I have read some of the theory, but I'm wondering about the real world:

How many tracks do you guys get on a firewire interface with a firesire
dire, using a PCMCIA card on a Laptop? Where do you think the bottleneck
is?

I'm thinking about getting a Firepod by Presonus, and running it through an
Adaptec card on a two year olr Compaq Presario. I have a La Cie 200 Gig
Hard drive, which would also use the firewire.

In theiry, with an additional digitial preamp, I should get 10 tracks in
while providing four separate stereo mixes out for monitoring.

What can I expect in the real world?

Thanks for all your help, here and in the past.

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John Krieger