Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] multichannel Audacity testing
From: Moeflon (moeflon_AT_pandora.be)
Date: Wed May 07 2003 - 15:42:21 EEST
Been there, done that.
From what I tried here, I think it is an Audacity problem. I don't get the
da-da-da-syndrome you get, but something similar. The problem occurs when
trying to mix more than 5 channels succesivly. At this point, I get some kind
of small delay in between the left channel and right channel, resulting in a
""wider" stereo-sound. 20 seconds later, audacity starts dying. Some kind of
synchronisation problem I guess.
Also I noticed an excessive use of the swap-file. (Is it normal to have +1gig
swap used with about 20 minutes of sound put in audacity?)
I'm using the latest sound-rpms from Thac.
(Should this be anounced on this list, or better, do the audacity-developpers
know they have a problem (I think)?)
Moeflon (powerdesktopuser without programmingskills :-p)
(MDK 9.1 (clean install) , P3 750, 384ram, ext3 for / & /home)
On Wednesday 07 May 2003 11:13, Daniel James wrote:
> We've done our first night of testing with the Delta 1010, with mixed
> results. The hardware is:
>
> Asus P4PE motherboard (Intel 845 chipset)
> Pentium IV 2.4B (2.4GHz, 533MHz FSB)
> Seagate Barracuda IV 80GB
> M-Audio Delta 1010 (IRQ 9)
> Matrox G550 Dual DVI (IRQ 10)
> SB Live (IRQ 11, for soundfonts in hardware with external MIDI
> keyboard)
> All other hardware disabled in BIOS (USB, serial ports, parallel port,
> onboard sound etc) except for Broadcom onboard LAN sharing IRQ 9 -
> configured, but disabled for recording session with:
>
> ifconfig eth0 down
>
> cat /proc/interrupts
>
> now shows only Delta 1010 on IRQ 9
>
> Software:
>
> Linux Mandrake 9.1 upgraded from 9.0
> Multimedia patched 2.4.21-pre kernel
> ReiserFS filesystem on / and /home
> ALSA upgraded to 0.92 with Cooker RPMs
> envy24control compiled from alsa-tools 0.93 tarball
> wxGTK 2.40 compiled from tarball
> Audacity 1.1.3 compiled from tarball
>
> With the Delta 1010 and two input tracks selected in the Preferences,
> it all works fine. Four input tracks also works. Select eight input
> tracks and it works fine initially, but after a while something weird
> happens to the recorded input - I've never seen this behaviour with
> Audacity in any other context.
>
> Suddenly the waveform is drawn as a rapid series of the same shape.
> Playing the track back, it sounds as it looks:
>
> da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-da-
>
> Can anyone replicate this bug, if it is a bug? With full duplex
> enabled, it was even more flaky. I did compile Audacity before the
> upgrade to Mandrake 9.1, so this may be related. On another computer
> with just a normal two-channel soundcard, Audacity can dummy 'record'
> eight channels in full duplex without problems, but then it isn't
> actually doing much work.
>
> Next, we're going to try Thac's RPMs of Audacity 1.1.3 and at least
> one other multichannel recorder app to see if this is my lack of
> compilation skills, a system problem or an Audacity problem.
>
> Cheers
>
> Daniel
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