Hi James, The setup I'm planning, which is rather affordable, is a normal noisy desktop PC (CPU only with no screen, keyboard or mouse), LAN connected to a cheap laptop which would act as the console. The advantages I expect this setup to bring are: -I can take the noisy PC off the recording room easily. -Its CPU won't need to generate graphics, so I get a few CPU extra cycles for audio -My studio will be reasonably easy to move from place to place (compared to a full desktop PC with a CRT and stuff) at an affordable price. This is good because I cannot record drums at home for instance, so for this kind of thing I plan to hire a rehearsal studio. I'm still in the proccess of configuring everything, but I've already tried to export a X windows display over my net (which is 10 Mb!) and it works perfectly, I mean it's responsive enough. The laptop I'm using is a Pentium 100 MHz which you can get second hand really cheap, only fault is battery is dead (irrelevant in my application), it has a 1 Gb hard disk (enough for Linux + X windows) and a 800 x 600 TFT (the low resolution is a bugger but I hope it's just "usable"). Maybe a route to consider? Cheers, Alex >Otherwise, does anyone have any alternative suggestions about putting >together a good-as-silent machine for only a little cash? (this set-up with >a DVD burner will set me back around 350 pounds sterling not including the >soundcard.) _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.com/
