[MacDV] Video In

[Gregg Gorrie]

on 9/26/03 11:39 AM, Jamie Saunders/Montani Media at montani at appleisp.net
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

What about using something like Sound Diver (or any other patch/librarian
program) to control your sampler and run it in the background along with
your sequencer? What are you using for sequencer software?
-- 
Gregg