[LAU] New Hardware

[Marc-Olivier Barre]

On 8/13/07, Chip VanDan <chip.vandan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Okay, so I did all the software experiments for the past couple years
> and have been running just fine using Planet CCRMA's packages in
> Fedora on an old piece of crap computer.  I've gotten fairly good at
> what I do for what I have, and I am to the point where I believe that
> my performance and quality issues are due to the hardware restrictions
> of my current machine, mostly due to the fact that my motherboard has
> an integrated soundcard which I've been using to control my mic and
> MIDI, ugh.  I'm ready to go out and plunk down a large amount of cash
> on a new system.  Here's my problem, I have no idea what to get.
>
> I love things like JACK, Zyn, Seq24, Hydrogen, and Ardour, but not
> sure how new hardware would affect the operations of such programs.  I
> have determined so far that I would like to have a Hammerfall HDSP
> card, but not sure whether I want to go for a 64 bit processor yet.

Hi,

I own a Hammerfall HDSP with a Multiface II. I could not be more
happy. If you're willing to pay the price for one, it is decent
hardware, and has good drivers.

For the rest of the PC, I'm sure other people will have interesting
pieces of advice ;-)

Cheers,
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Marc-Olivier Barre.