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On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 8:35 AM, Andrew C  wrote:
> The biggest deciding factor would be the RAM speed, FrontSide Bus

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> 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.
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