> From: Kevin McNair <kevinmcnair@...> > Subject: [OT] iBook playback > > [note from admin: please send all replies privately or to Logic-OT, thanks!] > > Hi all, > I just got an iBook 800Mhz and a MOTU 828. I'm planning to use OSX.2, and > I'm considering several programs for live use. I use Logic with OS 9.2 on my > desktop for production, but I don't think I'll need all of Logic's > "horsepower" to play back the finished stereo backing tracks. Any > suggestions for this type of application? Live and Peak are two programs I'm > considering. Any other ideas? MIDI control and ease of rearranging stereo > regions (the actual songs within a set) are a consideration. > Thanks, > Kevin > P.S. I'm thinking of this as an alternative to the CD-based system I'm > setting up. I'm not sure why this is OT...... So I'm replying =) I use an iBook with a MOTU live. I use Logic 5.5 for doing so and heres why. I have 3 stereo tracks - Track 1 = main mix (without bass and kick drum) Track 2 = Bass parts Track 3 = Kick Drum parts This way if I'm at a place where theres too much bass, I can turn it down rather than trying to fix the problem with EQ. I also play a lot of VST instruments live - I have the EVP88, ESX24, 2 Absynth modules and Beast up and ready to go. I have the arrange window open and arrow up and down to play different parts - wherever the spirit leads me.... Processing wise it never gets to 60% and I'm an a 600 Mhz iBook so you'll be fine. One suggestion if you don't have a USB keyboard, get one... I got the Evolution 49c because it can run off the iBooks power and the knobs have presets so you can set up different controller settings for the knobs (since everything has a different CC# for Filter Cutoff, Resonance etc.). Oxygen and the MIDI man keyboards can't do this. Good luck ! -John Lehmkuhl