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

From: Danni Coy <danni.coy@...> · Date: Friday, December 4, 2009 - 12:07 pm

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My general approach to upgrading is as following...

I run all my hard drives from esata, I have two drives...

One contains the system that I am currently using the other has the last

system that I used or the system that I am currently testing, this way if

things go badly and I need to get work done, I just boot from the other

drive. But hey I agree with finishing the job before upgrading.
So far for me the 9.10 realtime kernel is the first one that really worked

for me since the 8.04 kernel. It's quite good.

I am getting sick of the amount of work I need to do to get Ubuntu into a

working audio workstation though. It's a pity (for me at least) that there

doesn't seem to be any kde based audio centric distributions. (historically

I would put that down to Arts less than cooperative).
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Mac McIlvaine  wrote:
> >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

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

> my their

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

> combo

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

> be used with

> >a Presonus Firepod?

> >

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

> Firepod?

> >( 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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My general approach to upgrading is as following...I run all my hard dr=

ives from esata, I have two drives...One contains the system that I am =

currently using the other has the last system that I used or the system tha=

t I am currently testing, this way if things go badly and I need to get wor=

k done, I just boot from the other drive. But hey I agree with finishing th=

e job before upgrading.

So far for me the 9.10 realtime kernel is the first one that really wor=

ked for me since the 8.04 kernel. It's quite good.I am getting sick=

 of the amount of work I need to do to get Ubuntu into a working audio work=

station though. It's a pity (for me at least) that there doesn't se=

em to be any kde based audio centric distributions. (historically I would p=

ut that down to Arts less than cooperative).

On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 9:46 PM, Mac McIl=

vaine <ussndma=

c@charter.net> wrote:

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

>From: Iain Duncan <iain=

duncanlists@gmail.com>

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

> =A0 =A0 =A0 Firepod?

>To: linux-audi=

o-user@lists.linuxaudio.org
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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<=

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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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