[linux-audio-user] Live system

[Link Ray Swanson]

If you're looking for a low priced socket 754 CPU, check out the 754 
Semprons. In the K8N they will overclock to rock-solid performance, and 
they've been shown to outperform the Athlon 64 3400's on some tasks. As 
for a video card, look into something that has solid support in Linux, 
and something that will be easy on your eyes (good refresh rates and 
resolution - audio mixing can involve prolonged staring at the screen :( .

I'm running Ardour, Jack, Audacity, and Hydrogen on a 500MHz Athlon 
Classic :) with 196MB of RAM and an old Live! Drive in the front to get 
the job done . . .

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Iain Duncan wrote:

> For what it's worth, I have that motherboard and chip combo with 
> gentoo ( not the 64 version right now though ) and it's worked out 
> well for me. I used the gentoo 2.6.8-mm sources.
>
> Iain
>
> matt at tinysongs.com wrote:
>
>> Ok, I am building a machine from scratch to mix and record live music 
>> with
>> Ardour.  Please look at my specs and offer any feedback.
>>
>> Motherboard:
>>
>> Asus K8N
>>
>> http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket754/k8n/overview.htm
>>
>> Processor:
>>
>> AMD Athlon 64 (I haven’t decided on the speed, though price will play 
>> a factor
>> here.  Probably the 3400.)
>>
>> Ram:
>>
>> 2 – 1GB DDR400 PC3200 ram cards.
>>
>> Hard Drive:
>>
>> I am looking at 2 80GB 7200 RPM ATA drives to use in a RAID 
>> configuration, which
>> is apparently supported on the board.  Any comments on this are 
>> welcomed!
>>
>> CD Burner
>> I have a TEAC CD burner that I am planning on using.  It’s fast.
>>
>> I’ll use a 2 space rack case with a PCI and AGP riser cards.  I’ll 
>> probably just
>> get a cheap-o AGP video card if no one thinks it matters.
>>
>> Audio I/O will be accomplished with the ST Audio DSP3000 with an 
>> additional
>> ADC&DAC3000 for a total of 16 channels of full duplex 24/96 I/O.  
>> I’ll may add
>> a 3rd ADC&DAC3000 unit at some point.
>>
>> Kernel:
>>
>> I am thinking of using eh CCRMA FC3 i86_64 kernel if we think that’s 
>> workable. I have heard grumblings about AMD 64 and CCRMA.  If it’s 
>> bad, I’ll use Gentoo. Any help here would be great.
>>
>> Transportation:
>>
>> 6 or 8 space PA rack with shock mounts.
>>
>> Control Surface:
>>
>> This is an unanswered question as of now.
>>
>> Video:
>>
>> I am thinking of getting a rack video/keyboard deal like from a 
>> server room but
>> they seem really expensive.  Any comments?
>>
>> Thanks in advance for any feedback.
>>
>>
>> Matt
>>
>>
>>