15 Apr
2004
15 Apr
'04
12:27 p.m.
I have a live performance setup I use with my band. I
used one of those tiny VIA motherboards and a Midiman
UNO usb <-> midi adapter.
It seems like it's a good idea to use a flash card and
that's what I did at first, but flash cards peter out
after a certain number of writes. If you want to go
that route, I'd suggest maybe having the partitions
mounted read-only.
--- Ariel Sommeria <asomeria(a)mayah.com> wrote:
Hi Everybody!
I have some old pc hardware that I want to use for
live music performance.
To start with it would be an effects box, then if
all goes well an expander,
a sampler, and/or whatever other ideas I come up
with. I was thinking of
using a footswitch controller, with a few buttons
and a wah-wah like pedal
as a knob. I have yet to buy the controller so I'm
open to suggestions. It
would work with USB or MIDI, or better both. If
MIDI, then I also need a
MIDI input card. Ultimately I would like the
software to be as compact as
possible, so I can run it off a flash card instead
of a hard drive. It would
probably be without GUI, though I'm leaving this
open.
Now to the linux bit:
There is all this cool stuff already programmed for
linux that I could be
able to tailor to my needs, so its worth looking at,
it seems. And I am sure
I am not the first one to come up with this idea. So
would you have any
suggestions on where to start?
As you have probably gathered, I'm a newbie to
Linux. But I'm not to
programming, and I'm ok with doing some coding.
bye,
Ariel