[LAU] Current Developments in Linux Audio ?

[Brandon Hale]

I accidentally responded to this privately. Here was the response:

> Hey Christoph,
>
> On my current main computer I actually still run pulse + jack. I have 
> a netbook I use for fun to run pipewire on for testing. The reason I 
> haven't switched is because I need to be able to produce things 
> quickly for work and I have a little anxiety about pipewire being 
> slightly different. I like to lock the sampling rate when I'm doing 
> pro audio work, and I worry that I can't do the same in pipewire yet. 
> However, being able to use multiple sound cards at the same time is 
> probably going to eventually bring me over to using pipewire for 
> everything (and the video stuff too!).
>
> I have a build of creative Intent's Temper on my machine from the Arch 
> repos, so there is a build of it on Linux already. Do you think it 
> would work if I sent it to you? I could also find the pkgbuild and you 
> could use that to build it yourself if you're interested.
>
> Brandon Hale


On 10/30/21 04:08, soffioalcuore at posteo.net wrote:
> hi Brandon,
> do you use pipewire already in your setup for daily things like
> multimedia and pro audio work?
>
> I found creative intent's temper. while being open source there's no
> linux version of the plugin, right? we still can bridge it, I was just
> wondering if there's a new offering for linux...
>
> thanks!
> have a good day
> christoph
>
>
> Am Freitag, dem 29.10.2021 um 10:51 -0400 schrieb Brandon Hale:
>> Pipewire is a BIG new addition. I was very excited to see I could use
>> two audio interfaces at the same time and route them wherever I want
>> with qjackctl! :) However
>> There have been some cool new audio plugins too. For instance,
>> Vitalium is an awesome synth that I've heard is comparable to MASSIVE
>> (I've never tried massive though). I've played around a little bit in
>> Vitalium and it is feature-rich.
>> I've gotten some new plugins from the Arch pro-audio group. For
>> instance, there are a couple of plugins I have not tried yet:
>> EasySSP
>> StereoSourceSeparation
>> Artican's TheFunction and ThePilgrim
>> Creative Intent's Temper
>>
>> They have nice looking guis, but I haven't heard them yet.
>> There is also a new way to load Window's vsts: yabridge. It's been
>> getting a lot of attention on the Linux_Audio subreddit, but this is
>> another thing I haven't tried yet as I tend to use linvst for Windows
>> vsts, and I don't use very many.
>> Let me know if I missed anything. The Linux kernel itself is also
>> always exciting because new audio hardware tends to "just work". The
>> other day at work I was able to plug in and use a Scarlet 2i2 without
>> any installation of drivers or junkware. How nice is that?
>> Brandon Hale
>> On 10/29/21 05:53, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
>>   
>>> Hello Niklas,
>>>   
>>>   On 29-10-2021 11:28, nik at parkellipsen.de wrote:
>>>   
>>>> Hi,
>>>>   
>>>>   I've basically been using the same configuration
>>>> (Arch/ALSA/Jack2)
>>>> for years now and it's stable
>>>>   and everything, but I feel like I've been living under a rock
>>>> when
>>>> it comes to Linux Audio developments,
>>>>   so I thought I'd reach out and ask if there's any current
>>>> developments that I should follow or toy around
>>>>   with ...
>>>   
>>>   PipeWire maybe?
>>>   https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/PipeWire
>>>   
>>>   Best,
>>>   
>>>   Jeremy
>>>   
>>>   
>>>   
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