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You're right, it's more expensive than I thought. I have a lot of computer parts "lieing around" (I teach computer programming) so I was taking a few things for granted. Here's what I was considering getting from newegg.com: Norco Technologies Inc. RPC-800 Black Steel 4U Rackmount Case - Retail Model #: RPC-800 $69.99 COOLER MASTER SAF-S12-E1 120 x 120 x 25mm SuperFlo Cooling Fan - Retail Model #: SAF-S12-E1 $9.99 $19.98 VANTEC VDK-120 Fan Vibration Dampener Kit - Retail Model #: VDK-120$3.99 VANTEC SF6025L 60mm 2 Ball Case Cooling Fan - Retail Model #: SF6025L$6.55 ASUS P4P800-E DELUXE Socket 478 Intel 865PE ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail Model #: P4P800-E DELUXE$115.50 ASUS A7000-X/T/32 Radeon 7000 32MB DDR AGP 2X/4X Video Card - Retail Model #: A7000-X/T/32$27.00 SYBA PCI USB 2.0 4+1 shared port controller card Model SD-VIA-5U - Retail Model #: SD-VIA-5U$6.10 Update SeaSonic SUPER SILENCER-300W ATX12V 300W Power Supply - Retail Model #: SUPER SILENCER-300W$46.00 Subtotal: $306.46 I already have the rest of the parts I'd need, but if you were starting from scratch, you'd have to figure about $200 for a processor (that's what I paid for my 3.2Ghz Pentium 4 "Prescott"), and another $200 for 2Gb of memory. There are a lot of good deals on hard drives, but we could probably find two 100Gb drives for another $200. Add a good soundcard with midi like the Audiophile 24/96 for $100 Windows XP (OEM) can be had for $45. I just bought a copy last weekend to update my Mom's computer, in fact So that's over $1000, quite a bit more than half of the receptor's $1400. Add a touchscreen and we are about even. I'm still thinking about it though, On 10/14/05, Kelly Coyle <kellycoyle@charter.net> wrote: > I looked into it, and I couldn't make the math work out -- everything > ended up being about the same as the Receptor. I don't know much > about building systems, but there's the A/D conversion, the ins and > outs, the MIDI, and so forth, that the Receptor has built in, along > with the host program (not such a big deal). If something like what > you describe was available, or if I knew _exactly_ what to buy and > what to do when I bought it, I'd add it to the rack in a heartbeat. > > Receptor is supposedly super-stable, too. XP seems kinda kludgy for a > dedicated music system, whereas MUSE has adapted Linux. Although > their code is GPLed, so it would be there to use. > > > > On Oct 14, 2005, at 9:04 AM, Art Simon wrote: > > > For some reason, I've been thinking about this a lot. I never work > > outside of the studio, but I enjoy building computers. It wouldn't be > > that hard or expensive to build a rackmount computer to run Mobius, in > > fact it would probably be half the price of the Receptor. And there > > are new, small TFT touchscreen computer monitors coming on the market > > aimed at people who are building PC based car audio systems: > > > > http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp? > > sku=90146946&SearchEngine=Froogle&SearchTerm=90146946&Type=PE&Category > > =Elec&Gad=0&dcaid=17379 > > > > If you were to take such a computer on a gig, you might be able to do > > everything with just the touchscreen so you wouldn't need to pack a > > keyboard, mouse, monitor etc. > > > > It would be really cool if there was a rackmount case that came with a > > small touchscreen monitor, or at least a place to mount one, but I > > couldn't find one. > > > > Has anyone else built or thought about building something similar? The > > first issue of "Virtual Instruments" magazine had a good article on > > building a rackmount music computer, but it didn't discuss > > touchscreens. > > -- > > Art Simon > > simart@null.net > > http://art.simon.tripod.com > > http://artsimon.iuma.com > > > > -- Art Simon simart@null.net http://art.simon.tripod.com http://artsimon.iuma.com