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* Dual core 2.8 gHz Intel core II duo 64 bit CPU (fast) | * Dual core 2.8 gHz Intel core II duo 64 bit CPU (fast) | ||
* 4 GB RAM (no ECC) | * 4 GB RAM (no ECC) | ||
* 32 Bit Windows Vista (slow) | * 32 Bit Windows Vista For Business, serious business(slow) | ||
* 160 GB 7200 RPM SATA drive (No DAW Action for us) | * 160 GB 7200 RPM SATA drive (No DAW Action for us) | ||
* 1024 GB LaCie RAID-0 external storage via Firewire 400. (slow, if you want to DAW with this fine, you might lose your magic to bitrot) | * 1024 GB LaCie RAID-0 external storage via Firewire 400. (slow, if you want to DAW with this fine, you might lose your magic to bitrot) | ||
* Fancy Nvidia graphics card (Vancy visuals) | * Fancy Nvidia graphics card (Vancy visuals) | ||
* Firewire 400 PCI card for multichannel audio interface (pro audio) | * Firewire 400 PCI card for multichannel audio interface (pro audio) | ||
* USB Wifi networking! (that's the little white thing on the | * USB Wifi networking! (that's the little white thing on the back. it blinks green.) | ||
==Audio== | ==Audio== | ||
Revision as of 20:46, 4 April 2016
The computer music workstation is a Dell Optiplex 755. It runs Windows Vista Business which is near EOL so halp! The MOTU 828 mkII is connected to it to provide some interesting options for audio I/O. The physical box is located under the Plan 9 workstation and the two share a monitor, but have separate mice and keyboards.
Specs
- Dual core 2.8 gHz Intel core II duo 64 bit CPU (fast)
- 4 GB RAM (no ECC)
- 32 Bit Windows Vista For Business, serious business(slow)
- 160 GB 7200 RPM SATA drive (No DAW Action for us)
- 1024 GB LaCie RAID-0 external storage via Firewire 400. (slow, if you want to DAW with this fine, you might lose your magic to bitrot)
- Fancy Nvidia graphics card (Vancy visuals)
- Firewire 400 PCI card for multichannel audio interface (pro audio)
- USB Wifi networking! (that's the little white thing on the back. it blinks green.)
Audio
There was a Denon home theater reciever on the hackshelves. I appropriated it for the power amps and myriad supported inputs. The main outputs of the MOTU 828 are wired to the STEREO CDR [Analog] source input of the Denon. There are some AudioChoice speakers that were on the floor by the west wing lounge. I made some custom cables and hooked them up to the A speaker output on the Denon.
Software
- Supercollider (digital modular synthesis engine, object oriented DSP language and algorithmic composition environment)
- Sunvox (tracker style sequencer and DSP platform)
- Pure Data (patcher language control environment and realtime DSP engine for modular digital synthesis)
- Sonic Pi ( fun realtime loop composition environment with livecoding language based on Ruby)
- Audacity ( stereo sound recorder )
- LTSpice IV (Analog Circuit simulator)
MIDI
The monitor sits next to the Yamaha PSR-1700 MIDI synthesizer and sequencer. Output works. It's possible to control Sunvox from the keyboard by opening it and clicking the mouse on a generator in Sunvox. It's also possible to send MIDI to the keyboard and play lol karaoke files.