[linux-audio-user] Building a DAW - couple of questions

[Greg Reddin]

Hey folks,

I'm considering building a Linux DAW and have a few questions.  First
of all I have a Delta 1010LT soundcard.  Does anyone have experience
with using that card on Linux?  Any caveats I should know about?

Secondly, I think I've narrowed down my mobo/CPU combination and
wonder if there's anything to watch out for there.  Here it is:

CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2400 Thoroughbred 2.0 Ghz 266Mhz FSB
Mobo: Asus A7N8X Deluxe NVIDIA nForce2 SPP, nForce2 MCP-T chipsets

Also, related to hardware, there seems to be a myriad of hard disk
choices out there.  The mobo seems to have built in support for
standard ATA IDE and SATA.  I haven't read the manual yet to find out
the details, but I'm thinking about going the older ATA100, 7200RPM
route since the drives are about half the price.  Am I shooting
myself in the foot by doing this?  Should I buy a PCI IDE controller
or is it possible to get reasonable results from the onboard
controller?  What are some drives you have had success (or failure)
with?

Finally, I would like to be able to record in remote locations
without having to bring along a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc.  I was
thinking about using my laptop to open a remote X session on the main
box.  Is that a practical scenario or would that drain too many
resources on the main box to be productive?

This is mainly an experimental project.  I don't need this box for
everyday professional use or anything.  I'm just trying to build a
Linux box on a shoestring and hopefully get it to work with the audio
stuff.  I'm really trying to keep costs down to around $400 US --
pipe dream maybe, but we'll see.

Thanks,
Greg


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