G4 Laptop recording options

[Slave 9]

I have a Titanium G4 Powerbook 550 with 512 ram. I am looking to set up my recording system on it. I have researched a lot and know and understand some of the options ( 828, Wami, various USB set ups ) I also have a SCSI to Firewire adaptor. My question is this, are there any hardware setups sold that I can take advantage of the SCSI to Firewire and gain more inputs/midi versus a 828 or Metric Halo straight Firewire system? Any and all help would be cool.

[Scott Gould]

Since Firewire will support multiple devices, it isn't limiting your ability to do multiple simultaneous tracks, only the 40MB/sec. bandwidth will limit you (I know you can get at least 32 tracks, maybe a lot more). The firewire to SCSI bridge is limited to the same bandwidth - no increase there. However, you have a cardbus slot which will allow you to use a breakout Magma PCI chassis (I think it'll handle 6 slots) which you can fill with MOTU 1224s or 1296s or whatever multichannel PCI cards you like. Of course, by the time you buy the chassis & fill it with cards it will have cost you more than twice as much as your TiBook... :D

Scott