2 May
2006
2 May
'06
3:18 p.m.
Hey out there LAU-ers,
I'd like to make a little announcement for a fun custom hardware box I
built specially for PlanetCCRMA, PureData, and Ardour usage.
I'm sharing my experiences building and configuring such machines, in
the hopes that it will help create a community of people who swap tips
and configuration info to help each other be the most productive (and
most creative) with their Linux Audio Workstations.
More details and photos at http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
2 May
2 May
3:33 p.m.
On 5/2/06, David O'Toole <dto(a)gnu.org> wrote:
Hey out there LAU-ers,
I'd like to make a little announcement for a fun custom hardware box I
built specially for PlanetCCRMA, PureData, and Ardour usage.
I'm sharing my experiences building and configuring such machines, in
the hopes that it will help create a community of people who swap tips
and configuration info to help each other be the most productive (and
most creative) with their Linux Audio Workstations.
More details and photos at http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
Wow that is such a sweet setup!
*wants one*
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
Chris
3:51 p.m.
Life is good. Life is fun. Life is KarmaPod.
Have fun and cheers,
Mark
On 5/2/06, David O'Toole <dto(a)gnu.org> wrote:
Hey out there LAU-ers,
I'd like to make a little announcement for a fun custom hardware box I
built specially for PlanetCCRMA, PureData, and Ardour usage.
I'm sharing my experiences building and configuring such machines, in
the hopes that it will help create a community of people who swap tips
and configuration info to help each other be the most productive (and
most creative) with their Linux Audio Workstations.
More details and photos at http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
3:59 p.m.
David O'Toole wrote:
Hey out there LAU-ers,
I'd like to make a little announcement for a fun custom hardware box I
built specially for PlanetCCRMA, PureData, and Ardour usage.
I'm sharing my experiences building and configuring such machines, in
the hopes that it will help create a community of people who swap tips
and configuration info to help each other be the most productive (and
most creative) with their Linux Audio Workstations.
More details and photos at http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
I just scanned your page and didn't see any benchmarks on quietness and
temperature. Can you elaborate on how quiet the unit is and more
importantly, the temperature inside the rack and inside the PC?
brad
4:16 p.m.
Hi there,
the typical ambient temperature inside the PC chassis is about 24-30
degrees Celsius. Typical CPU temp in the 40s or 50s. I've never had
any overheating problems with the machine, despite it being on for
months at a time in the summer.
I do not have a temperature probe inside the rack but outside the
PC. Because the particular rack case I have is quite open, I imagine
it's usually room temperature.
I don't have one of those nifty decibel meters, so I can't give
distance + decibels for the machine. I consider it very quiet, when
you factor in all the drives etc. It's obviously better when the fans
have just been cleaned.
Is there a way to get accurate decibel readings using my Delta 1010
and Pd? I'd do it and post the results. . .
Brad Fuller <brad(a)sonaural.com> writes:
David O'Toole wrote:
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
Hey out there LAU-ers,
I'd like to make a little announcement for a fun custom hardware box I
built specially for PlanetCCRMA, PureData, and Ardour usage.
I'm sharing my experiences building and configuring such machines, in
the hopes that it will help create a community of people who swap tips
and configuration info to help each other be the most productive (and
most creative) with their Linux Audio Workstations.
More details and photos at http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
I just scanned your page and didn't see any benchmarks on quietness and
temperature. Can you elaborate on how quiet the unit is and more
importantly, the temperature inside the rack and inside the PC?
brad
5:31 p.m.
David O'Toole wrote:
I don't have one of those nifty decibel meters, so
I can't give
distance + decibels for the machine. I consider it very quiet, when
you factor in all the drives etc. It's obviously better when the fans
have just been cleaned.
Is there a way to get accurate decibel readings using my Delta 1010
and Pd? I'd do it and post the results. . .
Looks like you are in NY (right?) so you could take a trip to the local
Radio Shack and get their cheap SPL meter.
