[linux-audio-user] Scratch-built DAW - what's your favorite?

[Jan Depner]

On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 16:50, Brad Fuller wrote:
> The current discussions re: RME cards and ProTools going Linux reminded 
> me of a question that I wanted to refresh the list with.  That is, 
> building a DAW from scratch. Ok, I'm not talking about creating your own 
> mobo, but to purchase a pre-made one, a processor, cards, yada..yada.
> I haven't seen this disussed recently, and was curious what others have 
> done, and what others have used, to build-it-yourself.
> 
> Can we start with mobo's? Any recommendations, horror stories, successes 
> are most welcome.
> 
> I recently built an AMD64 PC using a DFI K8M800 board, but it was for 
> MythTV. I had absolutely no problems with the hardware. The problem was 
> getting 64bit apps/drivers. I had to build most of it myself. It is 
> getting _much_ better out there for the 64bit world, though.
> 
> As I said, that was for MythTV. For audio, my latest is P4 machine is 
> running FC2 -- with no problems lately. But, this is an older PC.
> 
> Stories? recommendations?

	Good question.  I'm getting ready to turn my old system over to my son
and build a new one.  I'll take any advice I can get.

Jan