SEMI-OT: PCMCIA to Firewire card for Audio?

[hyperstationjr]

I have an older Sony Viao 15" w/ 2.79gHz Pentium4, 500mb Ram, a partitioned 30gig HD and 3 USB ports, running Windows XP Pro.

 

At home I have my Mac with MOTU's 828mk2 and MicroLite. I figured if I bought a new laptop with Firewire, I'd have an awesome time performing, but I just read that they actually have PCMCIA to Firewire cards...

 

Now I know I'd probably stand to upgrade the ram, but aside from that, would this work properly? Will I be getting any weird bugs? Will the audio be ok, any funny artifacts or dropouts? Anyone try this before??

 

I figure to just have some MIDI going out through the PC, along with some backing files, all live. At home, I figure to just do some simple audio cutups and stuff like that...

 

Is this all feasible, or would I just be wasting my money on this ??

[Guest Anonymous]

Hello. You might want to also post in:

 

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=&forumid=15

 

Also look back here because someone might be able to help out with info you are looking for.

[hyperstationjr]

Bump?!

[MartinHines]

For $14 I think it is worth a try.

 

I don't see how a PCMIA card with a FireWire port would be conceptually different than a PCI card with FireWire/USB 2.0 ports (to add Firewire and USB 2.0 ports to my Dell desktop, I installed a Belkin PCI FW/USB2.0 Combo card).

 

There might be some driver software you must install, but I would think it SHOULD work.

 

Adaptec sells PCMIA USB2.0 Firewire cards also. They are a major brand, so if they sell it, that type of card should work:

http://www.adaptec.com/en-US/products/firewire/