On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:50:23 -0800, Brad Fuller <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The current discussions re: RME cards and ProTools going Linux reminded > me of a question that I wanted to refresh the list with. That is, > building a DAW from scratch. Ok, I'm not talking about creating your own > mobo, but to purchase a pre-made one, a processor, cards, yada..yada. > I haven't seen this disussed recently, and was curious what others have > done, and what others have used, to build-it-yourself. > > Can we start with mobo's? Any recommendations, horror stories, successes > are most welcome. > > I recently built an AMD64 PC using a DFI K8M800 board, but it was for > MythTV. I had absolutely no problems with the hardware. The problem was > getting 64bit apps/drivers. I had to build most of it myself. It is > getting _much_ better out there for the 64bit world, though. > > As I said, that was for MythTV. For audio, my latest is P4 machine is > running FC2 -- with no problems lately. But, this is an older PC. > > Stories? recommendations? > In my experience, by the time I've built it the hardware is outdated and better stuff comes along, so what starts as a good solutio pretty quickly ends up pretty much middle of the road. To me the best DAWs are the ones that work well for 1-2 years. I never have known which ones this will be.
