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i used to run impulse tracker on a 286 acer for a while with an ess 688 soundcard , running mono, 22.050mhz, with a 20 meg hd. once i would load up all the samples individually in a song, it wouldnt skip or anything. but i had to use 386 memory in there and tape it down and stick guitar picks in and shit in order to get enough ems/xms memory. i even used this mess of a rig for a few shows with no problems surprisingly..think i upgraded one time to a pentium 1, probably 100mhz, then to a pentium 2 400mhz, and im still using it now.

if you want to get into an impulse tracker setup, a pentium 2 is great, cheap and plentiful at thrift stores (just look around for something that looks good and clean, if youre not good with older pc's take someone with you who is) with that mmx shits and get a sblive in there, sb live will cost you no more than $5 now. do not even attempt to fuck around with configuring IT with any other soundcard really, its not even worth the trouble. 400-600mhz is basically what you need to get going. also, i donno if schism tracker's mouse functionality is different at all from impulse tracker's, i never noticed any differences.. and besides, the only thing you really should be doing with a mouse in IT is drawing envelopes, you want that intuitive, sorta ergonomic hotkey-dependant setup there.

the biggest problem schism tracker has going against it is that a lot of key combinations can get 'stuck' on ya. its too buggy and they put too much effort into it for being as buggy as it is. samples sometimes will not trigger at all if they're below a certain samplerate. the thing about schism thats a really strong thing in its favor, its useful to learn the ropes of getting into a tracker like that without having to go and make a true dedi IT rig. its gonna sound different and better and after you've used schism for a minute, you're gonna say 'wow, IT is a lot...stronger...or something?' and you want to do that if you try schism and enjoy it, find a good p2 that you can throw a big hd in and a sb live in and have an enjoyable time in bringing some new life into an old box.

perhaps you might not even run into some of the problems that some others have with that program, depending on the good or bad habits you pick up along the way in tracking. i sort of think laptops are out because while you can use external keyboards (and really, tracking on a tiny keyboard gets tiring fast), you arent gonna get the ideal sound quality that you'll get with an sb live, which is pretty much the end of the line driverwise with that program, and lets be honest, thats the big draw in using the program in the first place. it sounds way better than with a regular soundblaster.

man..

not true, i will tell you why. you're talking about a severely limited number of plays. lathe cuts are a great promotional tool, or even for artists who want to get off the ground with a early offering that might end up being a little more special and fragile than a trad 7". but people who buy em might end up a little disenchanted when after 5 or 6 plays their record doesnt sound as good anymore, as usually they're more comparable to a flexidisc than a record. some can hold up for as many as 20-30 plays depending on your stylus. the price between getting lathes done vs going for one of the big box companies like rainbo isnt too much of a difference, as the big part of where your money gets eaten up is limiting/mastering and shipping, regardless of whether you're printing flexis, 5" lathes, 7", 10", 12", picturediscs, 180-190g, whatever. either way, you should make it worth the effort and if you dont want to print 50 lathe cuts then not to bother with it. or go with the rainbo 100 7" package, which is probably ~$900 now. or maybe look into kunaki and see what their rates are, i havent looked into their vinyl yet at all and i donno if anybody else has either.

another problem with lathes is that you have way less bass on your finished product unless you're using polycarbonate, something that would probably be a dealbreaker with chip stuff. but that also depends on whether the company you choose uses pvc or polycarbonate for lathecuts. i've heard pvc lasts longer, i've also heard of people using lexan recently because its harder than polycarbonate but softer than pvc and lends less surface noise. which plants are doing this, i cant say for sure. though i would say if you are considering getting em done to try and find someone who matches the two criteria of ~$2-3 a pop, or lexan as the material. searching out one or the other will most likely lead you to a final product thats either of a little higher quality, or one that you can use for promotional. the latter may end up being more fruitful these days. you will still have to source your own artwork, as most places who do lathe cuts will give you a plastic sleeve. there's certainly deals out there to be had if you research enough. but you'll certainly be paying with your time.

might even be tough for them.

part of the problem is that if you want to do a double gatefold, high g pressing vinyl, you pretty much have to sell it in the $20-25 range and thats in the stores, not mailorder. and i think thats what they're going for with that vinyl right? tack on a few extra bucks to that, the fact that not everybody's got a record player, and its a hard sell.

vinyl is basically for collectors or superfans now, and somebody earlier in the thread mentioned tapes, they're a hell of an easier sell simply because of the price for manufacturing vs minimum order and turnaround time. the price per unit when you do those options, full color gatefold etc etc is up above $10 per to the artist and thats not even in the smallest print run you can do. its a lot of money to tie up.

you arent doing what i asked.

all clear

nope, i supplied information about your vinyl options currently