[LAU] Slightly OT: Live gig with Linux AV

Hi, I am running an event in Sydney this Fri 26. It's my first real Linux Audio gig for almost 6 years so it's well overdue. this is going to be a purely DJ set but I am going to do as much as possible with Linux tools just for the fun of it. I figure I might as well push my self and the tools rather than play it safe with standard equipment. Details here: http://djcj.org/events I thought some of you might be interested in the tools (weapons) I have chosen for this one. jack2 qjackctl+alsa_out jackEQ jack-rack alsaplayer x 2 Hydrogen LiVes vlc xjadeo mplayer I am running it all on my Compaq Presario cq40 dual core AMD Turion, 4GB RAM with onboard ATI /radeon graphics and hda_intel audio. Dual Monitor setup running closed source ATI drivers for opengl hardware acceleration and Gnome desktop on Fedora 11. I'm also currently upgrading to f12 a second Toshiba notebook. Single core Intel Celeron, 2GB RAM, nVidia quadro graphics which I might take along too for additional graphics and to take some load off the primary machine if I can get it all upgraded and running smoothly in time. In that case I will run the audio tools on the main machine and LiVes on the other. For master audio output I will be using my maudio USB Quattro with jackEQ as always. I will be running the quattro into the house pioneer dj mixer for additional control and fx and will have 2 cdj's for additional sampling mayhem and backup in case anything goes wrong with the primary machine... I also have an external vga->composite adapter box to allow me to connect to the inhouse projector. Unfortunately with all that running I don't think the disks will be able to cope with recording the session. With LiVes in the mix I'm looking at a stable 80 - 90% CPU load. Currently the memory is stable at 65%. If I get the second machine up I will look at piping the house mix back into the system and record the whole thing on the second device for the quattro. alsa_in to the rescue there too. Cheers. -- The power to regulate the money supply is also the power to regulate it's value. Maximise profits regardless of social and environmental costs Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd