Subject: Re: [LAU] hardware & distro recos for using with Presonus Firepod?

From: Mac McIlvaine <ussndmac@...> · Date: Friday, December 4, 2009 - 11:58 am

>Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 22:48:31 -0800

quoted text>From: Iain Duncan

>Subject: [LAU] hardware & distro recos for using with Presonus

>	Firepod?

>To: linux-audio-user@lists.linuxaudio.org
>Hi folks, my machine just died so it's time to shop for a new one,

and might

quoted text>as well kick the tires on distros at the same time. Can anyone give

my their

quoted text>recommendations (and stay-away-froms) for a microATX factor board/chip

combo

quoted text>that will work well for setting up a linux audio workstation to

be used with

quoted text>a Presonus Firepod?

>

>Anyone have experiences to share re the Ubuntu Studio 9.10 and the

Firepod?

quoted text>( or other presonus firewire cards ).

>
I have successfully had twin Firepods running on Ubuntu 9.04 with

the custom rt kernel. I was never able to have non-xrun recording

otherwise.
The only hardware that seems critical is the firewire chipset. The

TI chipset seems to work fine, other not so much.
I don't have an opinion on the cpu or mobo, have used both intel

and amd. (googling "don't use this particular model#" in this application

is always a good idea.)
I have not attempted 9.10 (either vanilla or Ubuntu Studio) I'm in

the middle of a big mastering job and don't have time to fool with

the "oh, well build this and tweak that stuff that always seems to

result when changing things.
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