Hi. So I took up a black friday deal and got a good core i7 laptop for cheap. Unfortunately all laptops now have 3.0 usb and no firewire possibilities, which makes my bandmates nice Focusrite sapphire useless to me. I still have a 2 channel emu 2.0 interface that's working well for my midi triggering vst's and 2 channel recording. I would like to have multi-channel for live drums.

Ok so I bought a brand new M-Audio MobilePreamp. I've used the same model in school.

I'm looking into branching out into doing more mobile recordings, both to help w/ the overhead at the studio and because I have had more demand for it.

Here are a few criteria:

1. Primary use will be for recording school bands/choirs/orchestras. Mainly stereo pair, though I am willing to explore other methods.

HI
i live in norway and for fun we run a radio in our collage and it work quit well using sam brodcaster last month we have bought

I love TheJackAttacks rack and especially for cable strain and simplicity to cart around a nice clean setup:
$269.00

Well never think you've got it all under control until you've at least tried recording a choir with a full house and no practice run. One shot to erect a stand, line your mics up and get it right gives me a new respect for these mobile engineers around here.

Interesting info on the mobile music industry:

excerpt:

25th February 2011
A study conducted by Juniper Research has indicated that by 2015, the mobile music industry will be worth $55.5 billion.

Hoping to spend about $3,000 + or -

I have an oldish Firepod circa 2006 which is on its last leg. It's the 8 input one, kind of like the newer Firestudio. I don't record drums and have no need for 8 inputs anymore. I obviously want to stick with firewire connectivity for the speed and could be fine with just 2 inputs, so I'm curious what people are saying about the Firestudio Mobile?

Why is it that many manufacturers of firewire audio interfaces advertize that they are bus powered and thus good for field recording, when virtually no notebooks come with 6 pin firewire connects? I think except for a Mac or two, virtually all pc's are 4 pin, and I am almost certain that they must be 6 pin to provide power.