i own RME hardware, so that's a plus! i was thinking about building a new machine that would be dedicated to being an audio maker. the mac running ydl is a 9600, but it has a digi AMiii card which i'm sure is useless to anything else but digi. (got the machine to run os x w/ digi's coreaudio though...) and yes, i'm a professional musician. i've been tryign to sneak max/msp and supercollider into the pop world for a while now. and now supercollider server is being developed, there are already working linux ports of the synth server side (so i'm told) but not the language side.. > >Jonathan Segel wrote: >> hi, i'm a recent linux user, coming from mac universe. i started by >> putting YDL on one of my old macs last summer, but now i'm gonna get >> serious. >> so my question is: what parts would you recommend for making a Linux box >> to run audio on? i realize this is a big field, but any clues are helpful. >> also, i'm probably going to use redhat, given that my ydl exprerience is >> based on redhat. any precautionary measures? >> >> thanks all > >Redhat is an ecellent choice esp if you get into the planet ccrma catalog. > >The question of hardware really depends on what your intentions are. I >assume professional from your email footer. > >Multitracks cards are basically RME or maudio delta 1010. There are >others choices but they don't get as much of a working so the drivers >may not be as well designed as they could be. > >Will you be building a new PC or using your mac? -- _________________________________________________________________ Jonathan Segel -- MAGNETIC -- PO Box 460816 S.F. CA. 94146-0816 4014 Brookdale Ave. Oakland, CA 94619 jsegel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <-----> magsatellite@xxxxxxxxx http://www.MagneticMotorworks.com tel (510) 534 7825 cell (510) 484 7415 fax (425) 955 4495