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Recently I built a new i9 system and purchased a Antelope audio Zengo interface only to discover strange noises coming from speakers. It sounds like a hard drive processing data? Is there a way to check grounding on the Asus motherboard? I've tried ferrite isolation bands ..still noise.

Hi! TL:DR - need advice on building a NAS Context My recording studio in the UK is starting to take off, and over the lockdown period we've had a lot of virtual choirs/orchestras/concerts come in. Naturally, this influx of both audio and video content is starting to take up a LOT of storage. I've got 13TB of total internal and external storage (1TB OS SSD, 1TB project HDD, 11TB external USB 3.0 drives), about 5TB of which remains. While this is likely to last me a good year or so before it's filled up, I do want to find a viable solution both for archiving my old projects safely, and for backing up my project drives/OS drives on a daily basis. My Spec - Mac Pro 5,1 (2x 6-core Intel Xeon, 3.06GHz) - 32GB RAM - Radeon RX580 (8GB) - 1TB OS SSD - 1TB project HDD My Idea Having had about a month to think about this, I've thought of using a NAS to back up everything, and have all files accessible through both a wired 10Gb/s connection, and also remotely as a "personal cloud" kind of thing. I'm thinking of a 40TB RAID 10 setup in the long run, but am open to starting with something a little smaller for now. I've been looking into FreeNAS for running this device, and have also been investigating how to set it up for remote access similar to Dropbox (a recent job paid for a 3TB one year subscription, for which we don't want to continue paying £200/year) so that we can integrate receiving large groups of files from clients. I wanted to see if I could sync a cheaper 100GB subscribed Dropbox folder to this NAS so I could transfer and clear our Dropbox folder to the NAS on a daily basis. I've pasted a link to my PCPartpicker build, which raises another question... ECC memory - yes or no? I've done *some* research on how it works, and am really not fond of the idea of a bit of information changing (eg. in an OS drive), to result in total data loss of a NAS. Budget is a factor here, as you'll be able to tell from my choice in the spec below. For my uses however, as a small upstart business, is it worth cheaping out and not running ECC hardware? https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/list/xx4Pp8 Does anyone have ideas or specs on a test NAS which I can use to get used to the FreeNAS OS? When I end up building the final archive NAS, would I be able to reuse the hardware, or would it just be better to rebuild that final thing from scratch, and reuse the old NAS as a media centre or something? Cheers \m/

Hello, I'm a new viewer to Linus' channel and it is highly education. Greatly appreciated! I have a question for anyone with the knowledge that I so dearly lack. I'm having a computer built for my composition studio. I score commercials, films and animations. I also work on my own music. The company building my computer wants to use a ASRock Extreme 4 because they have a few years of testing it. They can depend on the result. During the spec build, they also mentioned the ASRock Taichi. This mobo came out this year (2016) and looks quite a bit more expandable to the untrained brain. My CPU will be a i7-6950k with 64gb of DDR4. Can someone point me to some info I can understand about these 2 motherboards or discuss the pros/cons for them? Thank you!!!

I am currently investing in high-end audio equipment but wanted to ask the question, which interface connection is "better", USB or a 3.5mm line-in solution. Does line-in have a greater chance of introducing interference or *hums* over USB? If line-in isn't actually inferior, I would assume that it's better overall, but again, I'd like further input. Thanks in advanced!

Just wanted to show off a couple of my racks that we use at the production company. and my 48c board. the first image (labeled rack 1) is what i use for most of our shows now. from top to bottom it consists of the following. power conditioner shure antenna and power distribution unit shure recievers bbe sonic maximizer behringer 8024 dsp presonus rm32ai main amp monitor amp the second image (labled rack 2) is how we used to run our main rack when we were using analog gear. power conditioner bbe sonic maximizer behringer 8024 dsp pra-8 preamp presonus firepod' alesis compressor presonus acp88 compressor/gate/limiter/expander antares atr-1 autotune (only ever used it once. more of a novelty) digitech studioquad patchbay splitter snake that board is the old mackie. we no longer use that at all. it was trash. the 3rd image (labeled yamahaconsole1) I included just for fun, this is my yamaha m3000a 40c. it is a 48 channel analog board and was the first soundboard to have any digital features, its fairly worthless but i collect boards so i have 15 or 20 this is just my newest addition. feel free to ask any questions in the comments.

