Re: [LAU] Laptop as portable synth/effects box?

I'm talking about my keyboard, which has stereo line outs. I would hook
them to my UCA202's stereo RCA jack inputs, and use a Y-cable to combine
the 2 stereo outputs into the single 1/4" plug connection needed to hook
into the sound system.

Maybe with a real time kernel and the proper settings, the UCA202 won't
have weird skipping problems when used bidirectionally.

I could hook the keyboard in via MIDI and use that to drive a softsynth,
too.

Sounds like fun if I can get it to the point of setting it up and
adjusting settings quickly enough.

Just think - the EEEPC 901's are dirt cheap at Amazon!

http://www.amazon.com/8-9-Inch-Netbook-Processor-Storage-Battery/dp/B001BYB620/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1240999950&sr=1-2

Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
> I've used Pure Data and Csound both that way, with good results, with
> a Zoom H4 for input:
> http://zoomh4.net/
>
> Unfortunately, you can't use the microphone and the instrument inputs
> at the same time; you'd have to either have two of them or plug in a
> separate mic and an instrument.
>
> -Chuckk
>
> On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:58 AM, david wrote:
>> The guitarist in my church band has been using a hefty effects box for
>> years (of course). Our violinist just bought a small one for chorus
>> effects. I should figure out to use my laptop as a synthesizer and
>> effects box and start bringing it along. Or maybe I should set up my
>> wife's old laptop for that - it's got a faster processor in it. Anyway,
>> suggestions/thoughts?

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David
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