On 09/29/2009 01:20 AM, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > I am almost convinced that I want to go Linux audio in my studio. I > have a x64 3ghz dual core AMD based box that is my dedicated DAW. I am > now deciding which distro to use that will give me stable performance > with minimum effort. > > 64 Studio would seem like an obvious choice but because I would like > to have VST's available, I seem to recall that is a possible issue? > > Any issues that come up with windows vsts on a 64 bit Linux are gonna bite no matter which distro you choose. Note that there are native Linux vsts and a large amount of native Linux plugins these days so you should be able to find an alternative to your favourite windows vst plugins if they don't work over wine. A couple of major benefits from going with 64Studio is that you get access to paid support and a realtime kernel ootb. Cheers. Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd > Beyond that, is there any other advantage(s) to using a x64 OS other > than RAM access beyond 4gb? Is there any 32 bit OS performance > degradation when installed on a x64 machine? > > Thanks, > Russell > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
