[linux-audio-user] Newbie Questions

Ryan ruinaudio at comcast.net
Wed May 26 09:20:25 EDT 2004


On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 07:35, Chris Share wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm new to Linux, although I've been involved with music and computers
> for many years, having worked professionally as a musician and sound
> engineer, as well as having written some MIDI/audio apps for Mac and PC.
> I'm currently starting PhD research in music technology at the Sonic
> Arts Research Centre in Belfast.
> 
> I thought that now would be as good a time as any to venture into the
> world of Linux audio/MIDI, and have just installed SUSE 9.0. 
> 
> I'm interested in using Ardour for HD recording, as well as other
> synthesis programs such as Csound, jMax and SuperCollider.
> 
> My first question is related to setting up my system for low-latency?
> 
> I've found Paul Winkler's "Low-Latency 2.4.x with ALSA HOWTO" and was
> wondering whether this was the most up-to-date guide to creating a
> low-latency system, especially with respect to SUSE 9.0.

http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/

> My second question concerns audio hardware. Here at the SARC I have
> access to a Digi 002r audio/MIDI interface which uses Firewire. I can't
> find any information about this interface and was wondering if it was
> possible to use it with Linux.

Possible... anything is.  Likely/easy certainly not.  M-audio for
low-end cheaper, RME for high end spensive.

> Cheers,
> 
> Chris Share

-ry




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