choose a distribution that matches your hardware
Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2013 5:08 pm
Hi all,
I started reading the wiki linux musicians and and I found a lot of useful information.
Now I would like to ask some advice on how to choose the distribution to install on my system depending on the hardware available to me and my needs.
I know it will be difficult to find a solution that works immediately, out of the box. However, at least at the beginning, I would try to minimize interventions and attempts to do to get a system that will enable me to make some elementary operations.
The first thing I'd like to do is connect my PC via a MIDI interface to a master keyboard and my two expander and, for example, record a midi track playing on the keyboard, and after that listen to what was recorded and add a second track using the keyboard while the first is playing. This may seem trivial, but for me would be a good starting point.
After that I would like to save the expander preset to a file on PC sending the sysex via midi, record the output on a file adding voice etc. but this maybe in a second step.
I intend to use a multiboot so as to have a distribution optimized for the production audio and one for all other uses in such a way that there are no conflicts or delays due to unnecessary processes which occupy the cpus.
I'll stay tuned if anyone had any good advice on how to get started
Thanks for your patience
Here the hardware that I have:
Motherboard: ASUS M4A77T
Processor: 4x AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor
Memory: 4GB DDR3 1800
Graphic adapter : GeForce 210/PCIe/SSE2/3DNOW!
Hard Disk 1 : CORSAIR SSD SATA 3 120 GB
Hard Disk 2 : ATA Maxtor 6V250F0
DVD writer: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109
CD writer : PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4824A
Sound Card: ECHO Mia MIDI
USB-MIDI Adapter : M-AUDIO Midisport 2x2 Anniversary Edition
and the expanders:
Korg M1 R EX
Roland SC880
Master Keybord is a a Roland PC 200 Mk2
I started reading the wiki linux musicians and and I found a lot of useful information.
Now I would like to ask some advice on how to choose the distribution to install on my system depending on the hardware available to me and my needs.
I know it will be difficult to find a solution that works immediately, out of the box. However, at least at the beginning, I would try to minimize interventions and attempts to do to get a system that will enable me to make some elementary operations.
The first thing I'd like to do is connect my PC via a MIDI interface to a master keyboard and my two expander and, for example, record a midi track playing on the keyboard, and after that listen to what was recorded and add a second track using the keyboard while the first is playing. This may seem trivial, but for me would be a good starting point.
After that I would like to save the expander preset to a file on PC sending the sysex via midi, record the output on a file adding voice etc. but this maybe in a second step.
I intend to use a multiboot so as to have a distribution optimized for the production audio and one for all other uses in such a way that there are no conflicts or delays due to unnecessary processes which occupy the cpus.
I'll stay tuned if anyone had any good advice on how to get started
Thanks for your patience
Here the hardware that I have:
Motherboard: ASUS M4A77T
Processor: 4x AMD Phenom(tm) II X4 965 Processor
Memory: 4GB DDR3 1800
Graphic adapter : GeForce 210/PCIe/SSE2/3DNOW!
Hard Disk 1 : CORSAIR SSD SATA 3 120 GB
Hard Disk 2 : ATA Maxtor 6V250F0
DVD writer: PIONEER DVD-RW DVR-109
CD writer : PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W4824A
Sound Card: ECHO Mia MIDI
USB-MIDI Adapter : M-AUDIO Midisport 2x2 Anniversary Edition
and the expanders:
Korg M1 R EX
Roland SC880
Master Keybord is a a Roland PC 200 Mk2