I've been struggling to use Livemix in Gentoo, (segfaults regularly)
and wonder if any other Gentoo Audio users were having the same
challenge, and/or found a solution. It's the latest build (rc3).
Alex.
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On Fri May 29 8:54 , Mark Knecht sent:
>On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 3:08 PM, Marcel Marti marcel.marti(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> If you want to do music with Linux just try a focused audio distro like
>> Musix, Jacklab, Studio64, and so on. (I've just tried Musix so I can only
>> recommend this one). But if you like to spend hours tweaking the system and
>> trying to get a stable and reliable platform for your audio production (as I
>> used to do) just try Ubuntu Studio. It's up to you.
>>
>> I really love Linux and free software philosophy, and I've learned a lot by
>> reading manuals, books and being helped by the comunity. But I also have
>> learned that if you want to do music you have to know the right moment to
>> stop with the tweaking spiral and start doing what you like most which is
>> music.
>>
>> Asmo, to be able to reach latencies of 3ms does not mean that I always work
>> at 3ms. It was just an example, just as yours with the 4ms jack-settings. I
>> usually work with 11ms just to assure the work I'm doing.
>>
>> And please, let's help people instead of boasting. ;-)
>>
>> Good luck!
>
>Well said and I agree wholeheartedly. My system can do 1-2mS
>consistently, but the ONLY time I use it is when I'm tracking. Other
>than that I run at around 11 or even higher. Mixing/mastering and
>everything else is done up there.
>
>Real-time *latency* only makes a difference when we're doing something
>that *requires* real-time. Other than that I like Jack at higher
>latencies because it does a great job of making sure the music gets
>through to where it needs to be, on-time and not corrupted.
>
>1mS latency for listening to a CD? Why? ;-)
>
>Cheers,
>Mark
Very good points..
Although I do actually do most of my audio work at a fairly low latency setting
(but not as extreme as 1ms) unless my plugin count goes up too high then I'll
relax it a bit more.. but as I work with a lot of outboard gear that isn't very
often.
The main reason I like running at low latency is for responsiveness from my
controllers. I've used hardware synths, pianos and mixers for most of my life and
once it starts to go past 8ms it feels unnatural.
--- On Thu, 5/28/09, Raffaele Morelli <raffaele.morelli(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> From: Raffaele Morelli <raffaele.morelli(a)gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [LAU] ubuntu realtime.
> To: linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org
> Date: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 7:43 AM
>
>
> 2009/5/27 Marcel Marti <marcel.marti(a)gmail.com>
>
> I had a lot of latency problems running Ubuntu 8.10 with a
> realtime kernel. And nothing changed modifying the
> limits.conf file and adding myself to the audio group. So I
> decided to install Musix. I think it is the
> best distro for audio-linux ever. At first glance it looks
> rather messy but it works as smooth as a Mercedes-Benz.
>
>
>
> I've reached latencies of 3 ms. with no trace of xrun
> nor clicks in the audio, while in Ubuntu I just could barely
> get close to 25 ms which was insane. I cannot recommend
> anything else. Trust me.
>
> Good luck!
>
>
>
>
> I think Ubuntu is the problem.
>
> debian fan
> -r
>
>
>
In Ubuntu Studio developers list is advised to overpass 8.10. 8.04 is fine, 9.04 is fine.
Joan Q
Hi all,
Seablade has been working hard to create a native Mac OS X version of
Aqualung. The work builds upon the earlier sessions concerning
Aqualung's OS X support (also by Seablade, around the time Aqualung
0.9beta8 was current). It is my pleasure to announce that the port has
just reached the status where it should be interesting to the general
public.
Please point your browsers to:
http://aqualung.factorial.hu/macosx
The port is currently considered experimental, with some feature
limitations, but should be fairly stable nevertheless. Feedback and
discussion is welcome on the Aqualung-friends mailing list, so I would
like to ask all Mac enthusiasts to show their love and send
high-quality bug reports (you need to be a subscriber to post to the
list).
Finally I would like to publicly thank Seablade for creating this port.
Thanks,
Tom
Apologies if I've posted this before, or if it's been answered already, but I'm looking for a simple looper that:
1) Works with stereo WAV files
2) Is loop-oriented not sample-oriented (i.e. not like Jackbeat)
3) Lets you pre-load the loops and stores them with the file (i.e. this disqualifies SooperLooper, from last I played with it).
4) Is very CPU-stingy enough to run on a netbook.
5) Is very stable and won't die in the middle of a show (i.e. not Freewheeling, last I used it)
6) Has MIDI controls for the loops and levels/mixer/muting for them.
7) Can handle up to about 5 simultaneous loops (i.e. not like some of the DJ-oriented stuff that handles only two at a time).
8) Of course, is JACK-ified and RT capable.
9) Optionally has some way of picking/moving loop points, though that's not so critical since I can use Rezound for that off-line.
Hmm, after writing all that, it occurred to me that ecasound might be able to do this, which I'd be perfectly willing to try. But I've had a rough time with ecasound and ALSA MIDI so I'm a bit concerned about item (5) above.
-ken
hi everyone
i'm just wondering why so many people are using
ubuntu studio and/or ubuntu 9.04...
i'm still on ubuntu 8.04 (not ubuntu studio),
running this on a lenovo T61 laptop for mobile
recording and a self-built intel/asus-based
desktop for the studio. i use ardour, audacity,
jack, pd, etc with hammerfall sound cards and have
experienced no lock-ups whatsoever in nearly two
years.
my question: is there some reason to move up to
ubuntu 9.04 or to use ubuntu studio at all?
re-configuring a vanilla 8.04 (with real-time
kernel, etc) was very easy (and i'm a fairly
low-level linux user). i would suggest this route
if people are having so many problems with ubuntu
9.04.
just my 2 cents!
thanks!
jason
Hi
I was fooling around with Hydrogen to control my Alesis SR18 drum
machine just to find out that Hydrogen has no midi out :(
Can anyone recommend a nice easy to use drum editor with midi out ?
Best regards
Sv-e
Hi,
Ingen seems to be nice software and there are also other, let's say LV2
focusing, applications like zynadd and zynjacku.
They are in a way comparable with AMS, zynaddsubfx and Jack-Rack. The
nice thing about these (old) apps is that there are a lot of patches,
instruments, sound settings available, which makes it nice tools for the
Linux audio user.
My suggestion is to gather patches for Ingen (and maybe for the other
apps) from start, so this new software could also be user friendly as
possible, and I think sound/instrument patches are important for that.
Drobilla could you gather Ingen patches on your website? Or is there
another good way to share patches? Is someone interested in making some
nice sound/instrument patches?
Regards,
\r
