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I have been given the opportunity to use a friends laptop which has Ableton Live 7 on it. He has told me that if I wish to pay for the upgrade he will upgrade it to 8, however suggests that I use the money on hardware instead. Being a novice I have opted for devices listed at ableton.com as compatible. I am looking at one of the two setups: 1. a Novation Launchpad http://www.ableton.com/launchpad… with an Akai MPK25 http://www.akaipro.com/mpk25 or 2. a Novation Launchpad, an M-Audio Oxygen 25, http://www.m-audio.com/products/… and a Behringer BCR2000. http://www.behringer.com/EN/Prod… The donor computer is a Dell Studio 1555 Vista Ultimate 64-Bit with Intel Centrino 2 T9550 @2.66GHz chips & 8GB RAM.
I have seen setups on youtube that consist of 2 devices so I am wondering if it will be possible to host 2-3 devices easily? I am aware there are some PCI & PCI-e devices however am unable to find exactly what I need, mainly because I'm not sure what is best for my intended use.
I believe that midi devices can be set up in series though I am unsure of the connection requirements of the items I am interested in as most are listed as usb. I have 3 usb inputs on the computer, one of which says eSATA; Firewire 1394, Network , and Mini PCI-e connections are available as well. If it matters there are also a VGA and HDMI connection. I am stating these additional ports in hopes there is another piece of hardware I could possibly plug into the mini PCI-e or eSATA usb port then connect all the controller devices to.
As you can tell though, I am ignorant here and seeking advice from knowledgeable hardware users. If you have other hardware suggestions that you believe would accomplish my interface expectations, while avoiding shortcomings I may not be aware of, please inform me and share your thoughts.
I would like to use one of the two setups listed above or one similar to them, but prefer not to order the items, wait a week or two to receive them, then not have a clue how to connect them correctly or not realize I'm still missing some additional hardware. I figure there will be issues in midi mapping attempting to use multiple devices that are all designed to work with Ableton, however I prefer these issues as opposed to having three devices and only one working at a time.
Thank you for any input or insight you are able to share. If you have any further questions about the computer hardware/configuration in question, please let me know so that I may answer them. I'm not sure if the computer setup is good, bad, or irrelevant to successful operation.