I have a live performance setup I use with my band. I used one of those tiny VIA motherboards and a Midiman UNO usb <-> midi adapter.
It seems like it's a good idea to use a flash card and that's what I did at first, but flash cards peter out after a certain number of writes. If you want to go that route, I'd suggest maybe having the partitions mounted read-only. --- Ariel Sommeria <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Everybody! > I have some old pc hardware that I want to use for > live music performance. > To start with it would be an effects box, then if > all goes well an expander, > a sampler, and/or whatever other ideas I come up > with. I was thinking of > using a footswitch controller, with a few buttons > and a wah-wah like pedal > as a knob. I have yet to buy the controller so I'm > open to suggestions. It > would work with USB or MIDI, or better both. If > MIDI, then I also need a > MIDI input card. Ultimately I would like the > software to be as compact as > possible, so I can run it off a flash card instead > of a hard drive. It would > probably be without GUI, though I'm leaving this > open. > Now to the linux bit: > There is all this cool stuff already programmed for > linux that I could be > able to tailor to my needs, so its worth looking at, > it seems. And I am sure > I am not the first one to come up with this idea. So > would you have any > suggestions on where to start? > As you have probably gathered, I'm a newbie to > Linux. But I'm not to > programming, and I'm ok with doing some coding. > bye, > Ariel > >
