"Netbooks"

[voidar]

Hi,

I see there are a lot of ultra-weight portable laptops released lately based on the Intel Atom processor. I also see some people are running audio applications (Ableton, REAPER etc.) successfully on them, and given some of them come with ExpressCard options I am thinking one could be a good investment as a live/scratch-pad/recording tool.

Any input?

I am about to start my solo project up as a live act, so I need to get my tools in order.

[Neutron]

I must admit i ordered a dell mini 9, i am going to use it for working on melodies while commuting.
normally i would never buy a dell but there was a big discount on it.
also you can put OSX on it and everything runs properly, so i might try that for a while just for fun.

[valis]

Just expect to move back to the speeds of machines of 3-4 years ago, and you'll do ok. If you kept your old installers on hand for plugins & the like, even better. Ableton Live hasn't actually changed its base footprint much since v4 (it's using the new plugins & features that becomes resource intensive) and Reaper works well, but you can't say the same for all applications. The very latest Atom cpu's are a bit faster (most are dual core now too) with even better models coming soon, as is always the case with computing...

Also make sure you get WinXP & enable the classic interface / disable UI effects, the integrated graphics from Intel are still a joke. Nvidia's Ion should not only change this, but have enough horsepower to run Aero in Vista/Win7 at full tilt without affecting audio performance (assuming they don't bork up the system bus somehow as they have in the past with certain Nforce versions.)

[Neutron]

lol i dont expect ever to do that. the screen is a bit small. i i got a laptop for XITE-1 it would have the biggest screen i could find. but i doubt i would even do that at all.

[valis]

Xite-1 to an iPhone?

[valis]

I do hope that the mixer has some interpolation to smooth the steps in the midi output

[next to nothing]

Well, interpolation is quite good allready, so is OSC support!

http://hexler.net/touchosc

nice demovideos there as well

[voidar]

Whoa, that is so cool.

Starting to see solutions for my live setup here.

[valis]

Peter Kim has actually had a lot of coverage of iPhone apps: http://createdigitalmusic.com/

Sorry for the laughter earlier, chalk it up to mobile envy

[next to nothing]

Stardust:

if you allready have an iphone and max/dsp (i think it works with the demo as well), i'd say $3 aint bad for a multitouch (5-point) touchscreen controller. Besides, there is a lot of other controller apps for it as well. Im not comparing it to a lemur or anything, but for a portable setup you have to look hard to find something as diverse/lightweight to accompany your setup, and as for cost, what do you compare it to?

Especially if your starting point is a ultra portable notebook, which is the topic here...

And as Valis said there are lots of other software options for it as well (Monome-like apps etc)...

[Neutron]

Iphone is very smooth for controlling sound natively, and with OSC.

for a laugh heres a video using an iphone app "bebot" as a guitar.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iw18hXCLlcE