17 Feb
2004
17 Feb
'04
6:34 p.m.
On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 03:06:38PM -0600, Richard K. Ingalls wrote:
I'm still very new to Linux Audio Workstations
(I've been a Cakewalk/Sonar/SoundForge user for
years), so please forgive me if the question seems
very basic...
I'd like to build a computer to take with me for
live gigs that can replace sound module racks (do
softsynth/sample playback, multi-timbral,
polyphony, etc.). In other words can it replace
an Alesis QSR, a Kurzweil K2000RS and a Korg TR?
Can I do this and still have great
sounds/synth/samples?
So the question is can a Linux DAW do this? If
It can do some of that. Exactly how much depends on how much effort youre
going to put into setting it up.
yes, what are the specs for such a machine?
CPU? RAM? Motherboard? Sound card (very
important, eh)?
For soundcards RME and M-Audio are youre best bet, avoid USB if you can.
The processor doesnt really matter, but you probably want something with
decent floating point performance, so a Pentium 4 or Athlon XP. You want
512+ MB of ram.
VIA C3's are tempting for this kind of job (very small, low power
motherboards), but in my experience they are a bit too slow.
- Steve