Hi all.. whats your general opinion on these two PDA's. I'd mainly be using it for multimedia applications, especially MP3 music, softsynth's like syntrax and pocket jam, and sampling. as well as picture and video viewing with slight editing. I'm assuming I'm gonna need fairly hefty storage space when using wav files and processing for multitimbral synth applications (I'm of course not assuming this is gonaa be an amazing music machine, but it'd be a great scratchpad for my trax)
If there is a different PDA out there in a similar price range that would be far greater for these applications then suggestions welcome.
I think both would do fine... 2210 is a little faster, but that wouldnt affect playback and viewing of music and photos. Playback of videos would be better on the 2210 though (higher bitrates).
Some good synth software for pocket pc is called Phoenix. I havent used it in a year or two but its really cool software
update: I feel like i made up the phoenix software because I cant find anything about it now :?
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If you're considering either the 2200 or the 1940, then go with the 2200. Its got both memory slots, and has proven to be a zippy performer. The 1940 should prove to be a good performer, but has some of the same memory limitations as the 1910 (tho not as bad...)
Based on these 2 points, I would think you'd be happier with the 2200.
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I'll point out that the 2 slots would also give you the potential for more storage for those multimedia files, or the ability to have one storage card and a Wifi card or some such.
Thanks guys you've been most helpful, what's the sound quality like on the 2200, obviosly through headphones not the built in speaker, and I guess i could always patch it into my mixer and play along with it :lol:, It'll be great when (one day) PDA's will have 24bit A/D converters, perfect pocket synths...
the 2210 sounds pretty good to my ears (and I'm a musician). However, something no one here has mentioned... you may want to wait a bit and see the new handhelds JVC is releasing, those are designed specifically for multimedia and such. May be worth holding out to see what those bring to the table.
That said, you definitely do NOT want the 1940 for your purposes. Only one slot, and that slot is SD, which is more expensive and only goes up to 512 MB right now; not to mention the headphone jack isn't a regular 1/8" size, it's one of those godforsaken headset-size 2.5mm ones that you need an adapter to use regular headphones with. Get a 2210 with a 256 or 512 SD card and a 1 gig CF card, and ideally one of those nifty Compact Flash high-quality audio input cards (don't have the link offhand but it's in the forum somewhere). Just be sure to check compatibility with the new Windows Mobile 2003 OS.
Good luck; let me know your adventures and misadventures in the world of PPC digital music, i'm very interested in more ways of using mine too (hmm... could make an cool little sampler for effects in concert for my band this year... ).
Thanks dropedd.. I'm gonna stick withe the iPAQ's for now cause of their small size and weight, I like the idea of carrying it around with me incase I get an Idea.. Damn I'll never get any work done now :wink:
I was reading the excellent review in 'sound on sound mag' about the Griff music production suite that Skitals got me on too, It looks AMAZING.. sequencer, sampler, effects, synths, and now a tonewheel organ module 8) 8). The reviewer was using an iPAQ 3850 with a Strong ARM processor, "which is apparently better suited for DSP than some of the more recent Pocket PC devices based around Xscale processors" is this a limitation of the 2215 or does the 2215 use the same processor as the 3850. I really don't wan't to have to raise my price level to that of the more advanced iPAQ's if i don't have to, But I do want the best machine for my application. any ideas? hope I'm not too annoying with my Q's
Sorry Guys I actually "researched" my own answer and found out the 2215 uses the Xscale 400mhz processor as well which is perfect, and this model from what I can tell is virtually replacing the 3850 anyway. So I'm pretty much sold on it already ,
Anyother music applications you might think of feel free to post em here cause I'd love to hear everyones thoughts and experiences using these cool little pocket pc's as a musical instrument...
Well, a little OT, as I have nothing to contribute about 1940 vs. 2210--I just got a 2210, but it's the first PPC I've owned, and I've never tried a 1940. The storage difference with the CF slot could certainly make a difference for large multimedia files.
What I'm mostly curious about are the music software products you mentioned. Could you please write more about them, on this thread or another one?
I am a musician and music teacher, and have long been working with music software on PCs. Now, I just have had my first PPC a couple of days, and it would be handy to sometimes work with music on it.
I know it can play back MP3s. But what about for music creation, MIDI editing, etc.? I wish there was a version of Cakewalk for PPC, and a Band-in-a-Box version for the OS would sure be handy, a very little band to practice with!
PPC OS doesn't come with a software synth like Windows XP does, does it? But you mentioned some software synths. Please tell me more about them, and how one can try them out.
Someone here mentioned the product "Griff". I did download the trial version for that one, and tried it out a little. I'm not too impressed so far, but I really haven't tried it out much yet, and the trial version is very crippled, so it seems you can't try much. And I'm surprised that. although it seems to be able to save to MIDI (disabled in the trial version though), I didn't even see an option of importing a MIDI file. If one wants to transfer a file one was working on the desktop PC to the PPC to work on when one is away, for example, no way to transfer it, if "Griff"can't open a MIDI file. Does Griff contain its own softsynth?
Any more comments on music software for the PPC would be appreciated.
Ipaq 2215 vs 1940 for music and multimedia
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