30 Apr
2009
30 Apr
'09
4:44 p.m.
On Thursday 30 April 2009 13:44:31 nescivi wrote:
Hi all,
I'm thinking of getting a Shuttle PC to run sound installations from (I
need a portable machine for transport). The particular one I have an eye on
is this one:
Shuttle KPC K4500 Desktop, 1.8GHz Celeron, 512MB, 80GB, Foresight Linux
Desktop Computer
probably getting a little bit more memory for it, just to be sure.
And I'll build in my Terratec EWS88 as an audio card.
(One of the reasons to go for a Shuttle, rather than the also tempting Asus
EeeBox, but then I'd need an external soundcard, which doesn't seem to be
there in lowcost, but many channels, and probably USB; I need at least
4in-8out for the installation).
Does anyone have experience with Shuttle machines for audio work?
I have an old Shuttle X with Ubuntu Studio on it and a delta 1010 in it and I
don't recall any problems. I never pushed it very hard and it has been a
while since I fired it up though.
Does anyone have audio experience with Foresight Linux?
or should I just take that off the machine, and put Ubuntu or Debian on it
instead?
Main apps I need are emacs, SuperCollider, JACK... and the machine should
run for a couple of months non-stop. (which generally doesn't seem to be a
problem with the particular sound installation; I've done it before, and
the only cause for shutdown was power failure in the building).
Sincerely,
Marije
all the best,
drew