Firewire

anonymous
By anonymous, Tue, 02/27/2001 - 09:13

Does anyone have any opinions on the implimentation and availability of firewire solutions for PC laptops? Specifically I/O for 1394 DV video, and audio in and out of firewire external hard drives. I'll be running Foundry, Logic Audio, and Pro Tools Free in Win ME on a PIII 700 from HP. :confused:

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anonymous

I've heard from there is problem with latency with firewire (i.e. a problem with using vst instruments), because firewire requires decoding by the cpu which induces latency. The fact of cpu utilisation worries me because I'd rather save as much as I can on the main program!

I personally think the rme PCMCIA card will be a better bet..when it comes out

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MM

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