Re: [linux-audio-user] Live system

For what it's worth, I have that motherboard and chip combo with gentoo
( not the 64 version right now though ) and it's worked out well for me.
I used the gentoo 2.6.8-mm sources.

Iain

matt@email-addr-hidden wrote:
> Ok, I am building a machine from scratch to mix and record live music with
> Ardour. Please look at my specs and offer any feedback.
>
> Motherboard:
>
> Asus K8N
>
> http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket754/k8n/overview.htm
>
> Processor:
>
> AMD Athlon 64 (I haven’t decided on the speed, though price will play a factor
> here. Probably the 3400.)
>
> Ram:
>
> 2 – 1GB DDR400 PC3200 ram cards.
>
> Hard Drive:
>
> I am looking at 2 80GB 7200 RPM ATA drives to use in a RAID configuration, which
> is apparently supported on the board. Any comments on this are welcomed!
>
> CD Burner
> I have a TEAC CD burner that I am planning on using. It’s fast.
>
> I’ll use a 2 space rack case with a PCI and AGP riser cards. I’ll probably just
> get a cheap-o AGP video card if no one thinks it matters.
>
> Audio I/O will be accomplished with the ST Audio DSP3000 with an additional
> ADC&DAC3000 for a total of 16 channels of full duplex 24/96 I/O. I’ll may add
> a 3rd ADC&DAC3000 unit at some point.
>
> Kernel:
>
> I am thinking of using eh CCRMA FC3 i86_64 kernel if we think that’s workable.
> I have heard grumblings about AMD 64 and CCRMA. If it’s bad, I’ll use Gentoo.
> Any help here would be great.
>
> Transportation:
>
> 6 or 8 space PA rack with shock mounts.
>
> Control Surface:
>
> This is an unanswered question as of now.
>
> Video:
>
> I am thinking of getting a rack video/keyboard deal like from a server room but
> they seem really expensive. Any comments?
>
> Thanks in advance for any feedback.
>
>
> Matt
>
>
>
Received on Thu Apr 14 00:15:07 2005