[Csnd] hardware

Date	2012-12-19 12:51
From	Stefan Thomas
Subject	[Csnd] hardware
	Dear community, it seems that my old laptop will die in a few days. So I would like You to ask is: what do You think are are the requirements for a computer that runs with csound. I should mention that I use it mostly for realtime patches, e.g. triggering csound by a midi-keyboard. How important is in Your opinion ram? Which other hardware features are also important in Your opinion? I should also mention that I prefare Linux as OS.

Date	2012-12-19 13:04
From	Justin Smith
Subject	Re: [Csnd] hardware
	Bus speed, cache size, processor speed. Ram if you use large tables (ie. storing sound files in memory). HD speed if you use disk input at run time. Having Firewire ports is good if you want to use a decent sound card on a laptop with Linux (given the iffy USB2 audio / Linux situation). On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Stefan Thomas <kontrapunktstefan@gmail.com> wrote: Dear community, it seems that my old laptop will die in a few days. So I would like You to ask is: what do You think are are the requirements for a computer that runs with csound. I should mention that I use it mostly for realtime patches, e.g. triggering csound by a midi-keyboard. How important is in Your opinion ram? Which other hardware features are also important in Your opinion? I should also mention that I prefare Linux as OS.

Date	2012-12-20 14:12
From	Stefan Thomas
Subject	Re: [Csnd] hardware
	What do You think about usb-Audio cards? 2012/12/19 Justin Smith <noisesmith@gmail.com> Bus speed, cache size, processor speed. Ram if you use large tables (ie. storing sound files in memory). HD speed if you use disk input at run time. Having Firewire ports is good if you want to use a decent sound card on a laptop with Linux (given the iffy USB2 audio / Linux situation). On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Stefan Thomas <kontrapunktstefan@gmail.com> wrote: Dear community, it seems that my old laptop will die in a few days. So I would like You to ask is: what do You think are are the requirements for a computer that runs with csound. I should mention that I use it mostly for realtime patches, e.g. triggering csound by a midi-keyboard. How important is in Your opinion ram? Which other hardware features are also important in Your opinion? I should also mention that I prefare Linux as OS.

Date	2012-12-20 14:36
From	Justin Smith
Subject	Re: [Csnd] hardware
	usb1.1 is almost always fully Linux compatible, and has poor latency and cannot do more than 4 channels (combined in and out) at a reasonable sr for usb2.x you need one of a few specific cards to make it work, and I am not sure which those are at the moment (and many are only partially supported) On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 6:12 AM, Stefan Thomas <kontrapunktstefan@gmail.com> wrote: What do You think about usb-Audio cards? 2012/12/19 Justin Smith <noisesmith@gmail.com> Bus speed, cache size, processor speed. Ram if you use large tables (ie. storing sound files in memory). HD speed if you use disk input at run time. Having Firewire ports is good if you want to use a decent sound card on a laptop with Linux (given the iffy USB2 audio / Linux situation). On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:51 AM, Stefan Thomas <kontrapunktstefan@gmail.com> wrote: Dear community, it seems that my old laptop will die in a few days. So I would like You to ask is: what do You think are are the requirements for a computer that runs with csound. I should mention that I use it mostly for realtime patches, e.g. triggering csound by a midi-keyboard. How important is in Your opinion ram? Which other hardware features are also important in Your opinion? I should also mention that I prefare Linux as OS.