concluded that it was more of a problem with the other devices i had plugged into the mixer... (a desktop pc with notorious earthing-problems)
I have a Dell Inspiron 2500.
inspiron 4000
Also, does anyone run a duel boot Linux / Windows on a laptop for PD - I
am
considering it simply to have access to the different externals
available (I
have only very basic Linux knowledge, with a friend offering to set this
up
if I decide it's worth it!)
i mono-boot linux for religious reasons ;)
i can't think of (m)any externals that are linux-only... although maybe the piperead/write externals that are necessary for mp3-streaming.
pix.
Many thanks, Elise.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Ruxton" cinetron@passport.ca To: "nullpointer" nullpointer@odessadesign.co.uk;
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2001 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [PD] PD on a laptop??
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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