Re: [LAU] Reference or HOWTO?

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> > Message: 9
> > Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 02:24:12 -0700
> > From: Ken Restivo <ken@email-addr-hidden>
> > Subject: Re: [LAU] Reference or HOWTO?
> > To: Al Thompson <biggles58@email-addr-hidden>
> > Cc: Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden
> > Message-ID: <20080405092412.GC19052@email-addr-hidden>
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> > On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 09:07:51PM -0700, Al Thompson wrote:
> > > Is there a reference or HOWTO on how all of the various audio parts
> > work together in Linux? I've looked around, and most are horribly out of
> > date, and don't cover it all anyway.
> > >
> > > My goal is to get everything I need on Linux to replace my Sonar 3.1
> > setup, and it looks like the programs are available. I just can't get
> > everything to work, and part of the problem is that I don't understand Linux
> > audio very well yet. I need to understand how alsa relates to jackd, what
> > is 'oss,' and why is that the only option available in Audacity to me that
> > works, and why when I run jackd, some of my other programs no longer have a
> > sound output available at all.
> > >
> > > Any help, or pointers to the information, would be greatly
> > appreciated.
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
> > Thinking back to when I set up my system, the biggest hassles and
> > challenges were, in order of difficulty and painfulness:
> > 1) Getting the audio interface and supporting hardware to work
> > (using ALSA and/or FreeBoB)
> > 2) Getting the realtime kernel built and running
> > 3) Getting all the software all squared away and version-sync'ed.
> > 4) Getting JACK set up (actually this part was really easy after
> > the above)
> >
> > Numbers (2) and (4) can be made much easier by using a music-oriented
> > distro such as 64Studio, Musix, UbuntuStudio, etc. Number (1) can be made
> > easier by making absolutely sure that the hardware you buy is well-supported
> > and that you choose it wisely (I didn't, and had to do a lot of
> > buying/selling of gear as a result). If you do all of those, you should have
> > things running very quickly and well.
> >
> > Looking back, I started the process in December 2006 and had it pretty
> > much completed by MAY 2007. Yes, it took five months. I made lots of music
> > while the system was still in flux, though. I haven't changed much of
> > anything since May 2007, and I remain reluctant to do so. It's been
> > rock-solid reliable and stable, for almost a year now, so I just view it as
> > a black box and use it to make music, as well as for almost all my other
> > computing needs too.
> >
> > -ken
> >
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> Also number (3) is much easier using a music-oriented distro, don't you
think so?. At least for me in 64Studio. I had almost all I need for making
music by default.
Pablo

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