To get an unscientific, ballpark reading you could get/borrow a mic -
with as flat as a response as you can find. The mic and the environment
tested within would be your biggest variables. Depending on what mic is
used, and the environment you test in, you'll get different results.
I'm sure you don't have an anechoic room to test in, :-( but just
some basic readings at a distance of 1/2 meter, 1 meter, 3 meters from
the loudest producing area would be helpful. Take the case to the
quietest (of external sounds), and most carpeted (to reduce reflections)
that you can find.
I'm sure there's gotta be a pink noise generator in pd and a module that
can plot the resultant frequency spectrum from the mic. You might also
indicate the mic used -- maybe the published freq response and polar
response of the mic can be used to help interpret the result.
Not scientific in the least, but a reasonable approach for a ballpark
reading.
4:58 p.m.
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Thank you David!
Such Info is most valuable for me since i am about to build a smaller
workstation dedicated to beginners - i will keep you informed how i get
along :-)
David O'Toole schrieb:
Hey out there LAU-ers,
I'd like to make a little announcement for a fun custom hardware box I
built specially for PlanetCCRMA, PureData, and Ardour usage.
I'm sharing my experiences building and configuring such machines, in
the hopes that it will help create a community of people who swap tips
and configuration info to help each other be the most productive (and
most creative) with their Linux Audio Workstations.
More details and photos at http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
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5:01 p.m.
Hi Harmut,
Didn't you do a presentation at LAC this past weekend? I think I
watched it, it was about making linux audio boxes that Just Work :-)
We should definitely keep in touch on these issues.
Hartmut Noack <zettberlin(a)linuxuse.de> writes:
Thank you David!
Such Info is most valuable for me since i am about to build a smaller
workstation dedicated to beginners - i will keep you informed how i get
along :-)
David O'Toole schrieb:
> Hey out there LAU-ers,
>
> I'd like to make a little announcement for a fun custom hardware box I
> built specially for PlanetCCRMA, PureData, and Ardour usage.
>
> I'm sharing my experiences building and configuring such machines, in
> the hopes that it will help create a community of people who swap tips
> and configuration info to help each other be the most productive (and
> most creative) with their Linux Audio Workstations.
>
> More details and photos at http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
>
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
5:37 p.m.
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Hi David,
David O'Toole schrieb:
Hi Harmut,
Didn't you do a presentation at LAC this past weekend?
yes :-)
We should definitely keep in touch on these issues.
absolutely - though i have some experience in hardware too by installing
and setting up Linux for friends and customers, it is not my strongest
side - i am most focussed on helpsystems, integration and usersupport.
right now i am still on my little spring-campaign for Linuxaudio ;-)
riding to Wiesbaden for the Linuxtag tomorrow. The set of scripts for my
workstationproject will be available in a new version with major
improvements thanks the help of Rui Nuno Capela (qjackctl).
As i return i will start getting recent offers for the hardware and
within about 2 weeks i will start to set up a first box.
i have contacted 2 local bands and a soloartist, that will test the box
in june to find out, how it works out in the real world ;-)
until then ... :-)
Hartmut Noack <zettberlin(a)linuxuse.de> writes:
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Thank you David!
Such Info is most valuable for me since i am about to build a smaller
workstation dedicated to beginners - i will keep you informed how i get
along :-)
David O'Toole schrieb:
>Hey out there LAU-ers,
>
>I'd like to make a little announcement for a fun custom hardware box I
>built specially for PlanetCCRMA, PureData, and Ardour usage.
>
>I'm sharing my experiences building and configuring such machines, in
>the hopes that it will help create a community of people who swap tips
>and configuration info to help each other be the most productive (and
>most creative) with their Linux Audio Workstations.
>
>More details and photos at http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
>
6:29 p.m.
On 5/2/06, David O'Toole <dto(a)gnu.org> wrote:
Hey out there LAU-ers,
I'd like to make a little announcement for a fun custom hardware box I
built specially for PlanetCCRMA, PureData, and Ardour usage.
I'm sharing my experiences building and configuring such machines, in
the hopes that it will help create a community of people who swap tips
and configuration info to help each other be the most productive (and
most creative) with their Linux Audio Workstations.
