[ardour-users] Best hardware config for running Ardour

[Andre Perrotta]

I need a sound card that has the following features:

ADAT i/o
Analogical i/o
Digital i/o

thanks for helping !!

On 20/12/2004, at 15:46, Jan Depner wrote:

> On Mon, 2004-12-20 at 09:58, Andre Perrotta wrote:
>> Hi, I work in a sound producing studio in Sao Paulo, Brasil.
>>
>>
>> Here we work with some old Protools and mac OS 8 and 9. And it would
>> cost a lot of money to get everything upgraded.
>>
>>
>> So, we decided that we should start trying to do everything we normaly
>> do with ProTools with free software.
>>
>> We are now deciding what would be the best hardware configuration(the
>> most efficient PC) to  buy, in order to have Ardour running.
>>
>> Could anyone give me a help with the following questions:
>>
>> 1) what would be the most compatible pci sound card ?
>
> Hammerfall, M-Audio, SM Pro Audio, Terratec.  Your choice of card will
> depend on the number and kind of I/Os you want.
>
>> 2)Does Firewire interfaces work ?
>
> Short answer - no.
>
>> 3)Does Ardour have SMPTE or MTC sync ?
>
> I think MTC works but I'm not positive.
>
>> 4)what would be the best linux distribution for running Ardour ?
>
> Simplest to set up is Fedora Core 1 with the Planet CCRMA packages.  I
> haven't used any of the others but I have heard that Mandrake with
> Thac's RPMs is good.  Also AGNULA and I think there are some people
> using Gentoo but I don't know much about that.
>
>> 5)Can I import movies in Ardour, if not, what would be the best way to
>> put sound in movie using free software ?
>>
>
> Sorry, I can't help you with that one ;-)
>
>
> Jan
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