If you're already a debian user, I'd take a look at demudi, though they're still fixing their broken network, soon you'll be able to apt-get all the packages you need to do DAW very, very easily. http://www.brianredfern.org On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Jimmie Houchin wrote: >Hello, > >I am wanting to put together a dedicated DAW for the recording of >sermons. From that recording I will produce cassettes, cds, mp3 and >ogg/speek (as hardware support comes). > >I am totally uneducated as to what is best for such. > >Hardware: > >I am currently looking at picking up used rackmount unit (4U) for this >machine. > >How much processor is desired/required for this task? >PII, PIII, P4/Athlon. >Are dual systems (PII,PIII) desireable? >I will buy plenty of RAM and hard drive space. >Any preference in soundcards? >Anything else? > >I do want good quality recording. > > >Software: > >Need not be complicated or highly featured per se. >My editing needs currently are minimal. >Pick a starting point, pick an end point. >Create new file. >Ability to select beginning, middle and end points when creating cassettes. > > >I will be connecting this to a rackmounted cassette deck, a mixer, etc. > >I currently use Debian (Sid) for my home machine. >If that makes any difference. > >Thanks for help and suggestions. > >Jimmie Houchin

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:48:03 -0600 Jimmie Houchin <jhouchin(a)texoma.net> wrote: Don't look at PII, but PIII, Athlon and even P4 are all players. Sooner or later you will run out of CPU grunt. You should get as much as you can afford now. Dual systems IMO are definitely worth a look. If you look at the latest processor with a speed of X Mhz, you can usually get 2 processors at 80% of X MHz for less money. Too much RAM is never enough. Erik

On Tue, 28 Jan 2003 09:48:03 -0600 Jimmie Houchin <jhouchin(a)texoma.net> wrote: P4/Athlon To my private point of view, yes I would recommend SCSI or USB 2.0 harddrives As usual: Midiman Delta Audiophile 2496 RME Hammerfall (any) Mark K. could say more as he's really familiar with those devices, especially RME. Take a look at http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/ brave heart :) Give a chance to Audacity (http://audacity.sourceforge.net) and Sweep (http://sweep.sourceforge.net/) Oh, it does. In Debian unstable there should be some good applications already, which you can install using "native" APT :)