30 Nov
2017
30 Nov
'17
5:35 p.m.
Dear Jeanette,
Am 30.11.2017 um 16:54 schrieb Jeanette C.:
Hey hey,
after further analysis, I find that my hard drive seems to be the problem. I can't
write fast enough. Playback of multiple tracks is no issue (ca. 10 stereo tracks, 32bit,
48kHz), but 5 stereo tracks, even from an external source,
start to generate hiccoughs.
Can it be that the drive is really that bad, or is there a parameter to tune, so this
could be improved?
this looks indeed pretty slow, is it an external usb-2 drive?
You may perform a simple check:
sudo hdparm -tT /dev/sda
Replace sda with your device.
If your are just recording, can you increase the buffer length in jack?
I was recently recording 32 mono channels and got initially lots of xruns in ardour,
which disappeared after increasing the buffer size in jack.
Best regards,
Peter