Re: [LAU] Current Developments in Linux Audio ?

Hmm ok ... seems like I should really give PipeWire a try. I had heard about it but the last time I checked it was still in fairly early development. Thanks for all the good hints ! Best, N Brandon Hale wrote on 02.11.2021 18:48 (GMT +01:00): > > You can do that right now (alsa_in/out or zita-ajbridge) but it will > > move you into the realm of clocks drift. It might not matter that much > > depending on your use case but you said "sampling rate when I'm doing > > pro audio work". It might not be that pro audio anymore. I have not > > tested pipewire but I can't imagine that pipewire and multiple cards > > would be any better in that respect. > There's more to pipewire than that. It's a different audio model, so I > would say it probably does work better to use multiple interfaces. It's > worked better for me in pipewire than with alsa_in/out at least. I've > tried alsa_in/out, but it is a delicate process. > > There are more benefits than the one I gave (like unified video > support), but that was the one feature that really blew me away. > > On 11/1/21 05:14, Bengt Gördén wrote: > > On 2021-11-01 01:44, Brandon Hale wrote: > >> However, being able to use multiple sound cards at the same time is > >> probably going to eventually bring me over to using pipewire > > > > You can do that right now (alsa_in/out or zita-ajbridge) but it will > > move you into the realm of clocks drift. It might not matter that much > > depending on your use case but you said "sampling rate when I'm doing > > pro audio work". It might not be that pro audio anymore. I have not > > tested pipewire but I can't imagine that pipewire and multiple cards > > would be any better in that respect. > > > > For solution with multiple cards have a look at: > > https://jackaudio.org/faq/multiple_devices.html > > > > And a discussion: > > > https://discourse.ardour.org/t/using-two-different-soundcards-with-ardour/1… > > > > > > > > I tested the alsa_in/alsa_out solution a few years ago out of sheer > > curiosity and it worked, but I would not trust it for an important > > live recording.