On 3/26/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell(a)joe-job.com>
wrote:
IOW you'll just have to try it. The ideal
live Linux box if cost is
no
object IMHO is a portable 1U or 2U case.
I've been looking into this pretty hard myself. I just bought a
Roland A-33 MIDI controller so I could run Native Instrument's B4
organ software on my Ubuntu box. Whether or not Ubuntu is the
perfect
audio distro is a matter of opinion, but the hardware end of things
isn't. I agree with Lee, having a 2 or 3U box is the perfect
solution. I just don't see laptops being able to compare with
desktop
hardware here.
The trouble is finding a short enough rackmount case to fit in what I
would consider to be a "standard" audio rack (18" or less). I found
some here:
www.mypccase.com. I have no experience with these
people,
but so far they are the only ones I've found. Surely there are more
out there???
I have some of these in a data center rack. Generic AMD system.
1U boxes are loud, which might not make a difference for live performance but surely does
for recording.
-lee