Hi everyone,<br><br>&nbsp;&nbsp; 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.<br>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 <br>
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<br>as possible without rendering it to .wav and back, since this takes time, especially for little changes when mixing. Another issue is the <br>
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<br>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 <br>
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.<br><br>1) How is VST adaptors for linux? I was reading there a couple of them. Has anyone had trouble with them?<br>
<br>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<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; that actually switched over and could tell me if they really could &quot;do&quot; a lot more in linux with the same hardware specs than in windows.<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; Does linux have some sort of application RAM limit? <br><br>3) What is everyone&#39;s favority sequencer for linux? I know there are a couple of them. Which one is your favorite?&nbsp;&nbsp;  <br><br>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? <br>
<br>5) I assume there are DirectX adaptor also. Correct?<br><br>6) Audio drivers? I currently own the t.c. electronic konnekt8 audio interface and going from whats on the website they<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; dont have linux drivers? Could i use AISO4ALL? I used those drivers on windows with no problems before, anyone have<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp; any problems with them on linux?<br><br>I guess this is all for now. There are many more questions which i have, but i will do the research for those. If someone can also<br>point em to some good resources on the web on linux audio i would def appreciate it.<br>
<br>Thanks<br>Mike<br><br>