Re: [LAU] Christmas present for self.

On December 14, 2017 10:51:23 AM HST, Len Ovens <len@ovenwerks.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Dec 2017, Will Godfrey wrote:
>
> > I'm thinking of getting a new 'pooter for music, and also thinking
> of making
> > it one of the new Ryzen ones. I don't think there is much point in
> going for
> > more than quad core. The 1500X looks like a good bet 3.5 to 3.7G,
> and not
> > overly expensive.
>
> My choice is i5 with 4 cores no hyperthread... no video problems...
> but
> then I don't do video editing or games. Video viewing has been just
> fine.

My laptop (2.4Ghz, 4 core 8 HT) gives me more throughput than the 2.8Ghz, 4 core no HT AMD Phenom 2 in my desktop. I've tried some i5 systems, they seem slow to me.

I've had no issues with xruns and hyperthreading on my laptop.

Since I do large panoramas on the laptop, I need the higher core/HT counts. I might move the desktop to an 8 core/16HT Ryzen sometime. Fits budget better than Intel now.

> > On (say) an asus motherboard with on-board radeon graphics. I'm not
> really
>
> I went with asus as well. There were about 20 MB that would fit the
> CPU
> choice. I wanted maximum pci slots (ice1712 and AudipPCI card for
> MIDI)
> and was able to find a few with 3 pci slots. I chose midrange, high
> enough
> to take extra memory and have fast sata, but leave out as many bells
> and
> whistles as I could because those just clog up ones irqs. This one was
>
> able to do either old or new style bios and allows turning boost
> and/or
> onboard audio off.

I like the Asus boards, too. The BIOS in my wife's laptop is marvelously configurable!

> > The one think I've no idea about is the sound card. I've got a
> positively
> > ancient 2496 that survived 3 PCs so far, but I think it's time for
> an upgrade.
> > Anyone any ideas about a well supported PCI-e one· It would be nice
> to have
> > balanced IO for a start!

With a modern motherboard and USB3.1/USB-C, I'd go with an external USB card.

Also, there'd be the option to use Apple's Firewire to USB-C cable to hook a Firewire device in. But with a desktop, you could just add a Firewire PCIe adaptor, yes?

> As an almost direct replacement for the 2496 my first thought was the
> Juli@ XTe which has balanced io.
> http://www.esi-audio.com/products/juliaxte/
> However, it is no longer made, ESI now sells the MAYA44 eX. This does
> not
> have balanced io, but rather 1/4in stereo. Also, Juli@ says there are
> ALSA drivers, but the maya does not.
>
> From there you go to RME, AudioScience, Lynx and digigram. So far as I
>
> know, AudioScience has full Linux compatability (including programmers
>
> API), Digigram has ALSA drivers for some of their devices but not all,
>
> Lynx might be none and RME Linux support seems to have gone downhill.
> However, I would suggest asking on the rivendell list/forum/whatever
> for
> more info. (They suggest AudioScience right off the top)
>
> Personally, I think when I replace my D66 (probably when I can't get a
> MB
> with PCI) I have been thinking of the AudioScience PCIe cards as one
> of
> the possibilities. (in the USB world... probably MOTU AVB with the
> thought
> of figuring out AVB on Linux)
>
> Personally, I have not needed more than the 6 inputs I have... in fact
> I
> don't think I have even used more than 2 and most often use 1. So
> having
> room for a drumset and needing more inputs may be another reason to
> upgrade.
>
> --
> Len Ovens
> www.ovenwerks.net

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