28 Feb
2008
28 Feb
'08
5:45 a.m.
JiNN wrote:
I have recently been thinking about going to linux
on my DAW. I
currently use fruity loops and run a winxp pro sp2, with a bunch of VST.
There have been a couple of issues which made me try to seek another O/S
for my audio. Number one is that I like to run a lot of VST, and
I also like to have my project from sequencing to pre mastering all in
one project. This, of course means a lot of CPU since i try to do as much
as possible without rendering it to .wav and back, since this takes
time, especially for little changes when mixing. Another issue is the
windows 2gig ram application limit. I hit this a couple of times and was
left in a dead end as to what to do. Vista is probably out of the option
right
now since I hate how much garbage is in there and how much cpu it needs
just to run. So I am thinking to switching to linux, but would like to
ask a couple of question. If someone can spare a couple of minutes and
pass your opinion on these subjects/questions, i would appreciate it
very much.
1) How is VST adaptors for linux? I was reading there a couple of them.
Has anyone had trouble with them?
2) I assume linux is a lot better with RAM than windows, and was curious
if there are any people who are on this list
that actually switched over and could tell me if they really could
"do" a lot more in linux with the same hardware specs than in windows.
Well, Linux runs faster than Windows did on the hardware I have here. I
don't have anything high-end or particularly modern here. The server is
running a Sempron 3000+ (1.8GHz Sempron processor, 1GB RAM). My laptop
is running a 1.5GHz Celeron with 768MB RAM. But I don't do serious
on-computer sound processing, do more composition work and drive my
Yamaha PSR-225GM for sound.
Does linux have some sort of application RAM limit?
I don't know. I know that last week I was working with a very large
(43000x3900 pixels) panoramic 24-bit TIFF image in TheGIMP, and GIMP
reported using 1.2GB of RAM.
If the issue is your amount of data, you could use a 64-bit Linux on
64-bit hardware and leave such concerns in the dust.
3) What is everyone's favority sequencer for
linux? I know there are a
couple of them. Which one is your favorite?
I like Rosegarden, but I have no idea how it would compare to FruityLoops.
4) I have never used linux before. Would it be better
for me to install
linux first and after im comfortable try audio on it?
Try one of the Live Linux CDs. For one thing, they'll tell you if Linux
supports your hardware.
5) I assume there are DirectX adaptor also. Correct?
I don't know. I don't have any hardware here that supports DirectX even
under Windows.
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