Hiho, On Thursday 30 April 2009 14:56:33 Florian Faber wrote: > > I'm thinking of getting a Shuttle PC to run sound installations from (I > > need a portable machine for transport). The particular one I have an eye > > on is this one: > > > > Shuttle KPC K4500 Desktop, 1.8GHz Celeron, 512MB, 80GB, Foresight Linux > > Desktop Computer > > > > probably getting a little bit more memory for it, just to be sure. > > And I'll build in my Terratec EWS88 as an audio card. > > (One of the reasons to go for a Shuttle, rather than the also tempting > > Asus EeeBox, but then I'd need an external soundcard, which doesn't seem > > to be there in lowcost, but many channels, and probably USB; I need at > > least 4in-8out for the installation). > > > > Does anyone have experience with Shuttle machines for audio work? > > Yes. I have several identical machines (SN68PTG6 with AMD 64 X2 3Ghz EE, > 2GB Ram, 2x 250GB Raid 0, RME HDSPe MADI + TCO) that I use for > recording, timecode-coupled shows etc. > > Regarding audio work, the Shuttles are just as good or bad as any other > PC with the same chipset and configuration. I prefer AMD for > audio/video, but I am lacking hard evidence, so this is just my opinion. ok. > I use the Shuttle transport bags, very handy. I believe they are > designed for easy deployment on LAN parties etc., but it works well for > shows, too :) I was thinking of getting one of these too, yes. any experience with traveling with them on flights? Do you take them as handluggage? > The 'big' shuttles are very quiet, I don't know about the K45 series, > though (will get my first K45 next week, intend to use it as a SOHO > server). > > If your K45 has to be very quiet, check the TDP of the Celeron. The > smaller Shuttle power supplies tend to be noisy, but you can replace > them with passive cooled versions. Noise is not so much a problem. The installation in question will be running outdoors, and the Shuttle will be hiding in some safe indoorish location, out of the way. sincerely, Marije _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
