We mentioned this workstation
back in 2006 when it was only in prototype form, but the Trinity appears to be heading into production (see pic) with some minor changes in specs. The portable DAW sports an 8-inch LCD monitor and runs a custom build of Linux called Transmission, which is loaded with a handful of audio tracking and editing apps, as well as soft-synths, plugins, and sequencers, while control of the OS is handled by a touchpad and two buttons on either side of the screen. The system runs on a 500MHz CPU, with 256MB of RAM, a 20GB or 40GB hard drive, 802.11g, and it's all jammed into a fanless aluminum case (which definitely raises some temperature questions) that kind of looks like an elongated
Korg KAOSS Pad. The box has two XLR / TRS jacks for input, and two more TRS jacks to get audio out, which doesn't provide a lot of options for multi-tracking (which appears to be its main use), and the provided USB port is only used for control of the built-in apps. There are still plenty of questions, not the least of which is why the "buy now" link on the company's website is broken, and Linux doesn't really have any presence in the recording world, but it's still an interesting development in portable audio.
[Via
Pro Audio News and Reviews]
posted July 27th 2007 4:01PM
Pretty cool stuff on your website. Any pictures of this thing turned on? I found your site through the Blogger's Choice Award's where you were nominated for Best Geek Blog. Site's well layed out. Best of Luck. You can add a button "brag abdge" as they're calling it, so that people can vote for you site easier. The codes here: http://bloggerschoiceawards.com/blogs/show/232
This is sick. They want $1000 for this?
Only two tracks at a time. There are better options that you can use by using any laptop and a USB/FireWire card or external hardware.
Maybe this is not for me.
500MHz isn't going to get you a lot of plugin action. I'd go with something from Muse Research for that.
What the fuck is a "DAW"? I didn't see the slashdot sign when I came in so I assume you guys actually write your own posts. How about explaining your shiny new acronyms when you use them?
DAW=Digital Audio Workstation
In that case it is overwhelmingly cool.