More details and photos at http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
I just tried to access it and got:
"quota exceeded.
The page you are trying to reach is inaccessible because the
user has exceeded their allotted daily quota.
Please try this page again tomorrow after 00:00:00 UTC. "
Does anyone have a mirror of it?
Dave
----------------------------------------------------------
Are Your Friends Lemmings?
-- http://www.lemmingshirts.com
6:37 p.m.
I'm sorry, I have a free account and I probably shouldn't have posted
an image-heavy URL to such a big mailing list :-/
I don't have anyplace to mirror it but I am planning to upgrade my
account as soon as possible, so that I get more transfer...
"Big Wave Dave" <bigwavedave(a)gmail.com> writes:
On 5/2/06, David O'Toole <dto(a)gnu.org>
wrote:
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
Hey out there LAU-ers,
I'd like to make a little announcement for a fun custom hardware box I
built specially for PlanetCCRMA, PureData, and Ardour usage.
I'm sharing my experiences building and configuring such machines, in
the hopes that it will help create a community of people who swap tips
and configuration info to help each other be the most productive (and
most creative) with their Linux Audio Workstations.
More details and photos at http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
I just tried to access it and got:
"quota exceeded.
The page you are trying to reach is inaccessible because the
user has exceeded their allotted daily quota.
Please try this page again tomorrow after 00:00:00 UTC. "
Does anyone have a mirror of it?
Dave
----------------------------------------------------------
Are Your Friends Lemmings?
-- http://www.lemmingshirts.com
6:45 p.m.
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David O'Toole schrieb:
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I'm sorry, I have a free account and I probably
shouldn't have posted
an image-heavy URL to such a big mailing list :-/
I don't have anyplace to mirror it but I am planning to upgrade my
account as soon as possible, so that I get more transfer...
If you wish, we could talk about hosting your big stuff at my server (it
is not the fastes of beasts but comes with virtually unlimited traffic ;-))
"quota
exceeded.
The page you are trying to reach is inaccessible because the
user has exceeded their allotted daily quota.
Please try this page again tomorrow after 00:00:00 UTC. "
Does anyone have a mirror of it?
Dave
----------------------------------------------------------
Are Your Friends Lemmings?
-- http://www.lemmingshirts.com
3 May
3 May
7:29 a.m.
Hi Hartmut,
I just increased my quota by 5x due to upgrading my account. But, if
this continues to be a problem, would you consider hosting about 1.2
MB of images on your site?
What type of server is it---always online?
Hartmut Noack <zettberlin(a)linuxuse.de> writes:
Hello David,
David O'Toole schrieb:
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
I'm sorry, I have a free account and I
probably shouldn't have posted
an image-heavy URL to such a big mailing list :-/
I don't have anyplace to mirror it but I am planning to upgrade my
account as soon as possible, so that I get more transfer...
If you wish, we could talk about hosting your big stuff at my server (it
is not the fastes of beasts but comes with virtually unlimited traffic ;-))
>>"quota exceeded.
>>The page you are trying to reach is inaccessible because the
>>user has exceeded their allotted daily quota.
>>
>>Please try this page again tomorrow after 00:00:00 UTC. "
>>
>>Does anyone have a mirror of it?
>>
>>Dave
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>----------------------------------------------------------
>>Are Your Friends Lemmings?
>>-- http://www.lemmingshirts.com
>
>
7 May
7 May
9:32 p.m.
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Hello David,
David O'Toole schrieb:
But, if
this continues to be a problem, would you consider hosting about 1.2
MB of images on your site?
No Problem ;-)
What type of server is it---always online?
a simple rootserver, static IP, always up, 2 Terabytes traffic/Month
included (i need about 2 Gig/Month of that...)
Hartmut Z Noack
http://linuxuse.de/snd
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3 May
3 May
10:42 a.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] "KarmaPod" page back online...
