thank you for that explination. What i got from this quote is that newbie patchers should go JB3 Newbies witha full rig should go dat or laptop? Is that correct?
what i'm saying is that i think an outboard A/D in front of the JB3 would be in your best interests. whether patching a full rig, or running your own. the A/D in the JB3 is not the best.
if you have the means to go the Laptop route, then this changes things altogether. by all means, go with a Laptop. get yourself a splitter, and you should have no trouble patching with a Laptop even. build your rig up from there.