[cma-l] Raspberry Pi in the studio

[tlr at gairloch.co.uk]

The old Dell laptops we use don't make any noise or take much space - one
actually sits in a filing tray on my desk so it has no significant footprint!
They take less power than an old full size PC and they're generally cheaper than
silent PCs.

Dell D610 which we use is usually £100-150
<http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/offer-listing/B001CVMJSC/ref=dp_olp_refurbished?ie=UTF8&condition=refurbished>
incl Windows XP Pro, or £150-250 with Windows 7. Battery condition is
unimportant as they run 24x7 on the mains.

Alex


> On 21 January 2014 at 17:42 London Chinese Radio <admin at londonhuayu.co.uk>
> wrote:
> 
>  Thanks for all your responses, it's given me plenty of food for thought. I
> actually didn't know these USB-XLR/Jack converters existed. Amazing what you
> can do... now all I need is a way to connect it all to my toaster and I can
> wake up a-la Wallace & Gromit! I'm sure someone's already come up with a
> USB-toaster interface!
> 
>  Old computers are okay if you have a back room, and I have one or two not
> being used, but I banished them all when I built new, (4 years ago now) silent
> PC's because I couldn't stand the sound of all those computer fans after so
> carefully building a lovely recording environment. And I didn't want to drill
> a hole through the wall to put leads through, since it isn't my wall. (and the
> wall is concrete about 60 years old, so might as well be solid diamond)
> 
>  Might be a case of rigging up an ultra-simple quiet computer. I have an old
> soundcard hanging around, and I really like the look of those leads!
> 
>  Onwards and upwards!
> 
>  Peter
> 
> 
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