On Tue, Feb 17, 2004 at 03:06:38PM -0600, Richard K. Ingalls wrote: > I'm still very new to Linux Audio Workstations > (I've been a Cakewalk/Sonar/SoundForge user for > years), so please forgive me if the question seems > very basic... > > I'd like to build a computer to take with me for > live gigs that can replace sound module racks (do > softsynth/sample playback, multi-timbral, > polyphony, etc.). In other words can it replace > an Alesis QSR, a Kurzweil K2000RS and a Korg TR? > Can I do this and still have great > sounds/synth/samples? > > So the question is can a Linux DAW do this? If It can do some of that. Exactly how much depends on how much effort youre going to put into setting it up. > yes, what are the specs for such a machine? > CPU? RAM? Motherboard? Sound card (very > important, eh)? For soundcards RME and M-Audio are youre best bet, avoid USB if you can. The processor doesnt really matter, but you probably want something with decent floating point performance, so a Pentium 4 or Athlon XP. You want 512+ MB of ram. VIA C3's are tempting for this kind of job (very small, low power motherboards), but in my experience they are a bit too slow. - Steve
