i think it's more appropriate to ask here instead of at mobile computing
i wanna buy laptop for my music playing & am wondering whether netbook spec (atom 1.6Ghz, 1 or 2GB RAM) is good enough. i want to connect my guitar & keyboard thru usb midi interface & play thru software. currently i use my vaio (C2D 2.5GHz, 2GB RAM) for this & i manage to use both soft-synth (keyboard) & amplitube (guitar) at the same time with no lag whatsoever. the amplitube is showing around 8% of CPU usage. any comment is highly appreciated.

rgds

This post has been edited by ajay67: Dec 16 2008, 10:57 AM

yeah the vaio is good but it belongs to the office, not my personal one . i'm thinking if i can have smaller one for portability.

sorry.. what is ATOM 330? is it equivalent to 1.6Ghz ATOM processor on netbook? as mentioned, i connect my equipment thru a usb midi interface (Infrasonic AMON). no i don't do do real-time recording, just playing live. i read a review on one netbook (forgot which one) which can handle ableton.

that's the answer i wanna hear (or actually don't wanna hear ) from someone who actually tried it..
just for the record, yr MSI got 1gb or 2gb ram?

but that's only for guitar, isn't it? that's just half of my story

no i don't think screen resolution matters. we are not talking about high-graphic games here. but i agree RAM is the main thing but not the only thing. otherwise a 2GB RAM netbook should be enough for me considering 2GB RAM vaio can perform to my expectation.

so, blacktrix, if your MSI wind got 2GB RAM & still fail, i'll drop this idea of getting a netbook for this purpose..

thanks! so the next question would be : what is the minimum spec for a notebook for this purpose? probably any C2D one with 2GB RAM should suffice?

hmm.. i gotta think back which is the best way for me..
the reason i wanted to go for the netbook way is portability. i usually bring my guitar, effects & keyboard to the jamming session which is quite troublesome. thus initially my idea is to leave the effects & keyboard behind & bring a smaller midi controller & laptop. my second option is get myself a smaller keyboard, & eliminate the need for a laptop altogether. what do you all think?

i'm not familiar with DJ equipment..
do you connect thru MIDI or line in?

ah.. i thought the mixvibes is a device. apparently it's a software..
yeah i do connect my equipment thru usb midi interface
so u only use the laptop keyboard to control the software isit? no external device? what about the turntable u mention?

This post has been edited by ajay67: Dec 16 2008, 01:32 PM

so i think my earlier question still valid, how you connect your turntable to your usb soundcard? midi in, mic in or line in?

i thought so but actually i'm asking choongster la

your USB sound card got phono in?

* never mind.. i search for yr DJ soundcard & yes there is a selection between mic/phono in
nice one u got there..

This post has been edited by ajay67: Dec 17 2008, 10:04 AM

yeah that's why i got second option of smaller keyboard. any recommendation? i haven't seen a small keyboard with good sound for musicians. all those small ones i saw are for kids

no i'm not interested in DJ stuff. i just want to learn all these interconnection things

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Added on December 23, 2008, 9:02 ami found out that many people have successfully run their audio thing on eeepc. more info at http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/ so i guess i'll get on to try out

This post has been edited by ajay67: Dec 23 2008, 09:02 AM