Yes, why not. You get much nicer results if you use an external sound card rather than trying to hook up to the small jacks on most laptops (because of impedance matching but also balanced sockets help eliminate hum etc), which adds to cost if you don't already have that. It's unlikely that you need a machine with a particuarly fast processor, if you're doing straightforward effects and maybe a softsynth too. The main concern is to use a system that can give low-latency audio I/O, since the guitarist/violinist/whoever will *very* quickly notice the latency and feel very uncomfortable with it, if it's more than (say) one or two dozen milliseconds. So do use a linux distro with a real-time kernel (e.g. ubuntu studio, pure:dyne). HTH Dan 2009/4/29, david <gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > 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? > > > -- > David > gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > authenticity, honesty, community > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > -- http://www.mcld.co.uk _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
