practical analog I/O channel count limits

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2005/06/14 08:36:51 (permalink)

practical analog I/O channel count limits

My current daw (Athlon 1.4, win98SE, Sonar 2XL, Gadget Labs Wave 4) is ancient but has been too reliable and capable to warrant replacement. Until now?

I just ordered a new notebook computer (Toshiba P4 3.3G, 2G memory, XPpro etc) and want to see if I can set up a portable multitrack recorder with it.
I just ordered a upgrade to Sonar 4 Producer edition.
I am planning on getting a firewire I/O box of some sort.
Does anyone have some insights on how many channels you can simultaneously record on a single firewire port? For example, can I daisy chain 3 analog 8-I/O boxes via firewire and get reliable performance?

I have been out of touch with computer recording gear for a while and welcome any suggestions for using a notebook as a portable DAW.

Thanks,
mike
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    RE: practical analog I/O channel count limits 2005/06/14 09:16:08 (permalink)
    I have a Toshiba widescreen 3.2 GHz laptop that I (oddly enough) use as my kitchen PC. In my experience doing DV editing the onboard hard drive was useless. I ended up getting an external 250 GB 7200 RPM Maxtor firewire drive for the video data.
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