Monitoring video from Roland Sampler--MacDV Digest #2393

[Ted Langdell]

Jamie, 


A couple of nagging questions:  How well will your laptop output the midi
file to the sampler while processing incoming video... and will having the
video window to the front affect midi output.

What about purchasing a 5 or 6 inch (diagonal) LCD panel, or if you need
something bigger an 8 or 13 inch (diagonal) TV.

I've seen several items that might work for you at Sam's Club and elsewhere
for a couple of hundred bucks or so.  The 13" unit was AC/DC, had a DVD
player and IIRC had external video inputs.

That would give you some entertainment value when you're not playing.

You might also look at a 15" LCD computer monitor with NTSC video inputs and
tuner.

Ted.

> From: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 05:15:17 -0700
> To: "Macintosh Digital Video List" <MacDV at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: MacDV Digest #2393
> 
> Message-ID: <3F785AF0.4030209 at uaf.edu>
> Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 08:16:48 -0800
> From: Jeff Fay <jeff.fay at uaf.edu>
> Subject: [MacDV] Re: Video In
> 
> both EyeTV (http://www.elgato.com/eyeTV/) and MyTV
> (http://www.eskapelabs.com/products.html) will do what you're trying to
> achieve. both have analog composite video in.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> Jamie Saunders/Montani Media wrote:
> 
>> I have an old Roland rack-mount sampling/sequencer. I plan on using
>> this with my band, sequencing a few songs from my ibook/500. the only
>> problem: the sampler has composite (rca) video out to a tv or display,
>> which happens to be the only way you can operate the sampler.
>> 
>> Is there a USB or FW product that can let me use the ibook for a
>> "display" for my sampler? My TV is too big to put on stage. I know
>> there is the USB VideoBus II, but what i need to do is "monitor," or
>> see what my sampler is displaying, and not to record. I'm afraid that
>> tying-up the ibook for video record would be too hard on the
>> processor, when all i want to do is watch my sampler's video in full
>> screen.
>> 
>> -------------------------------------
>> 
>> Jamie Saunders
>> 
>> Montani Media (audio, video, web, print)
>> Mother's Nature band (a variety band from WV)
>> LUMC
>> 
>> www.montanimedia.com
>> 877.879.6334 toll-free
>> 304.769.0900 wv
>> 
>>