[linux-audio-user] Computer Case

[Sean Edwards]

I am always looking for a computer case to fit into my
rack, but I never thought to get one that could just
sit on top!

http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3880195342.html

--- Dan Easley <daneasley at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 2/28/06, Jan Depner <eviltwin69 at cableone.net>
> wrote:
> >
> >     Just use Audacity to do the fades.
> >
> 
> ah - right you are - thanks!
> 
> right now i'm using a linux box for
> synthesis/effects/looping, and a
> windows box for recording/editing/mixing.  having
> separate machines
> for those task groups suits me very fine.  i'm
> rather proud of my
> conservatism in changing audio production systems,
> but after three
> years lurking this list, a year or so of casually
> experimenting with a
> linux audio station, and now a month or so of solid
> productive use,
> i've certainly realized that the windows machine
> needs an exorcism. :)
> 
> a year or two ago someone on this list mentioned the
> stylistic
> limitations imposed on musicians by the software
> tools they use.  as
> though different applications, like instruments, had
> specific idioms. 
> i believe they accused ableton of having a german
> techno personality
> (no offense to fans of ableton or german techno -
> though i'll stick
> with can).  so, dig this - the reason i'm not
> recording/mixing/editing
> on a linux box right now is that my current projects
> are built on the
> stylistic limitations of my windows programs; it's
> my impression that
> the linux programs have (certainly) different, but
> moreso (in my
> estimation) LESS limitations than what i've been
> using, and so music
> composed with them would not fit with what i've
> gotten done on the
> windows box thus far.
> 
> i'm struck by the irony of my reluctance to move to
> a different system
> due to its superior quality.  it is artistically
> self-serving, though
> - it encourages me to finish off what's sitting on
> the windows box,
> and suggests that the stuff i do after that, on a
> linux setup, will be
> that much better.
> 
> i guess i'm having trouble kicking the monkey off my
> back, but i can't
> say it's the cure's fault!
> 
> new tools and instruments really make me happy.  a
> borrowed drumset
> and the linuxsampler/freewheeling/jack-rack
> combination have kept me
> high for months now.
> 
> --
> dan at towndowner.com dan at burntpossum.com
> daneasley at gmail.com
> http://towndowner.com http://burntpossum.com
> 


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