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fullcircuit · 21st January 2010

I'm an old school live sound guy, but I want to be able to start offering clients multitrack recording on the side. My other dream is to get rid of my outboard rack efx, especiallly needing to ring out monitors and mains via a 31 band graphic eq. Im about to try an R 16. I've been a PC guy forever but hate Microsoft. Should I switch to Macbook Pro? My problem is for the money I can get a new iCore intel quad chip Sony Vio ($1100 US) I can only get an older MacbookPro duo core 2.4 gig. Will it matter?
The big drain is that I want to be able to record AND use the computer to fun my efx for the live mix simultaneously! Has anyone been crazy enough to tryh that yet? What I'm talking about is: sending all 18 channels of the R16 to "tape" (computer via firewire) then returning them "wet" with plugin-added efx and sending them on through the analog board to the FOH and monitors.
Please let me know which platform handles this best and if it's even possible.
Much Obliged.

21st January 2010	#1520
fullcircuit Gear interested Joined: Jan 2010 Posts: 2	Zed R16 For LIVE SOUND: Mac or PC? I'm an old school live sound guy, but I want to be able to start offering clients multitrack recording on the side. My other dream is to get rid of my outboard rack efx, especiallly needing to ring out monitors and mains via a 31 band graphic eq. Im about to try an R 16. I've been a PC guy forever but hate Microsoft. Should I switch to Macbook Pro? My problem is for the money I can get a new iCore intel quad chip Sony Vio ($1100 US) I can only get an older MacbookPro duo core 2.4 gig. Will it matter? The big drain is that I want to be able to record AND use the computer to fun my efx for the live mix simultaneously! Has anyone been crazy enough to tryh that yet? What I'm talking about is: sending all 18 channels of the R16 to "tape" (computer via firewire) then returning them "wet" with plugin-added efx and sending them on through the analog board to the FOH and monitors. Please let me know which platform handles this best and if it's even possible. Much Obliged.