29 Nov
2018
29 Nov
'18
9:48 p.m.
On 11/30/2018 05:34 AM, liebrecht(a)grossmann-venter.com wrote:
I am ditching my windows audio production workstation
and need to get
the Linux software under my belt. Cant work with the crashorama and
closed nature of windows anymore. It bytes always in the end.
Welcome aboard!
I therefore have to master Jack asap as it is crucial
to the software I
will use (Mixbus by Harrison).
Mixbus runs just fine without JACK. You only need jackd if you want to
route audio/midi between applications (think rewire), or if you have a
firewire/1394 soundcard).
In general we recommend to just use Mixbus/ALSA, that's a lot easier to
get started with and switch to jack only if you want to or need to.
Questions
1) Please suggest a Linux distro that you have found works best with the
current newest Jack release
AVLinux or KXStudio
http://www.bandshed.net/avlinux/
http://kxstudio.linuxaudio.org/
2) Please give me the best known in-depth tutorial on
Jack that will get
me up and running.
http://libremusicproduction.com/workflow
Then again, AVLinux and KXStudio both have all this pre-configured.
AVLinux also comes with an exhaustive manual:
http://bandshed.net/pdf/AVL2018UserManual.pdf
3) Please suggest the best to your experience visual
connection
interface application that works with jack, e.g. qjackctl etc etc.
That is mostly personal taste.
Cheers!
robin