Hi folks,
Sorry about the "quota exceeded" messages you may have got. I've
temporarily moved the KarmaPod images to another server, so the
following URL should work now:
http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
You shouldn't notice any glitches, but let me know if you do.
"Big Wave Dave" <bigwavedave(a)gmail.com> writes:
On 5/2/06, David O'Toole <dto(a)gnu.org>
wrote:
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
Hey out there LAU-ers,
I'd like to make a little announcement for a fun custom hardware box I
built specially for PlanetCCRMA, PureData, and Ardour usage.
I'm sharing my experiences building and configuring such machines, in
the hopes that it will help create a community of people who swap tips
and configuration info to help each other be the most productive (and
most creative) with their Linux Audio Workstations.
More details and photos at http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
I just tried to access it and got:
"quota exceeded.
The page you are trying to reach is inaccessible because the
user has exceeded their allotted daily quota.
Please try this page again tomorrow after 00:00:00 UTC. "
Does anyone have a mirror of it?
Dave
----------------------------------------------------------
Are Your Friends Lemmings?
-- http://www.lemmingshirts.com 
11:03 a.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] "KarmaPod" page back online...
David O'Toole wrote:
Hi folks,
Sorry about the "quota exceeded" messages you may have got. I've
temporarily moved the KarmaPod images to another server, so the
following URL should work now:
http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
Two words: "Wow!" and "Wow!".
Ultracool, David. :)
Best,
dp
9:39 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] "KarmaPod" page back online...
Can I just ask about the raid set up, I recently put a box together and "The
man in the shop" said that most motherboards that say they do raid arn't
doing proper raid, some part of it is being done in software, with an
associated CPU overhead. Can somone tell me if this is correct ? Can you get
the keyboard/monitor in the flight case for transport ?
Hi folks,
Sorry about the "quota exceeded" messages you may have got. I've
temporarily moved the KarmaPod images to another server, so the
following URL should work now:
http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
You shouldn't notice any glitches, but let me know if you do.
"Big Wave Dave" <bigwavedave(a)gmail.com> writes:
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
On 5/2/06, David O'Toole <dto(a)gnu.org>
wrote:
>
> Hey out there LAU-ers,
>
> I'd like to make a little announcement for a fun custom hardware box I
> built specially for PlanetCCRMA, PureData, and Ardour usage.
>
> I'm sharing my experiences building and configuring such machines, in
> the hopes that it will help create a community of people who swap tips
> and configuration info to help each other be the most productive (and
> most creative) with their Linux Audio Workstations.
>
> More details and photos at
http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
I just tried to access it and got:
"quota exceeded.
The page you are trying to reach is inaccessible because the
user has exceeded their allotted daily quota.
Please try this page again tomorrow after 00:00:00 UTC. "
Does anyone have a mirror of it?
Dave
----------------------------------------------------------
Are Your Friends Lemmings?
-- http://www.lemmingshirts.com
9:48 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] "KarmaPod" page back online...
Hi there,
I've heard that before but I have no idea whether it's true.
I could fit the monitor inside the empty space above the PC chassis,
but I would never transport it that way without lots of padding. Same
with the keyboard---that fits nicely inside the toolbox you can see
beneath the table in the last few shots.
"BJaY" <BJaY(a)safe-mail.net> writes:
Can I just ask about the raid set up, I recently put a
box together and "The
man in the shop" said that most motherboards that say they do raid arn't
doing proper raid, some part of it is being done in software, with an
associated CPU overhead. Can somone tell me if this is correct ? Can you get
the keyboard/monitor in the flight case for transport ?
Hi folks,
Sorry about the "quota exceeded" messages you may have got. I've
temporarily moved the KarmaPod images to another server, so the
following URL should work now:
http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
You shouldn't notice any glitches, but let me know if you do.
"Big Wave Dave" <bigwavedave(a)gmail.com> writes:
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
On 5/2/06, David O'Toole <dto(a)gnu.org>
wrote:
>
> Hey out there LAU-ers,
>
> I'd like to make a little announcement for a fun custom hardware box I
> built specially for PlanetCCRMA, PureData, and Ardour usage.
