Re: [LAU] Fwd: [linux-audio-user] Real-time kernel

From: Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Mon Jun 25 2007 - 04:59:54 EEST

On 6/24/07, Loki Davison <loki.davison@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
>
> On 6/25/07, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> > On 12/1/06, Dave Phillips <dlphillips@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > > Bill Allen wrote:
> > >
> > > > At the risk of repeating myself, in the time that I've been just
> > > > reading this thread (not to mention the time that you've been
> putting
> > > > into trying the stuff mentioned) I could have downloaded 64Studio,
> set
> > > > aside a 5-10 GB partition, installed it, and had a working system
> with
> > > > all the real-time patched AMD64 music-enabled system that you can
> get.
> > > > Yes, you've got to dual boot, I do it all the time. Ubuntu is my
> > > > family system that we use for work and play, but when I want to do
> > > > music I boot into 64Studio. It's simply a lot easier than trying to
> > > > make a general purpose distro into a music enabled one.
> > >
> > > Hear the man. I started writing a similar reply yesterday, but Bill's
> > > said it better here. Given the availability of multimedia-optimized
> > > distros I just don't see the point of putting myself through what the
> > > distro maintainers have already been through and mastered. Maybe it's
> an
> > > age thing, at mine I get someone else to do the heavy lifting. :)
> > >
> > > Really, I work with Linux audio software to make music. I lost
> interest
> > > in mucking about with kernel configurations long ago. Yes, I'm glad I
> > > know how to do some of that stuff by myself, but I no longer consider
> it
> > > a necessary part of the process. I agree with Bill, use 64Studio,
> > > PlanetCCRMA, or some other optimized distro and save yourself time and
> > > energy.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > dp
> > >
> > >
> > Hi Dave and everyone. I am still wrestling with this. I have the new
> ALSA
> > driver that supports my card, finally, but under 64studio I still get
> > 20-some xruns a second, and Audacity is unable to connect to jackd.
> > PortAudio appears for a split second in the jack connection dialog, and
> > disappears. Some of you told me 64studio was preconfigured for
> low-latency
> > audio out of the "box" and all the apps were tuned to the distro, but it
> > doesn't seem to work that way for me.
> > Anyone know an up-to-date guide to low-latency audio on Debian or Linux?
> > There's still a lot of info out there that is obsolete, so I'm wary of
> > Google.
> > Just a note: I have been trying for several years to get low-latency
> audio
> > working right on Linux. This is a new machine, though, as of November
> 06,
> > and I had to wait 7 months for my audio card and wireless (still not
> working
> > right) to be nominally supported, so I haven't tried much for about 6
> > months. I'm still amazed at how everything just seems to work without
> > tweaking for some folks, and I'm wondering if there's something
> fundamental
> > I'm just not doing. My problems have baffled some of the very
> developers
> > who created drivers specifically for the hardware I have. What could be
> > wrong?
> >
> > -Chuckk
> >
>
> I also had problems for ages getting my soundcard to work. After a
> long time i found a good solution. I bought a decent soundcard. Got
> cardbus on the laptop? grab an echo cardbus thing. They are cheap on
> ebay in the USA. I got my Gina3g from the USA for 200 USD. Pretty damn
> cheap compared to a new guitar or bass. If you have firewire you can
> try that too after looking what cards work. The cardbus is easier
> though.

Thanks Loki. My soundcard works though. The wireless does not, but I'm
just posting here to find out how to improve my audio performance.

-Chuckk

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