[LAU] [LAD] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ?

[Ralf Mardorf]

On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 12:15 -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Jostein Chr. Andersen
> <jostein at vait.se> wrote:
>         
>         
>         * A very geeky community. I see very often the answer:
>           "read the ALSA matrix" when a poor newbie or a
>           curious person asks for the best soundcards for Linux.
>           That something works in Linux does not mean
>           that it's good for AUDIO recording and studio work
>           in general.
> 
> 
> so how does this look?
> 
> 
>    http://ardour.org/files/aspecs.png

It's disgusting, regarding to similar recommendations I bought my
RME HDSPe AIO, but my HDSPe AIO can't be used for >= 12 channels, since
it's not completely supported for Linux.

To recommend hardware that isn't supported is bad :(.

Btw. as I mentioned several times before, RME was willing to help, but
no ALSA developer was interested to answer any request.





On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 21:19 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
> 
> > so how does this look?
> >
> >    http://ardour.org/files/aspecs.png
> 
> As a Focusrite Saffire 24 user who needs to start JACK twice every
> time and, since Ubuntu 12.10, restart every 30 minutes, I'd think
> before recommending it to a Linux user :) Absolutely love their
> hardware and their attitude to clients though.
> 
> Alexandre Prokoudine
> http://libregraphicsworld.org

That's why I ask how to ensure what audio device _really_ is supported.
The _recommended_ device I own isn't _really_ supported. HDSPe cards are
recommended for >= 12 channels, but on Linux I only can use 2 ADAT IOs
of the HDSPe AIO, the other ADAT IOs aren't available and the latency is
very bad, but I anyway get xruns.





On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 18:42 +0100, Jostein Chr. Andersen wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Jostein Chr. Andersen 
> <jostein at vait.se>wrote:
> 
> 
> > > * A very geeky community. I see very often the answer:
> > >   "read the ALSA matrix" when a poor newbie or a
> > >   curious person asks for the best soundcards for Linux.
> > >   That something works in Linux does not mean
> > >   that it's good for AUDIO recording and studio work
> > >   in general.
> > >
> > 
> > so how does this look?
> > 
> >    http://ardour.org/files/aspecs.png
> 
> 
> Very nice, this is a very good answer, let's hope that this URL will be 
> anywhere! This is helpful for me too as I'm investing in new HW this 
> days, thanks!  :-)

Not very good, simply untrue!





On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 20:56 +0300, Louigi Verona wrote:
> In Linux Audio excellent response I get from Rui on his Qtractor

I experienced the same :).

Regards,
Ralf