Hi Miller! On 25.8.2011, at 19:29 , Miller Puckette wrote:
> My only suggestion would be to make sure the screen has 768 pixels > of vertical resolution (Hans found an HP model that does - I'm not sure if > others exist or not.) Otherwise, you can't project at any higher res than > 640x480, even if the screen itself claims more. It appears that 1366x768 became a standard resolution on netbooks of that size. So this shouldn't be a big issue anymore. (fingers crossed) > I run Fedora (out of the box) with no trouble except I always seem to need > to install a newer ALSA which requires recompiling the kernel; this would > probably be easier in Debian than it is in Fedora. Actually, I just knew Red Hat, before Fedora was released. I mostly used Ubuntu (but only until version 8) so I'm more familiar with that branch of Linux anyway. > Finally, I don't know of any perfect solution for more-than-2-channels of > audio I/O via USB. The M-audio stuff doesn't work yet in duplex (they're > working on that up in ALSA land). As of a week or 2 ago the latest ALSA > tarballs work with Native Instruments TRAKTOR audio 10 - I've got that going > but haven't yet tested thoroughly. Since the I/O is "phono" I'm unclear as > to whether it does "RIAA equalization" or not; if so I'll make an > inverse filter for Pd. well ... doesn't sound that clean. I didn't think of multichannel interfaces connected to that machine rather than getting decent audio quality for stereo output. I talked to Dan Wilcox on the bus from Weimar to Berlin and he mentioned he successfully uses the Roland UA-25 line. For USB I just got my old and noisy ESI U24 box which needs to be replaced anyway. I should get my hands on a MOTU Ultralight at some point maybe that answers some questions. But that's all just in Apple-land so far. Thanks a lot, Michael. > On Thu, Aug 25, 2011 at 12:51:35PM +0200, Peter Plessas wrote: >> Hi, >> >> just my 2 cents >> >> Michael Zacherl. wrote: >>> Hello, >>> in Weimar and Berlin I noticed quite a few people are using small >>> laptops/netbooks. >>> >>> I'm in the market for a netbook now and want to run linux w/ the usual >>> suspects for experimental electronic music (Pure Data, SC, Ardour, >>> Processing etc.) >>> Softwarewise Im currently looking at pure:dyne as the operating system. >> pure:dyne is a great project, but I recommend sticking to plain >> debian, due to its large user base. Afaik, pure:dyne is based on >> Debian anyway. >>> But I'm open to suggestions. >>> >>> What would you recommend for the hardware? >>> Last time I checked some products was in 2009. >>> I suppose battery life has improved, CPUs became a tad faster and linux >>> runs a bit smoother on such a thing. >>> What I really barely can cope with s the glossy screens, but I'm afraid >>> there's no way around it. >> Some brands have alternatives, I think Lenovos do.... >>> I'm planning to connect a USB-audio interface, so Firewire is not an issue >>> (which Jack has troubles with, IIRC). >>> Very nice to have would be a built in modem w/ Sim-card slot for mobile >>> data transfer. (Linux supported of course). >> Try to find a laptop for music with a quiet fan. >> >> PP. >>> >>> What would you suggest? >>> Thanks a lot, Michael. -- hear the colours of noise: http://blauwurf.at http://soundcloud.com/noiseconformist _______________________________________________ Pd-ot mailing list Pd-ot@iem.at http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-ot