----- Josh Lawrence <hardbop200@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 3/26/06, Lee Revell <rlrevell@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > IOW you'll just have to try it. The ideal live Linux box if cost is > no > > object IMHO is a portable 1U or 2U case. > > I've been looking into this pretty hard myself. I just bought a > Roland A-33 MIDI controller so I could run Native Instrument's B4 > organ software on my Ubuntu box. Whether or not Ubuntu is the > perfect > audio distro is a matter of opinion, but the hardware end of things > isn't. I agree with Lee, having a 2 or 3U box is the perfect > solution. I just don't see laptops being able to compare with > desktop > hardware here. > > The trouble is finding a short enough rackmount case to fit in what I > would consider to be a "standard" audio rack (18" or less). I found > some here: www.mypccase.com. I have no experience with these > people, > but so far they are the only ones I've found. Surely there are more > out there??? I have some of these in a data center rack. Generic AMD system. http://www.racklogic.com/razerv.htm 1U boxes are loud, which might not make a difference for live performance but surely does for recording. -lee
