[MPA] What do you think of this 'portable' setup?

[Parker Worsham]

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On Friday, October 17, 2003, at 08:12 PM, Douglas Carmichael wrote:

> I'm speccing out an audio rig to use with my PowerBook 17" revA (60GB 
> HD, 1GB RAM) and I'm wondering if you have any comments on my proposed 
> setup.
>
>  Console: Yamaha 01V96 with MY16-AT 16-channel ADAT I/O card
>              (in R&R ATA case)
>
>  Rack: 12U R&R ATA shockmount rack with:
>          * Furman power distribution (1U)
>          * FireWire hard disk/CD-ROM (2U, who are the good makers 
> other than Glyph?)
>          * Mark of the Unicorn 828MkII 8ch audio I/O (1U)
>          * (2U blank panel for expansion to 24 tracks)
>          * (1U blank panel for MIDI TimePiece AV)
>          * (future expansion including outboard FX, etc.)
>
>  Software: Which software would be the most flexible for HD recording 
> with eventual expansion to MIDI? (I want to be able to do basic 
> recording/mixing but also want to expand to surround mixing, locking 
> to SMPTE, etc.)
>
>  Will I be able to mixdown to a 2-track/6-track file on disk or do I 
> need a separate mixdown recorder?
>
>  Would having the disks and the 828s/other interface on the same 
> firewire bus cause a problem?
>
>  Any comments welcome.
>  --Douglas
>
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