Tim Canfer

hi - I'm reletivly new to Max and this forum and I'm after hardware info if someone can help...

I'm looking for a 4 analogue input sound card and a basic video input device which would be best for using with Max MSP/Jitter, on my shiny new Macbook (white, 2.1GHz, 4GBy) which has 1x firewire and 2 x USB2 ports.

I would really appreciate any recommendations re video and audio hardware: specifically, is there an entry level video quality for a basic colour/motion sensing patch and would that require firewire (over USB)?

I've read through the Jitter FAQ which was really helpful but some more specific info would be great.

I would really appreciate any recommendations re video and audio hardware: specifically, is there an entry level video quality for a basic colour/motion sensing patch and would that require firewire (over USB)? 

Video & Audio hardware query...