Re: [LAD] Do professionals use Pulse Audio? ; xfce4-mixer

From: Paul Davis <paul@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Wed Apr 25 2018 - 16:00:47 EEST

PulseAudio is not a part of the signal flow of any pro-audio workflow.

That said, its control applications that adjust the hardware mixer work in
just the same way that any other hardware mixer application does, so if you
like it, there's no reason not to use it.

On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 7:30 AM, Philip Rhoades <phil@email-addr-hidden> wrote:

> People,
>
> I am not a professional LA user but I have regard for what serious LA
> users have to say. A post turned up on the Fedora XFCE list about removing
> xfce4-mixer for F29 - I responded with:
>
> "Every time I upgrade I immediately UNinstall PA and use ALSA only - so I
> still depend on xfce4-mixer . ."
>
> Someone replied that PA has greatly improved since the early days
> especially and "controlling streams separately is an added feature" - but I
> can do that with the .asoundrc I have now - are there any good reasons for
> me to reconsider the situation the next time I do a fresh install? (I
> realise I am likely to get biased comments here but I am not going to post
> on a PA list . .).
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil.
> --
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