>
> I'm sharing my experiences building and configuring such machines, in
> the hopes that it will help create a community of people who swap tips
> and configuration info to help each other be the most productive (and
> most creative) with their Linux Audio Workstations.
>
> More details and photos at
http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
--
Dave O'Toole
dto(a)gnu.org
I just tried to access it and got:
"quota exceeded.
The page you are trying to reach is inaccessible because the
user has exceeded their allotted daily quota.
Please try this page again tomorrow after 00:00:00 UTC. "
Does anyone have a mirror of it?
Dave
----------------------------------------------------------
Are Your Friends Lemmings?
-- http://www.lemmingshirts.com
10:35 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] "KarmaPod" page back online...
On 5/3/06, BJaY <BJaY(a)safe-mail.net> wrote:
Can I just ask about the raid set up, I recently put a
box together and "The
man in the shop" said that most motherboards that say they do raid arn't
doing proper raid, some part of it is being done in software, with an
associated CPU overhead. Can somone tell me if this is correct ? Can you get
the keyboard/monitor in the flight case for transport ?
You may want to look at:
http://linuxmafia.com/faq/Hardware/sata.html#fakeraid
Dave
5 May
5 May
4:33 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] "KarmaPod" page back online...
On Thu, 2006-05-04 at 00:39 +0100, BJaY wrote:
Can I just ask about the raid set up, I recently put a
box together
and "The
man in the shop" said that most motherboards that say they do raid
arn't
doing proper raid, some part of it is being done in software, with an
associated CPU overhead. Can somone tell me if this is correct ?
Yep, it's commonly referred to as "fakeraid", you can read the LKML
archives for details. Vendors submit kernel drivers for this crap all
the time, they are of course mocked and their code rejected with some
variation of "why do you want to bloat the kernel to reimplement Linux
software raid" ;-)
Some of the vendors ship closed source fakeraid drivers for the truly
gullible.
Lee
4 May
4 May
2:32 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] "KarmaPod" page back online...
I actually had built something fairly similar a few years back
(obvious from the hardware inside it):
http://www.godgeek.com/images/top_rack.jpg
http://www.godgeek.com/images/bottom_rack.jpg
Basically made up of:
-ST Audio DSP2000 C-Port
-ST Audio ADC III
-Custom Built CPU (Intel 1.6Ghz)
-Behringer 8 Channel Tube Warmth
-Alesis MidiVerb4
-Alesis 3630 Compressor / Limiter
-Ultramizer Pro
I built it using Windows... since Linux support wasn't great at the
time. I'm in the process of getting back into the hobby and have been
researching putting Linux on it (hence why I'm on the list).
While the processor doesn't sound like much... it was plenty to record
8 channels at once. I've recently purchased more hardware to pump it
up to the max 32 channels... which will likely require me to upgrade
the CPU... and plan more on the hard drive scenario. The main
difference between our setups is that I built mine to be portable...
but not necessarily as rugged (shock mounting).
Just figured I'd share....
Dave
On 5/3/06, David O'Toole <dto(a)gnu.org> wrote:
Hi folks,
Sorry about the "quota exceeded" messages you may have got. I've
temporarily moved the KarmaPod images to another server, so the
following URL should work now:
http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
You shouldn't notice any glitches, but let me know if you do.
"Big Wave Dave" <bigwavedave(a)gmail.com> writes:
> On 5/2/06, David O'Toole <dto(a)gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hey out there LAU-ers,
>>
>> I'd like to make a little announcement for a fun custom hardware box I
>> built specially for PlanetCCRMA, PureData, and Ardour usage.
>>
>> I'm sharing my experiences building and configuring such machines, in
>> the hopes that it will help create a community of people who swap tips
>> and configuration info to help each other be the most productive (and
>> most creative) with their Linux Audio Workstations.
>>
>> More details and photos at http://dto.freeshell.org/notebook/KarmaPod.html
>>
>> --
>> Dave O'Toole
>> dto(a)gnu.org
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