30 Jun
2003
30 Jun
'03
5:57 p.m.
I'm running on an AZZA KT3AV KT133A Socket A motherboard (266FSB, VIA
chipset), an AMD Athlon XP 1700+ 1.47GHz processor, 512MB PC133 memory,
a pair of ATA 100 IDE hard drives, an NVIDIA TNT2 32MB AGP video card,
and an ST Audio (Hoontech) C-Port DSP2000 system. The DSP 2000 uses the
same chipset as the 1010LT but with an external ADC/DAC. I haven't had
any problems with the IDE drives since I tuned them. I've got
instructions for tuning them on my site -
http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/ALSA_JACK_ARDOUR.html.
It's interesting that you should mention doing the remote X session
because I just did that recently and did some experimenting with it.
First I tried running the X session over wireless LAN. This was a
massive pain. There's not enough bandwidth to handle the session so the
UI becomes very jerky. Then I switched to hardwired 100Mb ethernet.
What's really interesting is that I could run better remotely than I
could locally since all of the display overhead (X server) was taken off
of the recording workstation. I actually started reducing my JACK
period size down and watched for when I would get xruns using the exact
same setup locally and remotely. I started getting xruns much sooner
when I ran locally.
BTW, one of the really nice things about the 1010LT, 1010, EWS88MT, and
the DSP 2000 (or any other card using the envy24 chipset) is that you
can set your JACK period size to a large value to avoid xruns since you
can monitor using the built-in digital mixer.
Jan
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 13:48, Greg Reddin wrote:
Hey folks,
I'm considering building a Linux DAW and have a few questions. First
of all I have a Delta 1010LT soundcard. Does anyone have experience
with using that card on Linux? Any caveats I should know about?
Secondly, I think I've narrowed down my mobo/CPU combination and
wonder if there's anything to watch out for there. Here it is:
CPU: AMD Athlon XP 2400 Thoroughbred 2.0 Ghz 266Mhz FSB
Mobo: Asus A7N8X Deluxe NVIDIA nForce2 SPP, nForce2 MCP-T chipsets
Also, related to hardware, there seems to be a myriad of hard disk
choices out there. The mobo seems to have built in support for
standard ATA IDE and SATA. I haven't read the manual yet to find out
the details, but I'm thinking about going the older ATA100, 7200RPM
route since the drives are about half the price. Am I shooting
myself in the foot by doing this? Should I buy a PCI IDE controller
or is it possible to get reasonable results from the onboard
controller? What are some drives you have had success (or failure)
with?
Finally, I would like to be able to record in remote locations
without having to bring along a monitor, keyboard, mouse, etc. I was
thinking about using my laptop to open a remote X session on the main
box. Is that a practical scenario or would that drain too many
resources on the main box to be productive?
This is mainly an experimental project. I don't need this box for
everyday professional use or anything. I'm just trying to build a
Linux box on a shoestring and hopefully get it to work with the audio
stuff. I'm really trying to keep costs down to around $400 US --
pipe dream maybe, but we'll see.
Thanks,
Greg
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