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I am an audio engineer with a bad habbit in gadgets. I recently stumbled across the Eee and was wondering if it at all possible to run the program Ardour on the Eee? Here is the programs link: http://ardour.org/
If so, I believe I will be buying one sooner than later.
Also, can the Eee recognize external USB2.0 hard drives and audio/midi interfaces? Again, if so, this thing will prove to be extremely valuable. Thank you all for any input.
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I don't have my eee yet, but I can't see any reason that it shouldn't be able to run ardour. Usb 2.0 hard drives is reported to work fine, I think, so audio recording will be no problem. Linux supports most usb audio/midi devices as well, although I don't know if it comes with the stock eee linux kernel. To compile the sound drivers for this is not very difficult, though.
Of course I'd like to have someone with an actual eee pc to confirm all this 
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Thanks for the reply filoktetes! It would be absolutely amazing to use an Eee as a mobile recording DAW! Especially if I can get a nice soundcard to work with it. Anyone that can confirm Ardour and HDs/Audio/MIDI interfaces on their Eee's will win a prize... my thank you.
Last edited by AudiosEnvy (2007-11-17 1:36:04 pm)
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AudiosEnvy
i have the same thing in mind, i`m also into music making (about 10 years)
and besides all the basic stuff, i want to use the eeepc as a mobile field recording device
by hooking up my fasttrack and a mic.
(i also hang out at www.kvraudio.com you might have heard of this spot before)
at the beginning i had some minor doubts about the eeepc and recording,
but now i don´t see anything in the way that would keep the eeepc from handling audio apps.
so yes one of my reasons to get one is the idea of "the ultra mobile micro-dream-studio" 
(the only thing that is missing to make it perfect would be a M-Audio Oxygen8 with mini keys)
*hint*
if you plan on using linux for audio stuff you should use a M-Audio audiocard
since there are stable m-audio drivers available for linux, about other cards
i don`t know.
Last edited by microking (2007-11-17 3:23:35 pm)
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im sure it should be no prob,
just install the ubuntu studio dist
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When it comes to sound card support in Linux, I have tried the usb-audio driver with the Edirol UA-25 and the M-Audio MoblePre, they work perfectly for both audio and midi, and I think very many usb sound cards should work, since most follow the same standard. Hardware for Linux should always be tried before you buy it. I asked in the shop if I could try it, and I was allowed to take it home for a day
I just checked the kernel configuration file for the eee, and the usb-audio driver is included
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The Eee PC runs Audacity without any complaints. I tried installing Ardour and it told me that Jack wasn't running, and I didn't want to go too much further to install and configure Jack controls because I don't really know that much about how it works, and didn't feel like loading up the Eee PC's small storage space with too many libraries and apps.
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You only need two packages, I think: jackd and qjackctl. jackd is the audio server, and qjackctl is the gui program to start the server and configure it. On my system they take up about 1Mb each, so it should be worth it, since ardour takes up 20Mb.
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For what it's worth, I just installed ardour on my Eeepc 4G, in simple mode no less, and it works just fine. A few of the dialogs are taller than the screen, but for the five minutes I spent playing with it, there was nothing I was unable to do. On the other hand, I've only just started looking at ardour, and have next to no experience with DAWs, so my "experiments" were not particularly complex.
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I've been trying out Ardour and Rosegarden, using JACK (qjackctl) and Fluidsynth (qsynth). It works remarkably well for such a low-end system. But I wouldn't depend on the eee for very demanding tasks like recording and playing a lot of tracks at the same time with various real time effects.
For normal audio/midi sequencing the eee is quite stable with fairly low latancies.
I'm using Arch Linux, so I can't tell you how to install these programs on the stock Xandros, but I'm sure you'll find the necessary information if you search this forum
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Good to hear people seem to be getting on well with Ardour.
I'm currently having a clearout to raise some cash for an eee with at 1 (preferably 2) gig of ram.
I'm still torn between Linux & XP for music production - I use a mac and Logic at home but can't afford a macbook 
All I want to be able to do is record my band, 1 track at a time, up to a max of around 8 mono tracks (probably 6 mono, 1 stereo or a variation of this).
I'll then import the wavs into Logic for mixing and fairy dust.
From what I've read, I think the eee will manage this without a problem.
So, my next choice is:
Linux and Ardour
or
XP and Cubase
hmmmm...
Last edited by jim303 (2008-01-28 11:46:11 am)
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I was able to plug and play both a USB audio interface as well as a USB Midi (2x2) interface (both Edirol - UA-1X and UM-2).
This is under stock Xandros/Advanced.
R.
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Last edited by rickh (2008-01-28 12:06:07 pm)
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I tried out using my eeepc for a recording session this weekend, i post the results to the ardour website at:
http://ardour.org/node/1473
The results were good, but with a few caveats.
Hope this helps,
Jon.
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Another important question :
Is it possible to record multi audio-tracks with SDhc technology ?
When i read the different forums about transfer capacity, it seems really weak !
Does 5 Mo/s fine ? I don't believe it is reasonnable to think that SD cards can reach the 20 Mo/s that manufacturers announce !
My target is to record simultaneous 10 tracks max with a USB2 interface (44khz, 24bits) and use a drums soft synth (1 or 2 tracks).
I guess (i hope) the next eeePC900 will be find but once again, will the SD technology be efficient enough to manage the flow ????
By advance, Thank you for your reply
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jonphilpott wrote:
I tried out using my eeepc for a recording session this weekend, i post the results to the ardour website at:
http://ardour.org/node/1473
The results were good, but with a few caveats.
Hope this helps,
Jon.
Hi,
I have tried with the internal sound card and with an external midi keyboard. The sound is awful.
Can you give me the settings you've setted for jackd through qjackctl ? What is your latency ?
Thanx.
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Yo all
first of all sorry for my bad spaghetti english 
I bought the eeepc only to make music. I have a Oxygen2 m-audio keyboard and a fast track pro m-audio usb audio. When i start jack it detect the fast track pro and the oxygen2 as midi interface, and if i connect it to zynaddsubfx or qsynth i'm able to play and use the oxygen2 with the potentiometers and pitch too.
But i have two problems:
-Fast track pro, m-audio usb device, is not detected as external audio device but as a midi device (so i can use it only as a midi interface, i can't exit no sound and try to experience the low latency)
-Jack audio is not clean, usually it spit and makes some disturbing noise with the sound i play, and some times hangs. I think that that's connected whit the way i configured it so i wish to receive your configuration to solve that second problem.
So i'm searching informations as possible and i wish to write a wiki page about eeepc and audio so thank you only for reading and i wish that someone will help me
peace
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I'm also begining to experiment with using my eeepc as a softsynth but can't seem to find settings for jack (using the internal soundcard) that doesn't give me xRuns (on the RT kernel from eeexUbuntu), does anyone have any tips?
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hi I would also be very interested to know what are the best settings for jack on the eee..............
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