30 Nov
2004
30 Nov
'04
7:33 p.m.
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:50:23 -0800, Brad Fuller <brad(a)sonaural.com> wrote:
The current discussions re: RME cards and ProTools
going Linux reminded
me of a question that I wanted to refresh the list with. That is,
building a DAW from scratch. Ok, I'm not talking about creating your own
mobo, but to purchase a pre-made one, a processor, cards, yada..yada.
I haven't seen this disussed recently, and was curious what others have
done, and what others have used, to build-it-yourself.
Can we start with mobo's? Any recommendations, horror stories, successes
are most welcome.
I recently built an AMD64 PC using a DFI K8M800 board, but it was for
MythTV. I had absolutely no problems with the hardware. The problem was
getting 64bit apps/drivers. I had to build most of it myself. It is
getting _much_ better out there for the 64bit world, though.
As I said, that was for MythTV. For audio, my latest is P4 machine is
running FC2 -- with no problems lately. But, this is an older PC.
Stories? recommendations?
In my experience, by the time I've built it the hardware is outdated
and better stuff comes along, so what starts as a good solutio pretty
quickly ends up pretty much middle of the road.
To me the best DAWs are the ones that work well for 1-2 years. I never
have known which ones this will be.