26 Jun
2007
26 Jun
'07
5:09 a.m.
On 6/24/07, Loki Davison <loki.davison(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 6/25/07, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Thanks Loki. My soundcard works though. The wireless does not, but I'm
just posting here to find out how to improve my audio performance.
-Chuckk
What do you mean by works really? My previous soundcard was fine for
playing mp3s but useless for recording with jack or doing anything
without xruns. New card, no problems. Works very well.
Loki
I'm glad that worked for you, but with the number of times I've been told
stuff would just work fine with no problems if I switched, and then it
hasn't, I'm not ready to believe all my problems will disappear if I go
spend more money.
-Chuckk
--
http://www.badmuthahubbard.com
On 6/24/07, Loki Davison
<loki.davison(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 6/25/07, Chuckk Hubbard <badmuthahubbard(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 12/1/06, Dave Phillips <dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Bill Allen wrote:
> > >
> > > > At the risk of repeating myself, in the time that I've been just
> > > > reading this thread (not to mention the time that you've been
> putting
> > > > into trying the stuff mentioned) I could have downloaded
64Studio,
> set
> > > > aside a 5-10 GB partition, installed it, and had a working
system
> with
> > > > all the real-time patched AMD64 music-enabled system that you
can
> get.
> > > > Yes, you've got to dual boot, I do it all the time. Ubuntu is my
> > > > family system that we use for work and play, but when I want to
do
> > > > music I boot into 64Studio.
It's simply a lot easier than trying
to
> > > > make a general purpose distro
into a music enabled one.
> > >
> > > Hear the man. I started writing a similar reply yesterday, but
Bill's
> > > said it better here. Given the
availability of
multimedia-optimized
> > > distros I just don't see the
point of putting myself through what
the
> > > distro maintainers have already
been through and mastered. Maybe
it's
> an
> > > age thing, at mine I get someone else to do the heavy lifting. :)
> > >
> > > Really, I work with Linux audio software to make music. I lost
> interest
> > > in mucking about with kernel configurations long ago. Yes, I'm
glad I
> > > know how to do some of that stuff
by myself, but I no longer
consider
> it
> > > a necessary part of the process. I agree with Bill, use 64Studio,
> > > PlanetCCRMA, or some other optimized distro and save yourself time
and
> > > energy.
> > >
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > dp
> > >
> > >
> > Hi Dave and everyone. I am still wrestling with this. I have the
new
> ALSA
> > driver that supports my card, finally, but under 64studio I still
get
> > 20-some xruns a second, and Audacity is
unable to connect to jackd.
> > PortAudio appears for a split second in the jack connection dialog,
and
> > disappears. Some of you told me
64studio was preconfigured for
> low-latency
> > audio out of the "box" and all the apps were tuned to the distro,
but it
> > doesn't seem to work that way for
me.
> > Anyone know an up-to-date guide to low-latency audio on Debian or
Linux?
> > There's still a lot of info out
there that is obsolete, so I'm wary
of
> > Google.
> > Just a note: I have been trying for several years to get low-latency
> audio
> > working right on Linux. This is a new machine, though, as of
November
> 06,
> > and I had to wait 7 months for my audio card and wireless (still not
> working
> > right) to be nominally supported, so I haven't tried much for about
6
> > months. I'm still amazed at how
everything just seems to work
without
> > tweaking for some folks, and I'm
wondering if there's something
> fundamental
> > I'm just not doing. My problems have baffled some of the very
> developers
> > who created drivers specifically for the hardware I have. What
could
be
wrong?
-Chuckk
I also had problems for ages getting my soundcard to work. After a
long time i found a good solution. I bought a decent soundcard. Got
cardbus on the laptop? grab an echo cardbus thing. They are cheap on
ebay in the USA. I got my Gina3g from the USA for 200 USD. Pretty damn
cheap compared to a new guitar or bass. If you have firewire you can
try that too after looking what cards work. The cardbus is easier
though.