[linux-audio-user] hello gentoo? speed up please...

[Iain Duncan]

> secondly, disable OSS and ALSA in the kernel config (its ok to leave the toplevel 'sound' box checked) and emerge alsa-driver (to avoid compiling all drivers add a line to /etc/make.conf eg: ALSA_CARDS="mia,intel8x0,intel8x0m,usb-audio,virmidi"
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> if theres still issues, you could try mm-sources (which may have the realtime stuff merged) or the realtime stuff floating around..havent had a need here as the stock gentoo kernel works fine w/ 64 & 128 sample buffer...

I would definitely suggest using the mm-sources. I got latency with 
csound down to 1.5 ms, which is pretty screaming for software synthesis.

Iain


> 
>>jack: 0.99.0
>>ardour: beta28
>>jack command line:
>>
>>jackd -R -d alsa -d hw:0 -r 48000 -p 8192 <------- (or whatever)
>>
>>harddrive:
>>multicount on
>>io support: 32 bit
>>unmaskirq on
>>use dma on
>>keepsettings off
>>readonly off
>>readahead on
>>
>>chip:  2ghz amd (I THINK - not at computer now)
>>ram:  512MB
>>
>>
>>thanks for any ideas! :)
>>
>>---------------------
>>Aaron Trumm
>>www.nquit.com
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