18 Dec
2006
18 Dec
'06
4:43 a.m.
mark(a)ehle.homelinux.org wrote:
I have a Delta 1010 on the way, and would like
recommendations on
parts (motherboard / CPU / memory / drives / distro) that would make a
machine that I would not have to wish later on that I had bought
something else. My main use for the system would be recording my Brass
Quintet and my piano/keyboard musings (the hobby part) and possibly
live recoding work (the sideline part). Seems to me that there would
be some money to be made by recording events and providing Cd's for
sale immediately after, as well as MP3's online.
Hi Mark
I recently built a machine for similar purposes. Although unfinished (I
still have not transferred my Delta1010 from my current box), I can find
no issues that would indicate that it will not work (it is working with
an old Ensoniq card reliably at 8ms round-trip - which seems to be the
best the card can manage).
I chose Intel this time around - primarily as a result of their having
released either open-source drivers or the information required for the
community to help themselves. So, I sourced an Intel D945GNTL ATX
motherboard (ICH7 chipset, integrated sound/video, SATA II), coupled
with a Pentium D945 (dual core 3.4GHz), and (initially) 1Gb DDR667 MHz RAM.
HTH
Rob