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> Date: Sat, 15 May 2004 14:06:17 -0700
> From: Malcolm Baldridge <linux-audio(a)paypc.com>
> Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Inexpensive
> motherboards/chipsets for
> linux audio
> To: A list for linux audio users
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> > Does anyone have experience using an ECS N2U400-A
> or
> > ECS K7VTA3 motherboard for audio work?
>
> Let me guess, you're finding the recent
> CPU+motherboard offerings from Fry's
> to be tempting?
Nothing about that store is tempting. Unfortunately
my lack of disposable income limits my options to the
least expensive equipment.
> Well, ECS motherboards are at the bottom of the
> barrel. You might get
> something that works, you might get a noise factory,
> who knows?
I have read conflicting reports re: those boards for
general desktop usage, some say they are rubbish,
others say that they offer the best value. I figured
I'd ask the list for some linux audio specific info.
> I know I
> found my ECS Pentium 4 motherboard to be barely
> adequate and that was just
> for a TELEPHONY logging application where I could
> tolerate a -65 dB noise
> floor. (OUCH)
I guess I should have mentioned that I am not building
a DAW for a home studio or anything. I mentioned that
my current machine is a PIII-550 without room for any
significant upgrades. It is more or less sufficient
for most of what I am doing (word processing,
telecommunicating, web development, etc.) but for the
bits of audio that I am doing it is a little slow.
E.g., remastering field recordings with Jamin is a big
hassle and completely ties up the computer. I am not
doing any 24 bit recording on this box or anything, no
analog signals being recorded at all really so RFI or
whatever causes the noisyness shouldn't be that
relevant (or should it?).
> The K7VTA3 is a VIA-chipset system with all of the
> usual vagaries and bugs
> implied thereto.
Okay, so the VIA chipset is problematic re: audio?
Could someone who has experienced this briefly outline
the problem or maybe point me toward some
documentation?
> The N2U400 is an nVIDIA nForce chipset motherboard,
> which
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[that's what I get for using my backup webmail
interface w/ lau in digest mode I guess]
So the upshot is that the nVIDIA chipset is
significantly better than the VIA board? Because it
is also 40% more expensive as well. But if it really
offers a better value then I might go for it. Any
informed opinions?
Thanks,
Barton
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hi,
what is the best way to get 4 independent outputs from an sblive!
i am using pd with jack but in qjackctl i only see 2 alsa_pcm playback
devices. Is it possible to get 4 outputs using an sblive and jack?
if not what's the best approach... alsa? oss?
thanks,
rob (planetccrma fedora core1)
I guess the title says it all. You can grab it from the same place:
http://www.kde-look.org/content/show.php?content=12584
(the download is a bit of a hog for the time-being due to fact that I've
included 7 different versions of the startup sound in hope users can help me
figure out which one is the best one)
Comments, questions, and obviously votes are most welcome!
Best wishes,
Ivica Ico Bukvic, composer & multimedia sculptor
http://meowing.ccm.uc.edu/~ico
Hi,
in the ReadMe of jack_fst there is written
"and are located in source/common. unfortunately aeffectx.h
contains some constructors making the C compiler grok. Remove them we dont
use them."
Could somebody tell me, which fo the contructors I should delete, I have
been quite unsuccessful with my choises yet (gcc 3.3.3), fst compiled just
fine.
Thanks,
Michael
Hello.
This idea has bugged me last months: how about making a punch of
Linux songs? I already know R. Stallman has written a song about
free software; perhaps that could be worked out first.
This would be a good time to start because today I saw a BBC news
on how a song of a Japanese company turned out to be a hit.
The company placed video to their webpages and people kept downloading,
and now they have sold the song good. Other companies are now
making songs as well. If the boom spreads outside Japan, perhaps the
good old IBM songs are soon worked out as songs which appeal to our
generation.
When we make the songs, my wish is that the whole editing projects
are made available (not only the final mix). That way anyone could
make an another version using the same material. The songs would
then work as tutorials as well.
Regards,
Juhana
Does anyone have experience using an ECS N2U400-A or
ECS K7VTA3 motherboard for audio work? I'm thinking
about upgrading my system (from a PIII-550/SE440bx2)
but I don't have any experience with the newer gear.
Thanks,
Barton
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Does anybody know if there is a way in ardour to make multiple instances of the same plugin use the same automation track. I guess the propper way to say this is would there be a way to slave multiple plugins to one master automation track.
For instance, say there is a bus with multiple channels and I want to insert a plugin that just supports 1 IO. In order to process all the channels I insert multiple instances of the plugin for each channel in the bus. If I want to automate them all the same way though, is there a way to do what I described above?
regards,
-Reuben