lanas schrieb: >Hi all, > > I'm plaaning to get a new home PC that could also be used (along with >software development) for creating and recording music. > > What I'd like to do: sequence MIDI external sounds (synth module(s)), >add accoustic guitar and flute, record everything to wav and/or Ogg >Vorbis formats (using original external synths sounds). Optionally, to >be also able to choose from a palette of SoundFonts (as I did with >my current PC, using a SB Live! card and MusE). > > What I'd like to get as PC: an Athlon 64bit based mobo, 2 GB RAM, some >250 GB disk storage. graphics card not that important as it's not used >to play games (why not on-board graphic ?). > AFAIK, there are no socket 939 boards with sma. i'd get skt 939 as these have 4 memory slots, and 2 SS 512 MB dimms are cheaper than one DS 1024MB dimm also, a card like an Readeon 7000VE is very cheap, bu will have an dvi out > Operating system: in the >end most likely handmade Linux based on LFS (Linux From Scratch) but for >starters SuSE 9.3 64-bit, or any other that's good enough. > > Now, is there some strong allergic reaction between a Linux Audio >setup and 64-bit CPUs ? Are 64-bits platforms recommended for audio >purposes or is it better to wait a few more years ? If it's OK, which >mobo would you recommend ? > > Which audio/MIDI card would you recommend for such a setup ? > > Which speakers system could deliver good sound quality. I presently >have some Creative I-Trigue speakers and I'd hate doing any quality >stuff with it implying listening closely over and over again to >sequences and sounds. Is it possible to connect regular sound system >quality speakers to PC sound cards ? What speaker setup would you >recommend for driving both the external synth(s) and audio sound card ? >Is a mixer needed ? > > Thanks a lot for any advice/suggestion/hint ! > >Cheers, > >Al > > > >
