On Tue, 2006-05-23 at 01:35 +0200, Carlo Capocasa wrote: > Believe me, when you have your first gig and all you're carrying is a > lap top computer instead of twenty different 20kg devices that all > need to be hooked up the exactly right of 10'000 different ways, > you're gonna thank me. That's why we use linux, real time mixing, > synthing, sampling and recording all in one device, and we can > MIDI-control it if we want some fancy faders. > Well, this cuts both ways. Those 20kg devices are made to handle spilling beer into them or being whacked with the head of a guitar or a flying drumstick. Laptops are made to sit on a desk in an office or in a padded bag. Lee