21 Apr
2006
21 Apr
'06
1:46 p.m.
Hi Tim,
I don't know whether anyone uses Fedora without planetCCRMA for audio
(?), so maybe a compromise - FC4+planetCCRMA - is in order?
My first question is: Do I want to go to FC5? I
don't think
PlanetCCRMA has anything for it yet, but I'm thinking of running it
OOTB. Is it usable for some simple use of JACK and friends? I hear
that it wouldn't have low latency. Is this true, and does that affect
me if I'm only recording one or two tracks at a time?
Yes, latency is still a big issue regardless of how many tracks are
involved. You need to search the (recent) archives of this list, and
the FC5 docs, for set_rtlimits, PAM, and the kernel version number.
You can get good low latency performance with a recent mainstream
kernel, they say!
Also, you'll have to do some reading to see what packages will be
available to you, and what you'll have to compile yourself.