On Tuesday 04 August 2009 17:52:23 Fons Adriaensen wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm looking for a high performance (e.g. quad core) > machine to be used for audio processing (and running > Linux of course). Rack mount is preferred but not > essential. > > What would you recommend to look at ?
I had been looking around a while back for a good audio motherboard and Gigabyte seemed to pop up quite a bit in terms of good SNR and other specs for onboard sound. As for offboard/adapter card, did you look at the M-Audio offerings? Your PSU can make a difference in terms of noise and interference, a lot of the ones your get with pre-built machines are crud. Get a good one (heuristic: heavier ones are better for the same price, wattage, etc.--big transformer, caps, heath sinks, and so on). The higher end ones come with good shielding on cables. Raymond _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-dev