On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Andrew C <countfuzzball@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The biggest deciding factor would be the RAM speed, FrontSide Bus > speed (I think) and how many RPMs the hard drive does (as linuxsampler > is streaming from disk). Also, linuxsampler can run headless, so you > probably wouldn't need X. Really, the minimum drive speed for sampling should be 7200 RPM, and best to keep your samples on a separate drive from your OS & software. If you use an external drive for samples, use eSATA or Firewire, USB just doesn't seem to have the bandwidth for handling sample data. -- Brett W. McCoy -- http://www.electricminstrel.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ "In the rhythm of music a secret is hidden; If I were to divulge it, it would overturn the world." -- Jelaleddin Rumi _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
