(07-26-2019, 10:08 PM)wizkies Wrote: I wonder where can i get the coupon

(07-26-2019, 11:51 PM)hdk Wrote: I'm a desperate "just after july 1" member.
It would be bodacious if I could order the Pinebook Pro now; for the manufacturer's longer term planning and for my state of mind.
Or do I not exist without a coupon?

(07-27-2019, 05:04 AM)DoMiNeLa10 Wrote: so don't consider these preorders to be a proper release of the laptop.

(07-26-2019, 08:59 PM)binarian Wrote:

(07-18-2019, 07:12 AM)mamboman777 Wrote: Greetings! I'm planning on purchasing a PBP.  I would like to use it as a daily work machine for email and web browsing, but I'm curious if it may be usable for my side gig.  I am a recording engineer.  I would need it to run jack+ardour to record up to 16 track simultaneously @ 44.1k. Does anyone see any reason this won't work? The storage world be a concern. I would probably place sessions and tracks on USB drives.

Audio recording in and of itself isn't a cpu-heavy task, so while the PBP doesn't have a ton of horsepower it will probably handle that alright.  Make sure your storage device can handle the throughput though.

Doing editing, however, is not something I would recommend.

(07-28-2019, 06:47 AM)cocozozo Wrote: Just confirming if the power supplies for the pinebook pro will be "switching"?  I'm wanting to order for use in Australia. Currently I see USA and EU adapters only. Can I simply order either USA or EU and use a travel adapter or will you be offering other connections (e.g. AU).

Many thanks

(07-28-2019, 08:05 AM)fire219 Wrote:

(07-28-2019, 06:47 AM)cocozozo Wrote: Just confirming if the power supplies for the pinebook pro will be "switching"?  I'm wanting to order for use in Australia. Currently I see USA and EU adapters only. Can I simply order either USA or EU and use a travel adapter or will you be offering other connections (e.g. AU).

Many thanks

Yes, all the power adapters can run on any line voltage. There also is a AU plug available with this one: https://store.pine64.org/?product=rock64-5v-3a-international-power-supply-with-au-eu-uk-us-plug

(07-27-2019, 03:23 PM)mamboman777 Wrote:

(07-26-2019, 08:59 PM)binarian Wrote:

(07-18-2019, 07:12 AM)mamboman777 Wrote: Greetings! I'm planning on purchasing a PBP.  I would like to use it as a daily work machine for email and web browsing, but I'm curious if it may be usable for my side gig.  I am a recording engineer.  I would need it to run jack+ardour to record up to 16 track simultaneously @ 44.1k. Does anyone see any reason this won't work? The storage world be a concern. I would probably place sessions and tracks on USB drives.

Audio recording in and of itself isn't a cpu-heavy task, so while the PBP doesn't have a ton of horsepower it will probably handle that alright.  Make sure your storage device can handle the throughput though.

Doing editing, however, is not something I would recommend.

Editing, or even any plugins at all is not part of the plan.  I just want to write to disk.  Everything else would be done at home on a different machine. 

Are there throughput limitations for the PBP usb?  Focusrite gear all runs on USB 2.0, so I would probably consider using the USB 3 port on the pbp for the storage. I have recorded stuff like this to an sd card before, so I'm hoping there's not going to be much of a problem.

(07-29-2019, 01:48 PM)binarian Wrote:

(07-27-2019, 03:23 PM)mamboman777 Wrote:

(07-26-2019, 08:59 PM)binarian Wrote:

(07-18-2019, 07:12 AM)mamboman777 Wrote: Greetings! I'm planning on purchasing a PBP.  I would like to use it as a daily work machine for email and web browsing, but I'm curious if it may be usable for my side gig.  I am a recording engineer.  I would need it to run jack+ardour to record up to 16 track simultaneously @ 44.1k. Does anyone see any reason this won't work? The storage world be a concern. I would probably place sessions and tracks on USB drives.

Audio recording in and of itself isn't a cpu-heavy task, so while the PBP doesn't have a ton of horsepower it will probably handle that alright.  Make sure your storage device can handle the throughput though.

Doing editing, however, is not something I would recommend.

Editing, or even any plugins at all is not part of the plan.  I just want to write to disk.  Everything else would be done at home on a different machine. 

Are there throughput limitations for the PBP usb?  Focusrite gear all runs on USB 2.0, so I would probably consider using the USB 3 port on the pbp for the storage. I have recorded stuff like this to an sd card before, so I'm hoping there's not going to be much of a problem.

I would not expect any issues then.  AFAIK the only throughput "limitations" on the PBP is the fact that the camera/mic are USB (and I assume the keyboard/trackpad are too), but those are inconsequential.  If I did my math right, 16 channels of 48k 24bit audio is only 18Mbps, and standard USB2 spec supports a theoretical max of 480 Mbps, so you're well within range.  I didn't know if an SD card would support that, but certainly any hard drive should, let alone eMMC or SSD

(07-29-2019, 03:15 PM)jiyong Wrote:

(07-29-2019, 01:48 PM)binarian Wrote:

(07-27-2019, 03:23 PM)mamboman777 Wrote:

(07-26-2019, 08:59 PM)binarian Wrote:

(07-18-2019, 07:12 AM)mamboman777 Wrote: Greetings! I'm planning on purchasing a PBP.  I would like to use it as a daily work machine for email and web browsing, but I'm curious if it may be usable for my side gig.  I am a recording engineer.  I would need it to run jack+ardour to record up to 16 track simultaneously @ 44.1k. Does anyone see any reason this won't work? The storage world be a concern. I would probably place sessions and tracks on USB drives.

Audio recording in and of itself isn't a cpu-heavy task, so while the PBP doesn't have a ton of horsepower it will probably handle that alright.  Make sure your storage device can handle the throughput though.

Doing editing, however, is not something I would recommend.

Editing, or even any plugins at all is not part of the plan.  I just want to write to disk.  Everything else would be done at home on a different machine. 

Are there throughput limitations for the PBP usb?  Focusrite gear all runs on USB 2.0, so I would probably consider using the USB 3 port on the pbp for the storage. I have recorded stuff like this to an sd card before, so I'm hoping there's not going to be much of a problem.

I would not expect any issues then.  AFAIK the only throughput "limitations" on the PBP is the fact that the camera/mic are USB (and I assume the keyboard/trackpad are too), but those are inconsequential.  If I did my math right, 16 channels of 48k 24bit audio is only 18Mbps, and standard USB2 spec supports a theoretical max of 480 Mbps, so you're well within range.  I didn't know if an SD card would support that, but certainly any hard drive should, let alone eMMC or SSD

A class 10 (10 MB/s) SD card should be able to handle that. One word of caution, once an SD card gets too fragmented, performance can drop significantly.
https://www.sdcard.org/developers/overview/speed_class/