15 Dec
2017
15 Dec
'17
12:36 a.m.
On December 14, 2017 10:51:23 AM HST, Len Ovens <len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote:
I like the Asus boards, too. The BIOS in my wife's laptop is marvelously
configurable!
With a modern motherboard and USB3.1/USB-C, I'd go with an external USB card.
Also, there'd be the option to use Apple's Firewire to USB-C cable to hook a
Firewire device in. But with a desktop, you could just add a Firewire PCIe adaptor, yes?
On Wed, 13 Dec 2017, Will Godfrey wrote:
My laptop (2.4Ghz, 4 core 8 HT) gives me more throughput than the 2.8Ghz, 4 core no HT AMD
Phenom 2 in my desktop. I've tried some i5 systems, they seem slow to me.
I've had no issues with xruns and hyperthreading on my laptop.
Since I do large panoramas on the laptop, I need the higher core/HT counts. I might move
the desktop to an 8 core/16HT Ryzen sometime. Fits budget better than Intel now.
I'm thinking of getting a new 'pooter for
music, and also thinking
of making
it one of the new Ryzen ones. I don't think
there is much point in
going for
more than quad core. The 1500X looks like a good
bet 3.5 to 3.7G,
and not
overly expensive.
My choice is i5 with 4 cores no hyperthread... no video problems...
but
then I don't do video editing or games. Video viewing has been just
fine. On (say) an
asus motherboard with on-board radeon graphics. I'm not
really
I went with asus as well. There were about 20 MB that would fit the
CPU
choice. I wanted maximum pci slots (ice1712 and AudipPCI card for
MIDI)
and was able to find a few with 3 pci slots. I chose midrange, high
enough
to take extra memory and have fast sata, but leave out as many bells
and
whistles as I could because those just clog up ones irqs. This one was
able to do either old or new style bios and allows turning boost
and/or
onboard audio off. The one think
I've no idea about is the sound card. I've got a
positively
ancient 2496 that survived 3 PCs so far, but I
think it's time for
an upgrade.
Anyone any ideas about a well supported PCI-e
one· It would be nice
to have
> balanced IO for a start! As an almost direct replacement for the 2496 my first
thought was the
Juli@ XTe which has balanced io.
http://www.esi-audio.com/products/juliaxte/
However, it is no longer made, ESI now sells the MAYA44 eX. This does
not
have balanced io, but rather 1/4in stereo. Also, Juli@ says there are
ALSA drivers, but the maya does not.
From there you go to RME, AudioScience, Lynx and digigram. So far as I
know, AudioScience has full Linux compatability (including programmers
API), Digigram has ALSA drivers for some of their devices but not all,
Lynx might be none and RME Linux support seems to have gone downhill.
However, I would suggest asking on the rivendell list/forum/whatever
for
more info. (They suggest AudioScience right off the top)
Personally, I think when I replace my D66 (probably when I can't get a
MB
with PCI) I have been thinking of the AudioScience PCIe cards as one
of
the possibilities. (in the USB world... probably MOTU AVB with the
thought
of figuring out AVB on Linux)
Personally, I have not needed more than the 6 inputs I have... in fact
I
don't think I have even used more than 2 and most often use 1. So
having
room for a drumset and needing more inputs may be another reason to
upgrade.
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