29 May
2008
29 May
'08
2:21 p.m.
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 7:18 PM, Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> wrote:
After following the thread here about laptop survival
rates live, I've decided to roll my own ruggedized embedded softsynth box:
http://www.restivo.org/blog/archives/a-more-portable-setup
I'd appreciate any advice anyone here might have to share regarding this adventure.
I'm particularly curious about storage options. I'd rather not put in a spinning
hard drive, and go with some kind of flash drive with an ATA or SATA interface, if such
things exist.
When I built my Shuttle XPC 4 years, the goal was to have a
semi-portable setup. I actually took it to a drummer's house a few
times. Setup time was about 15 minutes. I just used a normal
hardware though (no SSD or anything fancy).
Have you considered no HDD at all? Like rolling your own live CD.
Just burn a bunch of copies. If you want to record your gigs, maybe
use SD cards or USB drives. Just a thought. Probably harder than it
sounds...
What about a rackmount mini-itx case (Ihave not used these vendors or
products; these are just some search results):
http://www.logicsupply.com/categories/cases/rackmount
http://store1.alrightdeals.com/CommonItem.htm?Product=S1_Cases_Rackmount___…
Pricey, but seems like a good idea for a gigging musicians.