V-Machine....

[boswell]

So...


I bought a V-machine. (SM Pro Audio)


Silly me.


"Take your VST's with you!" "Great for live situations!""Never worry about beer soaked laptops ever again!!!"

Sounds great huh? ....

Fractional support for a handful of plugins which may or may not work even if you do manage to HAND CODE the ini file needed to make them work. Yes. Hand code. No midi in, tiny audio input jack (3.5mm). Just...terrible. And the worst part is I bought it months ago from the USA, hoping that support would increase. So now a return is out of the question.

Circa £500...

Folks...
Learn from my fail.

[Mouse]

Ouchy ouch! Sorry to hear that.    If it's any consolation, I will learn from you and will avoid this product I've just read about. So, thanks for the pointer.  

[boswell]

Glad to be a martyr for the cause

[RWA]

That's silly indeed.....  

Seriously, I hear nothing but trouble about this thing and support has not really increased over the years.
Muse Receptor started out with a lot of problems as well but seemed to get their shit together over the years. The only problem is .... it's 4 times as expensive as a V-machine....  :?

[boswell]

I thought about a Muse Receptor but like you say it is stupidly expensive, and it's huge! I don't perform with any rack mounted gear so it would mean setting all that up too. Not worth the hassle.

I should have bought a laptop

[RWA]

I thought about a Muse Receptor but like you say it is stupidly expensive, and it's huge! I don't perform with any rack mounted gear so it would mean setting all that up too. Not worth the hassle.

Not many know about this gadget...........
..........so let me be of help by pointing out the "Receptor back mount" for stage use:


 :?

[Jem]

Have you seen ziss?

http://www.openlabs.com/soundslate.html

A bit more than a V-Machine, but a fair bit less than a Muse.

[Pedro]

Oooh, that fired a synapse...

What happened to the whole DBeat thing? Did you ever get one?

[RWA]

Have you seen ziss?

http://www.openlabs.com/soundslate.html

A bit more than a V-Machine, but a fair bit less than a Muse.

Nice! If they cut that thing in half I think Boswell is satisfied.
But seriously, that thing looks great. It goes further then a Receptor since it can also be a DAW. Way cool!



Together with ziss you one can keep on tracking in the Sahara desert!  

[boswell]

Maybe cut the price in half too.

And what is that RWA?  I like it....

[RWA]

And what is that RWA?  I like it....

Traveling and can't find any WiFi spots? Sometimes finding that much needed internet signal is harder then spotting a shooting star in the night sky. Popular Science wrote a piece on how to produce your own portable WiFi spot out of a backpack for about a $1000. They offer a complete description of undertaking this ordeal along with estimates on the gadget prices. A great idea for all the internet junkie travelers out there.

It's basically the world most expensive sig lighter.

[boswell]

Now I'm definitely buying it