[Ardour-Users] control surface [was : Ardour 2.8.5 released]

[Patrick Shirkey]

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> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 05:05:08PM -0500, Thomas Vecchione wrote:
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>> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:52 PM, John Rigg<au at jrigg.co.uk>  wrote:
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>>> Allen&  Heath have already done it with the iLive series.
>>>
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>> Close but not quite.  The iLive consoles run on COS, not Linux.
>>      
> Hmm, I based that on this comment from Michael Palmer, A&H national
> sales manager for USA: "the Allen&  Heath iLive uses Linux as its operating
> system"
> It's near the bottom of this linked page:
> http://srforums.prosoundweb.com/index.php?t=msg&th=34589/0/
>
>    
>> The XL8 however from Midas, does run on Linux IIRC.
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> Indeed.
>
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>> Most digital consoles these days are moving more towards control surface to
>> a processing rack(Digi, PM5d, iLive) than integrated console(Like an LS9 or
>> M7CL)
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> Most of the ones I see are still the self contained type, but I wouldn't be
> surprised if more manufacturers move towards separate processing racks. The
> important part for the end user is the control surface.
>
>    


This is an important point.

What is the cheapest and most reliable control surface to use with ardour?

Maybe we could have a small competition to see who is using the most 
controls or has the most insteresting setup?

Seperate from the studio setup thread that was recently run. this woul 
dbe more focused on the actual sontroller systems that people are using 
rather than the overall setup of the studio.







Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd