Rob, You're gonna love the EWS88MT. It's basically an equivalent of my DSP 2000. I really like the envy24 chipset. Zero latency monitoring using the internal mixer is the best! Once you get it you should seriously consider moving to reiserfs (or XFS, I think Mark is right on that) if you have a dedicated audio data disk. I could actually see a reduction in xruns when I switched to reiserfs from ext3. Jan On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 11:12, rob fell wrote: > > > On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 14:09, Jan "Evil Twin" Depner wrote: > > > Sort of OT but, I hope you're not using ext3 for your audio data disk. > > > If so check this out - > > > http://myweb.cableone.net/eviltwin69/Arcana.html. Specifically, Mark > > > Knecht's info on filesystem tests. > > > > > > Jan > > > > Jan, > > I'd only offer that if ext3 does the job for a specific individual, > > then I don't think there's anything wrong with using it. In most case > > (except apparently current Gentoo!) ;-) it is better tested and probably > > more stable than reiserfs. If someone knows they're going to only use so > > many tracks and maybe isn't pushing the limits of what there hardware > > can do, or doesn't possibly try to run their sound card at the very > > lowest latencies all the time like you and I, then I would probably > > recommend ext3. > > > > On the other hand, since I do tend to push the limits of what my > > hardware can do, should I EVER be able to run Alsa again, then at that > > unknown date in the future I'll probably be running reiserfs. Problem > > is, that date appears to be so far in the future anymore that I'm > > starting to expect xfs to be meat and potatoes by then. ;-) > > > > Cheers, > > Mark > > I didn't mean to slur Gentoo kernels in any way - I've only confirmed that the > ext3 sheduling storm patch hasn't been applied (nor is it included in the > stock 2.4.20 I downloaded). Since I'm (currently) running an ext3 partition > this is currently under suspicion for the total system lockups under jack. > > I had already read Mark Knecht's filesystem tests - a very interesting and > informative read it is too Mark. > > Since I'm currently getting the software side sorted out I haven't yet > upgraded beyond a SB16, hence no need for extreme tuning. When I get the > terratec ews88mt that is currently the object of my (audio) lust (and a > halfway decent desk) that situation will need to be revisited. > > The nice thing is that the guys in the band are all now aware of what FSF can > do - even in the hands of the least literate band member. > > R >
