posted 06 May 2004 16:44            

I still get some slow screen re/draws and wierdness....but all in all..ok

I want to move kyma over to a more compact system (a small shuttle box)
Anything I should use or avoid in this new system? ASUS? INTEL? What type of video card are people having the best luck with? Etc...

Any reason I should re-look at getting a Mac? . . . (I use both platforms daily....but am getting sick of osx) the only other program i will be useing daily besides kyma is wavelab on this box)

posted 06 May 2004 17:14            

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Originally posted by SSC:
I've seen someone using Kyma X on a Sony VAIO pcg V505EX notebook 1.5G Centrino (Pentium M together with wifi capabilities). Graphics looked great, it was fast, and lightweight (about 2 kilos).

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I'll check this box out....
Now all we need is the new 4.4-pound Kappy to match (remember. scrap the analog outs so we can use our own d/a flavor...pop in an internal disc drive so we can run the box in installations without a komputer and oh..mLAN....)

posted 12 May 2004 08:01            

I'm really glad the Capy doesn't have a disk drive, because then it would need a UPS, and I would have to find some way to back up the data that was on the disk drive and so forth. The PowerBook handles all of that pretty elegantly--I can burn backups right onto CDs or DVDs. I also personally view the onboard converters as being hugely beneficial. It seems to me that, in terms of stand-alone converters, there are inexpensive ones that are cheaply made and unreliable, and then there are well made ones that are expensive. A significant part of the difference is simply the packaging--physical packaging, shielding, power supply, analog electronic parts. The Capy has a big head start on all of that, so on-board converters are a big win. Even though my studio is all digital, I just take the analog outputs from the Capy into my patchbay because it's much simpler and more flexible than trying to route digital signals around the studio, there are not synch problems, I can power it up and play with it without booting up my Pro Tools rig, etc. It sounds great.

Anyway, about 80% of the bulk of the Capy is in the DSPs and memory--the motherboard bus with expansion cards, etc.

Just my $.02 worth.