JiNN wrote: > I have recently been thinking about going to linux on my DAW. I > currently use fruity loops and run a winxp pro sp2, with a bunch of VST. > There have been a couple of issues which made me try to seek another O/S > for my audio. Number one is that I like to run a lot of VST, and > I also like to have my project from sequencing to pre mastering all in > one project. This, of course means a lot of CPU since i try to do as much > as possible without rendering it to .wav and back, since this takes > time, especially for little changes when mixing. Another issue is the > windows 2gig ram application limit. I hit this a couple of times and was > left in a dead end as to what to do. Vista is probably out of the option > right > now since I hate how much garbage is in there and how much cpu it needs > just to run. So I am thinking to switching to linux, but would like to > ask a couple of question. If someone can spare a couple of minutes and > pass your opinion on these subjects/questions, i would appreciate it > very much. > > 1) How is VST adaptors for linux? I was reading there a couple of them. > Has anyone had trouble with them? > > 2) I assume linux is a lot better with RAM than windows, and was curious > if there are any people who are on this list > that actually switched over and could tell me if they really could > "do" a lot more in linux with the same hardware specs than in windows. Well, Linux runs faster than Windows did on the hardware I have here. I don't have anything high-end or particularly modern here. The server is running a Sempron 3000+ (1.8GHz Sempron processor, 1GB RAM). My laptop is running a 1.5GHz Celeron with 768MB RAM. But I don't do serious on-computer sound processing, do more composition work and drive my Yamaha PSR-225GM for sound. > Does linux have some sort of application RAM limit? I don't know. I know that last week I was working with a very large (43000x3900 pixels) panoramic 24-bit TIFF image in TheGIMP, and GIMP reported using 1.2GB of RAM. If the issue is your amount of data, you could use a 64-bit Linux on 64-bit hardware and leave such concerns in the dust. > 3) What is everyone's favority sequencer for linux? I know there are a > couple of them. Which one is your favorite? I like Rosegarden, but I have no idea how it would compare to FruityLoops. > 4) I have never used linux before. Would it be better for me to install > linux first and after im comfortable try audio on it? Try one of the Live Linux CDs. For one thing, they'll tell you if Linux supports your hardware. > 5) I assume there are DirectX adaptor also. Correct? I don't know. I don't have any hardware here that supports DirectX even under Windows. -- David gnome@xxxxxxxxxxxxx authenticity, honesty, community _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
