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#1 2008-10-23 02:13:24

sam the wizer
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Registered: 2008-10-21
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Arch/Hydrogen drum machine

I found an open circuit a while back for a midi drum interface.  Since I found it I've thought about making a dedicated drum machine from a simple Linux box running Hydrogen.  I've been looking for a good base distro to use for this project, something light and fast and easy to manipulate.  I had resigned to the Linux From Scratch approach when I found Arch.  I think this will work well, but there are a few concerns I have:

1. Boot time.  This is mostly due to the Bootloader, which I should be able to remove since I likely won't be doing any upgrades once I get it stable.

2. Environment.  I wanted to cut out the DE/WM since these will tax the resources of a minimalist system.  Should I just run Hydrogen from X or can I run it from a CLI?

3. Run from RAM? I was planning on building this as a small motherboard with a cheap single core processor and a cheap flash drive (possibly just USB) and was wondering if it was possible to tweak arch to run from RAM (similar to Puppy linux). 

Thanks for any suggestions,
Sam

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#2 2008-10-23 11:11:30

ashyanbhog
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From: India
Registered: 2008-08-19
Posts: 49

Re: Arch/Hydrogen drum machine

You may get better responses on Installation sub forum,

http://www.faunos.com/ should fit your needs. Its apparently Arch based.

Also check http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=55063

My guess is that you'll need X running, Xorg twm is pretty lightweight.

Last edited by ashyanbhog (2008-10-23 11:13:50)

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#3 2008-10-24 20:42:47

sam the wizer
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Registered: 2008-10-21
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Re: Arch/Hydrogen drum machine

ashyanbhog,
Thanks for your suggestions I reposted this at http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php? … 84#p439584
I will look at Faun for suggestions, but I think trying to build from that basis would require removing too much.  I'd feel more comfortable just building the system from the bottom up.

Thank you,

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