On 03/04/2016 08:56 PM, Ben Bell wrote: > On Thu, Mar 03, 2016 at 11:07:05AM +0100, Jeremy Jongepier wrote: >> Just like you say ;) I wouldn't base it on an embedded ARM board but >> would indeed go for something a bit more powerful and X86-64 based. For >> booting I'd look at booting from RAM (maybe using Puppy Linux or >> something like Debirf). > Debirf now bookmarked, thanks. > >> Soundcard will probably be USB so a good USB > I'm inclined to start with a Behringer UMC204HD. Four audio outs and MIDI IO. Haven't heard those yet but I guess they're hard to beat when it comes to the price and quality. > >> implementation on the mobo is key. > This is where I'd start to come unstuck. Anyone got some recommendations > for the board itself? Functioning USB, no proprietary chipsets, or bits > that muck up low-latency. Ideally something that boots fast rather than > sitting around at the Press <F1> to enter setup prompt for ages. Has anyone > got experience of the NUC stuff? Unfortunately I have no experience with contemporary motherboards :( If I'd go shopping for one I'd check if there's a decent USB controller on it and if these don't share IRQ's with other peripherals. Jeremy
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