Hi Gus. True that Windows 10 is horrible, except maybe for the Entreprise version without all the builtin consumer spywares, but I don't think this version is easily available. I tried Windows 10 on a double-boot Android/Windows tablet, and it was so bad that I erased it to keep only Android... I used Windows 8.1 to setup permanent installations (not my choice, as an employee) and they will work well (for a little while).
A permanent installation *must* be cleaner proof; it should be capable of (re)starting up automagically when power is applied. If it's not possible (without an expert on the spot), a U.P.S. helps a lot, but it's not enough. Electronic art deserves the same care (and love/budget) than industrial processes; it's possible (in part) even with consumer-grade computing equipment like mac minis, but each version of OSX (and Windows) are different and anything that Apple (and Microsoft) are adding to "help users" must be disabled in order to control the OS at a lower level. My experience was that it's a lot more work to properly setup and test a mac mini or a Windows machine than a Linux machine. I hope than the younger generation of electronic artists will discover and adopt free software with the use of "Raspberry Pi" like computing devices; some of them have features like eMMC disks and battery power management. They are cheap, reliable, small, and many of then can stream 7.1 over over HDMI... If there's a demand, Max/MSP could definitely run on such devices... That said, I will soon work on a new project and part of it will run on Max/MSP because one of the collaborator knows it well. I wish you good luck this year! -- Marc Le Thu, 8 Mar 2018 13:54:51 +0000 Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> a écrit: > Hi Marc, > The processing involve dhere is not too CPU intensive - rather its > whether the graphics card is capable of transmitting 8 channels of > audio over HDMI that I am wondering about . > Marc - its a commercial project and we will be connected online to > update/make changes if necessary. As mentioned its possible to > automatically tell the max patch which drivers ot use etc. I totally > agree with you on "if it can go wrong it will" and it has to be rock > solid - the last permanent install we did the cleaners kept unpluggin > it - - we'd get the call "its not working !!) - wed drive two hours > to ge tthere and switch it back on. Lessons learnt. Linux would be my > prefferedd choice for stablitiy but it doesnt have the software tools > to do what is needed in this instance (Im a big fan of soundscape > renderer on linux ) nor are those involved in the project profficient > in Linux. I have however found windows 10 to be a complete pain in > the ass for anything thats installed for more than a couple of days. > This will be for a year. best > Gus > > On 8 March 2018 at 09:50, Dave Hunt <davehuntau...@btinternet.com> > wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > Mac Minis are not that expensive, though whether they are adequate > > depends on how much audio processing is required. > > > > After set up you may not need a monitor, keyboard or mouse, though > > these are fairly cheap and readily available now. These are only > > required if something goes wrong, usually when an audio interface > > or other external unit is not powered up when the computer > > boots.They can be set up to boot and run a program automatically to > > specified times, or to run a program when booted. > > > > If it is a long term install, the cost of this part of the system > > becomes very low compared to other installation costs, and the > > daily management of the whole. > > > > Ciao, > > > > Dave Hunt > > > > > > On 8 Mar 2018, at 01:34, sursound-requ...@music.vt.edu wrote: > > > > > From: Augustine Leudar <augustineleu...@gmail.com> > > > Subject: Re: [Sursound] realtime 5.1 streaming over hdmi ? > > > Date: 7 March 2018 18:37:46 GMT > > > To: Surround Sound discussion group <sursound@music.vt.edu> > > > > > > > > > Yes we got it working immediately on the Mac - one channel on > > speaker.bBut > > > obviously there's an extra cist involved for client if they have > > > to buy a Mac! Its a longterm install. > > > > > > On Wednesday, 7 March 2018, jim moses <jmo...@brown.edu> wrote: > > > > > >> The Mac HDMI out sounds like your best bet. You may need to work > > >> with > > the > > >> audio-midi-setup app to make it work (seeting the # of channels > > >> and then assignments in 'configure speakers'). > > >> > > >> jim > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Sursound mailing list > > Sursound@music.vt.edu > > https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe > > here, edit account or options, view archives and so on. > > > > > _______________________________________________ Sursound mailing list Sursound@music.vt.edu https://mail.music.vt.edu/mailman/listinfo/sursound - unsubscribe here, edit account or options, view archives and so on.
