Hi Derek -<br>Some colleagues and I have built up a system that we call &quot;Audiopint&quot; that&#39;s just like what you have in mind. You can see what decisions we made about hardware, and more at:<br><a href="http://audiopint.org/">
http://audiopint.org/</a><br><br>Our systems boot a stripped-down Ubuntu from a USB pen drive, and they boot completely into PD so there is no requirement for a keyboard, mouse, etc. The thing to note about the audio was that we ended up getting better latency and sound quality (lower noise floor) by using a relatively inexpensive USB audio device rather than the mini-itx board&#39;s built-in audio. In my current system I actually have disabled the on-board audio. Let me know if you&#39;d like to know about other aspects of the what/why for out setup..
<br>best,<br>-David Merrill<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/30/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Derek Holzer</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:derek@umatic.nl">derek@umatic.nl</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I&#39;m currently shopping around for a small motherboard that I can put in<br>a &quot;headless&quot; (no screen, mouse, keyboard) box as a laptop replacement<br>for live performance. There&#39;s quite a few different processors to choose
<br>from on the Mini-ITX site, but I wonder if anyone has any experience<br>using them for audio?<br><br>Of course there&#39;s Intel Pentium M and Core, Core Duo and Celeron<br>processors, as well as various VIA and Nehemiah CPUs.
<br><br>Any recommendable? Any to avoid? The system will be harddrive-less<br>(Linux OS on CF card), so if anyone has any suggestions please let me know.<br><br>best,<br>derek<br><br>--<br>derek holzer ::: <a href="http://www.umatic.nl">
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