[linux-audio-user] Re: What parts of Linux audio simply suck ?

[Fabricio Rocha]

Well... Do you guys accept the two cents from a novice user?

In fact I think I am not exactly a complete novice, but I am not a 
developer and, although I have a lot of ideas and suggestions, I just 
don´t have the skill and the time for getting my hands dirty of code. 
This said, I would point some things I think could be better:

1) Realtime - Man, having to recompile the kernel for having realtime 
support is not a trivial task for the average computer user. I hope that 
new distros will have this module enabled by default, or at least available.

2) JACK is wonderful and I hope it keeps in evolution. I wish it can be 
less machine-hungry (with fewer xruns) and that the JACK transport 
feature support tempo changes someday soon.

3) I had a LOT of problems until I could record audio in my Audigy 2ZS 
card, and I think it was a problem with the Linux mixers. None of them 
had proper support for the EMU10K1 ALSA driver, until I could get the 
guts with Alsamixer. And, in fact, I still have not found a really good 
way for controlling sound output for all of my 5.1 speakers. I think 
it´s not fair to blame the Linux developers for that. But, indeed, big 
hardware companies, like Creative Labs, which still insist in giving 
only Windoze support for their products. Just look at their open-source 
webpage and you will know how much they collaborate with the open-source 
community.

4) There are already a good number of interesting music apps for 
GNU-Linux, like Ardour, Rosegarden and Hydrogen; but they surely have 
some steps to walk yet. I wish I can help their development in some way.


Regards,

Fabricio Rocha
Brasilia, Brasil

	
	
		
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