Re: [LAU] Jack vs. Alsa, PianoTeq demo: Alsa wins!

From: Aaron Krister Johnson <aaron@email-addr-hidden>
Date: Tue Jun 14 2011 - 10:36:50 EEST

Hi Jeremy,

I've got a USB soundcard that I'm using for my "pro" interface: a Lexicon
Lambda. Works well OOTB with the sound_usb_audio module. Capable of sr
48000.

AKJ

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 2:28 AM, Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy@email-addr-hiddenwrote:

> On 06/14/2011 09:11 AM, Aaron Krister Johnson wrote:
> > Hey all,
> >
> > So the continuing saga is this: still no luck getting Pianoteq with JACK
> to
> > equal or spank with superiority the performance of PianoTeq w/ALSA alone
> on
> > my system.....
> >
> > I found the following information: the info from the /proc/asound output
> > that Paul asked me to check out confirmed that at comparable settings,
> JACK
> > choked where ALSA smoked. I had ALSA down to a period of 64 and 3
> > periods/buffer (hardware bufsize of 192) at a sample rate of 48000. The
> same
> > setting of jackd ('jackd -dalsa -dhw:0,0 -r48000 -p64 -n3 -S') didn't
> agree
> > with Pianoteq....
> >
> > So...here's my dilemma. I have a live show coming up where I'd prefer to
> use
> > the superior harpsichord sound of Pianoteq, but I don't want to risk a
> > lock-up or xruns or worse in a live concert. So I would have to use
> > ALSA...BUT....I also need to switch to playing a live kalimba through
> some
> > Csound effects right after playing a harpsichord, and Pianoteq under ALSA
> > will not stand for another app opening and sharing the soundcard like
> JACK
> > will allow (ALSA will block I/O).
> >
> > So what can I do?
> >
> > Best,
> > AKJ
>
> Hello Aaron,
>
> Might have missed something but what kind of soundcard are you using?
> And why the -S option?
>
> Best,
>
> Jeremy
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