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type="cite">On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:52 PM, John Rigg <span dir="ltr"><<a
moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:au@jrigg.co.uk">au@jrigg.co.uk</a>></span>
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<div class="im">> I don't see why a Linux based machine couldn't
be put into a very<br>
> specific sort of console box.<br>
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Allen & Heath have already done it with the iLive series.<br>
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John<br>
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Close but not quite. The iLive consoles run on COS, not Linux.<br>
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The XL8 however from Midas, does run on Linux IIRC.<br>
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Most digital consoles these days are moving more towards control
surface to a processing rack(Digi, PM5d, iLive) than integrated
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Harrison have already proven that ardour can be used inside an embedded
system. <br>
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There's nothing to stop us from making a bolier plate for a DIY console.<br>
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It would be an interesting project that could be useful for the home
studio crowd.<br>
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IMO, designing, building and documenting an open source mixing desk and
promoting it on the ardour forum is more likely to succeed and have an
impact than a small startup making a mixing desk, establishing trading
partners, producing quantity of product, selling it and then sending
some money back to ardour.<br>
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Of course once the former has been established there will no doubt be
several of the latter who will try to make it happen.<br>
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Patrick Shirkey
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Boost Hardware Ltd
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