--- On Sat, 10/24/09, Paul Kemner <[email protected]> wrote:
> Midi would be faster.

This is a timely reply, Paul. I was just going to ask a question.

I'm an Ableton Live user. My "studio" setup is XP PC based because it was 
available, and I needed something that would take the 5V PCI interface card for 
an M-Audio Delta 1010 audio/midi interface. This all works fine and because I 
ONLY use XP with the one program, it doesn't get in the way. The midi timing is 
always perfect.

But I need an additinal mobile setup. I had hoped to use my trusty 12" G4 
867MHz Aluminum PowerBook, at least for just driving my midi sound modules (I'm 
old-school), which shouldn't take much CPU power.

I bought a Turtle beach USB midi interface (One in, one out) which works but 
the timing goes off sporadically. I was wondering if this is because it's only 
a usb 1.1 interface on the PowerBook or if it was a CPU power issue, or just a 
bad interface. The interface just uses the built-in Apple drivers (Tiger).

The shame is that the PB has a FW400 interface which would be MUCH faster so if 
it's just the usb speed then a FireWire midi interface would be great. But I 
can't find one that isn't an Audio/midi interface which is more than I need.

Is anybody else doing this sort of thing? Anybody got any recommendations for a 
FireWire Audio/midi interface (but mainly for the midi)? I'd love to press the 
old PB G4 but into regular use.

Cheers

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