Re: [LAU] Reference or HOWTO?

------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Sat, 5 Apr 2008 02:24:12 -0700 From: Ken Restivo <ken(a)restivo.org> Subject: Re: [LAU] Reference or HOWTO? To: Al Thompson <biggles58(a)sbcglobal.net> Cc: Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org Message-ID: <20080405092412.GC19052(a)restivo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Wed, Apr 02, 2008 at 09:07:51PM -0700, Al Thompson wrote: work together in Linux? I've looked around, and most are horribly out of date, and don't cover it all anyway. setup, and it looks like the programs are available. I just can't get everything to work, and part of the problem is that I don't understand Linux audio very well yet. I need to understand how alsa relates to jackd, what is 'oss,' and why is that the only option available in Audacity to me that works, and why when I run jackd, some of my other programs no longer have a sound output available at all. appreciated. Thinking back to when I set up my system, the biggest hassles and challenges were, in order of difficulty and painfulness: 1) Getting the audio interface and supporting hardware to work (using ALSA and/or FreeBoB) 2) Getting the realtime kernel built and running 3) Getting all the software all squared away and version-sync'ed. 4) Getting JACK set up (actually this part was really easy after the above) Numbers (2) and (4) can be made much easier by using a music-oriented distro such as 64Studio, Musix, UbuntuStudio, etc. Number (1) can be made easier by making absolutely sure that the hardware you buy is well-supported and that you choose it wisely (I didn't, and had to do a lot of buying/selling of gear as a result). If you do all of those, you should have things running very quickly and well. Looking back, I started the process in December 2006 and had it pretty much completed by MAY 2007. Yes, it took five months. I made lots of music while the system was still in flux, though. I haven't changed much of anything since May 2007, and I remain reluctant to do so. It's been rock-solid reliable and stable, for almost a year now, so I just view it as a black box and use it to make music, as well as for almost all my other computing needs too. -ken ------------------------------