[sdiy] HD recording, no more Fostex!!

[Richard Wentk]

At 16:05 02/01/2005, karl dalen wrote:

>The board also had S/pdif , and integrated graphics
>whats your experience on hard disk recording with
>these low cost "all on chip" micro ATX boards?

Analogue recording will be grim. At best it will be midfi and rather fuzzy. 
At worst you'll get squeaks and blips breaking through from the rest of the 
PC.

S/P DIF with external converters shouldn't be too bad - certainly usable 
for stereo editing. With a 2000 Sempron you should be able to do 8 
simultaneous tracks with no problem, and possibly 12-16 with a good fast 
disk.

>Btw, Korg or Fostex have released a 4 track casette tape recorder!!!
>Who buys it?

Do the knobs go up to 11, perhaps? ;)

Richard