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So taken from my thread a few weeks back
I have a Sound Blaster Pcmcia laptop card now. I get good results in ableton with latency at 20ms using the SB ASIO driver. After purchasing a few new microphone cables and adapters, I have decided to do-away with this SB card and upgrade to the Roland UA-25. It's very ideal for me since it's USB powered, neutrik combo IN's, various outs, etc. It also has ASIO 2.0 capabilities which is ++.
By making this change, can I assume that I'll be working along the lines of 2ms Latency? (with multiple vsti's/vsts)
My Gateway laptop has 2 gigs of ram, AMD Turion 64 Mobile Technology MK-36 2.0 GHz | 512 KB L2 Cache, 100 GB 4200 RPM PATA hard drive, XP pro + some audio tweaks
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11/29/07
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mulletballet
Ouch, that 4200rpm hard drive is going to bite you in the ass. I have a Gateway with a Core 2 Duo with the 4mb cache... nice machine - and once I blew Vista away and put XP on, set all the power-saving features off, etc. --- it works like a champ for music stuff.
I don't know about the Roland box you're mentioning, but the m-Audio gear (Ozone/Ozonic) has the direct hardware monitoring, sort of 'pass-through' - and though they have low latency, anyway - this sort of bypasses most latency problems entirely.
11/29/07
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LeoMANXVII
Sweet, so
The Roland has:
Zero Latency, Direct Monitoring
The UA-25 provides ultra low latency with maximum performance from popular music software, such as Sonar, Logic and Cubase. You can control Direct Monitoring from the front panel, not only for ASIO 2.0 compatible applications but also for others. Ideal for soft synths controlled from MIDI devices.
Also going to invest in a 7200rpm momentum 
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mulletballet
Woo! sounds like a winning combination. the 7200RPM drives make a HUGE difference in performance... you'll notice immediately.
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LeoMANXVII
Yeah!!! and it's only liek 100 dollars, awesome ftw
11/29/07
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madeofoak
the 7200rpm will definitely help. another option is to go with something like the m-audio nrv 10, which is a firewire mixer and interface. this particular mixer/interface can be set up to send monitor mixes directly from the mixer itself, bypassing your laptop and thus attaining zero latency. definitely more dough, though.
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LeoMANXVII
Yeah, I got windows laptop man. Don't want to go the pcmcia to firewire converter option thus creating more baggage and power wires. 
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celibacyclub
there are also many other options in the firewire/usb mixer interface category, if you are anit m like i am. there are products from roland, yamaha, alesis, phonic, allen & heath
though it seems youve found the interface you want, and i agree the ua25 looks hard to beat as far as $/value-features
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LeoMANXVII
What's anit m?
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celibacyclub
sorry anti m-audio
is what i meant
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LeoMANXVII
haha, I kinda figured that. I used to have a trigger finger, but sold it off not too long ago. I got an alesis controller, which has gave me problems, but still works well.
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mulletballet
I've liked all the m-Audio gear I've ever owned...
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atum
m-audio gear isn't bad, if anything its one of the few manafactures that has kept up with the crossplatform wars. if latecny is a total problem spend a couple of thousand on a kyma. i never get hung up on things like that. my apples all have under 256 ram and i never have a crash or suffer any latency in proccess.
11/30/07
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madeofoak
i usually hate m-audio, but the nrv-10 has gotten nothing but glowing reviews. i personally use a motu 828mkII. dreamy pre's.
11/30/07
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celibacyclub
yeah., didnt there new monitors get some good reviews too?
maybe they are growing into a pro audio brand.
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atum
i only like the external audio buses they make. they have a wide variety and they are reliable and cheap
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