Re: [LAU] Subject: Albums under a label recorded and/or mixed with Linux

I've used Jamin a number of times for self-mastering releases, including a vinyl release in 2009. While I would prefer to go to a professional mastering agency my return from music currently doesn't justify it (it doesn't even pay my ardour subscription :) ).. . The labels I've submitted too were more happy with the mastering quality (probably happier than I was .. although the problem is my skill level not the software quality). Jamin does a very good job, I can't see any reason to change it. As for resources, I have got in the habit of not rendering my final mix-down to stereo and then mastering, but simply inserting Jamin into the main output of Ardour.. this allows for any adjustments to be made at the mix level (e.g. a channel being too loud)... without going through the process of rendering again.. On a AMD Phenom II X3 720 OC'd to ~3.5 GHZ.. I have not exceeded resource limits on 24 channel (48KHz 32 bit broadcast wav)... with numerous plugins, including some of the more complex ones then going through JACK while retaining a 128 period and 3 buffer setting on jackd - remembering that everything inside Jack is in on one processor core... (with the other cores simply providing smooth X11 rendering e.t.c..) .. It's not a eeepc but it is just an average spec PC.. (with some high quality parts).