Hello LTT, Long time watcher, first time poster. I will try to keep this as TL;DR avoidant as possible because less is more (we'll come back to that phrase at the end). Here's my paint by number 1 thru 5 from the sticky: Location and Unknown Budget This build will be conducted in the U.S. and will have an unknown budget. I would prefer staying close to best performance per dollar, unless spending a bit more allows more future proofing. Aim I want to build a Intel-based composer's workstation using multiple Mini ITX systems as networked sound modules that are controlled by one (up to EATX) master system using Vienna Ensemble Pro 6 and Cubase Pro. The basic idea here is to load up instances of sample libraries and processor intensive VSTi and spread that across several barebones rigs so that the CPU strain can be offloaded and so that all of those resources are ready and available while producing music. Junkie XL has a similar setup with 6 sound module PCs and one master system. Monitors Main displays: Samsung C34F791 34" Curved Displays (3440 x 1440) Why: I want an immersive experience with the option to arrange and mix simultaneously. I am open to changing this to one display if it is a 4k model. I would prefer it to be curved, but I don't want to spend thousands on it. Secondary displays: AOC I1601FWUX 15.6" IPS (1920 x 1080) Why: I would like to run ShareMouse on these machines so I can make adjustments as needed without using Remote Desktop to keep latency low. This means I will need a small format display for my Mini ITX systems purely for making those occasional adjustments. These, or something better, could be placed on my desk for seamless access to the desktops of the sound module PCs. Peripherals This is a "from the ground up" build, meaning everything is being planned and purchased from a starting point of having nothing. I still own my prized Logitech G9x and have enjoyed using it for navigating my studio sessions in the past, but I am interested to know if there is a successor to this mouse I should consider; one that is just as dependable but even more customizable, in terms of available buttons. Why I Am Upgrading I need to arrange and compose music in an uncompromising digital environment. I need to have a dependable, powerful, future-forward network of machines that will serve me for the next decade or so and can be upgraded as necessary. I need a modern build plan to realize the goal of moving toward music production as a full time passion. I need guidance to determine what is a good plan versus what is merely an expensive plan. Now we come back to the "less is more" part of it. Junkie XL, Hans Zimmer, Current Value, and Deadmau5 all use multiple networked computers in their professional workstation setups. A network of slaves tied to one master over LAN is not a niche or esoteric thing to build in this context, but increases in computing power would seem to indicate the number of machines required to achieve the same results will be fewer. This is where I quickly become confused: how many systems, theoretically, should I aim for? Here is a thread over on Level1Techs about my initial ideas for this project (if you want more reading). I will also be asking about this on KVR to round out discussion of this plan and get more opinions. And here are my two designs for the Mini ITX slave systems on PC Part Picker (yes, I know I don't need to include Optane in the Z370, but who knows I might need legacy drives at some point): Z370 Build: VE Pro Sound Module PC X299 Build: VE Pro X299 Sound Module PC No AMD Latency is huge on Ryzen, unfortunately. Because of the NUMA on Threadripper, the per core performance, floating point throughput, and overall Dawbench scores are mighty sad when compared to the 8700K, 7820X, and anything higher from Intel. My old system that is long since past dead was an AMD 9950 quad and simply moving from that entire PC tower to a Core i7 MacBook a couple of years later was enough to experience a nearly 4x performance boost over what I thought was a powerful option from AMD at the time. The playing field is much more level now, but in terms of audio that demands low latency, Intel easily still wins. Preferably X299 I had contemplated building everything using an 8700K, like the Z370 build. This was because per core performance, number of cores, possible overclock, and performance per dollar all seemed to line up within that one chip. But since the price difference between the two PC Part Picker lists is less than $300 (at current prices), I would opt for the X299 option because, for a nominal added cost, I could get more lifespan out of an LGA-2066 design. Even if the Z370 option is a better performer due to cost considerations, it is still only preferable at the moment and pursuing it solely on lower cost ignores the maturation of X299 moving forward. At least, that's my rationale for opting to go this route. Water Cooling I am aware that all systems in this network would benefit from or even require water cooling. I welcome this, having never built a water cooled system before and having taken great pride in seeing previous projects through to completion with my own two hands. What Main System? I think what I need the most help with aside from how many systems I would need is how to sensibly plan the master system that brings all of this together into one place. I do not currently see any benefit whatsoever in trying to run a 7980XE, especially since that price tag exceeds the entire build of one of the Mini ITX modules. But you can try to convince me. I can share more about that in this thread, but for now I'll let this information stand as a "rough draft" of my intentions. Thanks for reading!

Hi everyone, This is my first post ever on this site, but I've been casually following linustechtips on youtube for a few months and have learned a lot recently. I'm in the processes of choosing components for a new PC build that I'm hoping to...well build, and I have a question when it comes to sound. The purpose of my PC build is to have a powerful gaming/workstation for youtube video editing/encoding and streaming. Now, I've already bought quite a few pieces of equipment when it comes to audio. I currently own a Yamaha AG06 audio mixer, that I use to combine various audio inputs, such as two XLR microphones, inputting my console audio, and it also can mix in my computer's audio and send it all back to my recording software. So, it's a pretty awesome piece of hardware as is. Now, I think you all can guess what my question may be, but I'll ask it anyway: Will I need to buy an internal soundcard despite already owning the Yamaha AG06? Let me know if you need any more clarifications or specifications. I apologize in advance if I cannot answer some questions as this will also be my very first PC build ever as well. Thanks for all your help!