Ive been thinking recently about setting up a pa. The main sequencer would have to be a laptop. I would like to playback tracks using a p.c and have various hardware triggered by midi. I would like to connect a soundcard with many outputs and have them going into my mackie 1604

I already have a USB2*2 midi interface, would I need to update this with something that's got a faster transfer rate ie firewire.

Just wondering if anyone had any advice on where to go with this while I have a browse around myself. Idealy I would like the laptop to be a high spec. How would I connect a soundcard to it, is it still possible to connect via PCI?

Much appreciate any help given