20 Feb
2019
20 Feb
'19
3:36 a.m.
On February 18, 2019 6:16:32 AM HST, Will Godfrey wrote:
On Sun, 17 Feb 2019 23:12:20 -1000
david wrote:
The biggest problem I find with laptops is that they stick all USB
ports on
the same internal hub, even though the underlying system supports 5 or
6. Grrr!
My System76 Galapagos (older model, not the current one) has 2 internal hubs - a USB3 and
a USB2. The four actual ports are color coded to show which is which.
I hang my external drive and sound card on the USB3. Everything else (keyboard/trackball,
an external USB2 hub) go on the USB2 ports.
It works far better at low latency than the desktop system's internal Intel audio!
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On 2/17/19 1:01 PM, Len Ovens wrote:
> On Sun, 17 Feb 2019, djdualcore(a)protonmail.com wrote:
>
>> So, what is the general recommendation for people who want to work
>> with audio on
>> a laptop that isn't necessarily dedicated to audio?
>
> My personal recomendation is whatever with xfce. I don't think it
> matters if it is debian or redhat (or whatever). XFCE seems to be
the
> lowest resource user for a desktop that the
average user will feel
> comfortable with. My wife and sons use xubuntu with no complaint
and I
> have had no trouble running audio. Yes, I
have added some tweaks
but
> honestly, I don't think anyone even
halfway serious about audio
should
expect to
do at least some tweaking of a system.
- find out which USB port to use
- real time and memory locking permissions
- swappiness
- no boost
- performance mode
- no hyperthread
- etc.
Yet on my i7 laptop, audio works with hyperthreading just fine.
It is in performance mode, though. I think keeping a steady clock is
more important for RT audio than the number of threads.