Re: [LAU] Building an Open Source keyboard rig - Linux-audio-user

6 Mar 2016

On 03/04/2016 08:56 PM, Ben Bell wrote:
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  On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 11:07:05AM +0100, Jeremy
Jongepier wrote:
  Just like you say ;) I wouldn't base it on an
embedded ARM board but
 would indeed go for something a bit more powerful and X86-64 based. For
 booting I'd look at booting from RAM (maybe using Puppy Linux or
 something like Debirf).  Debirf now bookmarked, thanks.

  Soundcard will probably be USB so a good USB
 I'm inclined to start with a Behringer UMC204HD. Four audio outs and MIDI IO.

Haven't heard those yet but I guess they're hard to beat when it comes
to the price and quality.

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  implementation on the mobo is key.  This is
where I'd start to come unstuck. Anyone got some recommendations
 for the board itself? Functioning USB, no proprietary chipsets, or bits
 that muck up low-latency. Ideally something that boots fast rather than
 sitting around at the Press <F1> to enter setup prompt for ages. Has anyone
 got experience of the NUC stuff? 
Unfortunately I have no experience with contemporary motherboards :( If
I'd go shopping for one I'd check if there's a decent USB controller on
it and if these don't share IRQ's with other peripherals.

Jeremy