[LAU] Hardware synths

[Miguel M]

Yeah I wouldn't use a fanless cpu, not nearly enough CPU power.  
Heck when I play live sessions I just bring my entire custom built linux
PC which I then control through FreeNX on my laptop.  
I use it exclusively as synth/rythm machine/midi sequencer.  I don't see
the point for a hardware synth.  Seems like a waste of money to me.  
I'd rather spend some money on some cool midi controller pads or
something.

On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 03:39 +0100, David Olofson wrote:
> On Wednesday 05 December 2007, Ken Restivo wrote:
> [...]
> > For live use, if I can find the money I'll buy one of those fanless
> > nano-ATX or micro-ATX mobo's,
> [...]
> 
> Be warned though; those VIA Cx and AMD Geode CPUs found on most 
> fan-less boards aren't anything like workstation CPUs. Incredible 
> power *per Watt* - but you'd need to run one at several GHz to get 
> anywhere near the slowest Socket 775 Celeron you can find.
> 
> Don't know how they handle FPU intensive work, but I'd suspect it's 
> even worse. Has anyone tested that?
> 
> 
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