[PD] [ot][hardware] mini-itx

[Derek Holzer]

Cool project and nice-looking, easy to use site. I like the colorful 
Peli-case housings! I'll look around a bit more and come back with more 
questions.

Thanks!
d.

David Merrill wrote:
> Hi Derek -
> Some colleagues and I have built up a system that we call "Audiopint" 
> that's just like what you have in mind. You can see what decisions we 
> made about hardware, and more at:
> http://audiopint.org/
> 
> Our systems boot a stripped-down Ubuntu from a USB pen drive, and they 
> boot completely into PD so there is no requirement for a keyboard, 
> mouse, etc. The thing to note about the audio was that we ended up 
> getting better latency and sound quality (lower noise floor) by using a 
> relatively inexpensive USB audio device rather than the mini-itx board's 
> built-in audio. In my current system I actually have disabled the 
> on-board audio. Let me know if you'd like to know about other aspects of 
> the what/why for out setup..
> best,
> -David Merrill
> 
> On 6/30/07, *Derek Holzer* <derek at umatic.nl <mailto:derek at umatic.nl>> wrote:
> 
>     I'm currently shopping around for a small motherboard that I can put in
>     a "headless" (no screen, mouse, keyboard) box as a laptop replacement
>     for live performance. There's quite a few different processors to
>     choose
>     from on the Mini-ITX site, but I wonder if anyone has any experience
>     using them for audio?
> 
>     Of course there's Intel Pentium M and Core, Core Duo and Celeron
>     processors, as well as various VIA and Nehemiah CPUs.
> 
>     Any recommendable? Any to avoid? The system will be harddrive-less
>     (Linux OS on CF card), so if anyone has any suggestions please let
>     me know.
> 
>     best,
>     derek
> 
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