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Selfbuild: - Tyan K8WE with 2x Opteron 244 - 2GB ram - Asus X600 video - RME Hammerfall 9652 - Areca raid controller - 80GB sataII OS HD (64bit Gentoo) - 120GB ide backup HD - 4x 160GB sataII as raid 5 for data - Nec DVD writer - dual PSU EPS-12V for the mainboard, ATX for the HDs Should be put...

What sample rate did you use to record the tracks in the Tascam? If it is 44.1, then the soundcard has to work at 44.1 also. Next you need to make sure the Tascam is set as master (should be that way if you use the spdif). There should be a way to tell the SB that is has to sync from spdif...

In a pure digital system, jitter has no influence at all unless it is more than 1/4 of a clockcycle. It only is important when going from analog to digital or the inverse. That doesn't mean it cannot be interesting to have a central wordclock. It makes clocking much easier. But it won't make a...

If it works with spdif, it will work with aes. Both are the same protocol, only a different electrical interface. (okay, a slightly different protocol)

Raid 0 is striping. http://www.real-storage.com/raid-level.html Don't really follow this reasoning. I can only say that I have read quite a lot of people complaining about audio performance with nforce4 chipsets. Read yourself: http://www.rme-audio.de/techinfo/nforce4_tests.htm

Something I don't really get is that over here nobody seems to have trouble with the nforce4 chipset. At other forums (fora?) there is a lot of noise about problems at high audio loads. they seem rather prone to have pops and clicks. Even rme warns about it on their website. I would have added...

Well, you can use both, but they have a different effect. So you have to try! NR is very effective, but it depends on a lot of factors. So just using the defaults can one day give excellent results, the other day be just unusable. There is no way of telling you what will be the most effective...

You are over-doing it. It is one of the possible artefacts with NR. If you apply it to hard, then it can happen. Just apply a less reduction untill the effect goes away.

Still using CEP1.2a. It does all I need, easy to use and stable. Since I do not use any midi at all, this is the perfect tool.

Assuming you are talking about 33rpm and 45rpm, not 78rpm. First, you need to clean your LP!!! The cleaner you get it, the better. Then you have to set up your TT as good as you can. Certainly get the tracking force correct. Now up to your questions: 1: you need a RIAA pre-amp. This can be...

AES uses RS482 signals (RS485 these days, but they are electricaly identical, only a small difference in maximal common mode voltage). This drives the cable with a differential voltage with a top-top of 5V. But the receiver has to be able to work with a differential input of 0.2V top-top. This...

Not really. First of all, about 90% of the gear doesn't do a single thing with the subcode. So if you strip the subcode, both are the same. Second, while the impedances are different, they are not that much different. So for a short cable of a meter or two it doesn't matter. And while the aes...

Why wouldn't you be able to chat with and AMD? Or do you want to chat and record guitar at the same time? I would like to see someone typing on a keyboard while playing the guitar...

Probably just a cable might do the trick. It won't hurt to try. For a diagram: http://www.rme-audio.com/english/download/manuals.htm take the manual of the hammerfall 9652 (9652e.pdf) and go to chapter 8, there is a drawing of a cable for aes->spdif. This isn't a sure thing since it may be...

Less than on recording. I had to do this for some time since the app I used coudn't play back through alsa, only oss. So I recorded on the RME and played back trough a 9 euro soundcard. Largest difference was noise and hum.

Was afraid of it. If you want agp or pci-e there is not much choice. I got a K8WE and it is nice, but next to impossible to get linux running on it (for me that is).

Check if the Opteron board doesn't use pci graphics, like most server boards do. But it could be worth it for the cpu's alone.

This is what Intel copied from AMD and called it different.

Biggest difference between adat and spdif is that adat is 8 channels of 24/44.1(or48) while spdif is 2 channels (stereo) of 24/44.1 (up to 96 or 192). Both are digital interfaces, so quality of convertors isn't an issue. Now there is a mode to use adat with 4 channels of 24/88.2 (or 96), but...

We will be deprived of those stimulating discussions about what cpu's are the fastest...