[LAU] Laid to rest is Pro Tools LE"...

[Robin Gareus]

On 03/05/2011 02:57 AM, Robin Gareus wrote:
> Hi Kim, Hi Renato,
> 
> On 03/04/2011 08:09 PM, Renato wrote:
>> On Fri, 04 Mar 2011 10:53:05 -0800
>>
>>> Trust me when I say that in a pro-audio environment Linux command
>>> line tweaking and chasing down xruns will not fly. Even laptop
>>> electronica producers and studio owners will shun the command line.
>>> Can you imagine having a client sitting in the studio watching as an
>>> engineer minimizes a sudden flock of xruns by dicking around on the
>>> command line? Dunno about you but if I were a client I'd run, not
>>> walk, out of that studio.
> 
> I once had a client who even postponed his smoking break because he was
> fascinated to watch me create an EDL on the command-line (actually
> perl), after a pro-tools engineer announced that he needs a few days to
> re-align A/V footage or have the rushes re-synced by the film-lab.
> 
> Enough anecdotes, I agree with you in general. RT-audio, DAW, etc
> /should/ work OOTB: Explaining to a newcomer how to get a simple
> pro-audio setup on GNU/Linux is embarrassing.
> 
> OTOH Linux is really powerful for more complex setups where you _do_
> want to know how the studio works and have the freedom to change and
> tweak things: whether it is a technician who flanges the tape using a
> screwdriver, some dude patching countless XLR cables or if it's a geek
> using a Terminal: same difference. no need to run out of the studio, but
> YMMV.
> 
>> I'm missing something here - other than adding 2 lines
>> to /etc/security/limits.conf what other terminal black magic is needed
>> in order to run a fairly general (DAW + synths) linux audio environment?
>> cheers
>> renato
> 
> yes, that's basically it. you might want to install a PREEMPT_RT kernel
> and configure rtirq (if you need reliable low-latency) and look for a
> workable solution for CPU and bus freq-scaling (most PPL just disable
> it). But all in all it's a one-time setup.
> 
> Then there's quite a lot of details for the last 5% but those can't be
> generalized and usually is not worth following up upon.

I should not have said the last 8 words; file-systems, mount-options,
disabling services, irq balancing etc etc do matter [sometimes :)].

> best,
> robin
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