31 Aug
2006
31 Aug
'06
7:21 a.m.
Hello,
(Lurking mode off ;-)
Trying to keep this short: Is it possible, in general, to do low
latency multitrack-recording in ardour with a notebook and a
multichannel audio-interface? If so, does anyone have any
recommendations for notebooks and audio-interfaces that are suitable
for this task and still available?
I'd like to run gentoo-linux on it, do some recording and maybe, from
time to time, do some Sequencing / Sample playback and PureData-stuff.
Thank you,
-Michael
31 Aug
31 Aug
12:30 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: Linux Audio Notebooks for recording? Any recommendations?
No reason why not to. Although any notebook can be used, I recommend a
notebook with an AMD processor (as many otherwise excellent LADSPA
plugins have a specific issue with certain Intel based processors) that
has a built-in firewire interface that can bus-power. (Ask your vendor
if you don't know what this means). To this firewire interface, I would
probably attach a Roland FA-101 for a good
price/quality/linux-workability ratio. You would have to check Gentoo
how well Freebob is supported and perhaps wait a little, I know Ubuntu
support for Freebob is due this October.
Carlo
Michael Wagner schrieb:
Hello,
(Lurking mode off ;-)
Trying to keep this short: Is it possible, in general, to do low
latency multitrack-recording in ardour with a notebook and a
multichannel audio-interface? If so, does anyone have any
recommendations for notebooks and audio-interfaces that are suitable
for this task and still available?
I'd like to run gentoo-linux on it, do some recording and maybe, from
time to time, do some Sequencing / Sample playback and PureData-stuff.
Thank you,
-Michael
1:32 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: Linux Audio Notebooks for recording? Any recommendations?
Hallo,
Carlo Capocasa hat gesagt: // Carlo Capocasa wrote:
No reason why not to. Although any notebook can be
used, I recommend a
notebook with an AMD processor (as many otherwise excellent LADSPA
plugins have a specific issue with certain Intel based processors)
Huh? I've never had any of these issues, afaik only some old
PIV-models were affected by some demormalization problems, but to my
knowledge it has been sorted out.
With AMD you may get different issues, like non-working W-LAN, worse
battery life, and you may have a hard time finding good open source
graphics drivers.
I'd recommend to check out the special sites on linux lapops,
especially tuxmobil.org. Most of the advice you get there is valid for
audio laptops as well. Your first goal should be to make sure in
advance that all the hardware in your laptop is supported, and that is
hard enough.
Ciao
--
Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org_ __goto10.org__
1:44 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: Linux Audio Notebooks for recording? Any recommendations?
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006 17:32:06 +0200
Frank Barknecht <fbar(a)footils.org> wrote:
<snip>
audio laptops as well. Your first goal should be to
make sure in
advance that all the hardware in your laptop is supported, and that is
hard enough.
^^^^^^^^^^^
Visions of laptops on steroids, pumping iron :)
--
Will J G
4 Sep
4 Sep
12:36 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re: Linux Audio Notebooks for recording? Any recommendations?
Huh? I've never had any of these issues, afaik
only some old
PIV-models were affected by some demormalization problems, but to my
knowledge it has been sorted out.
Yeah, denormals.I own a moderately old (2003) Dell notebook that sports
a "Pentium 4 mobile" (don't know how that's wired) and ran into the
issue doing some mixing and mastering in ardour. A lot of plugins were
effected, even some of Steve's.
With AMD you may get different issues, like
non-working W-LAN, worse
battery life, and you may have a hard time finding good open source
graphics drivers.
You're right, I probably shouldn't have recommended AMD without having
tried it first. But I do have a feeling I'll try it next.
Carlo
31 Aug
31 Aug
1:42 p.m.
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Michael Wagner schrieb:
Hello,
(Lurking mode off ;-)
Trying to keep this short: Is it possible, in general, to do low
latency multitrack-recording in ardour with a notebook and a
multichannel audio-interface? If so, does anyone have any
recommendations for notebooks and audio-interfaces that are suitable
for this task and still available?
The recording engeneer of the berlin band called metaphon, uses a
Lenovo-Thinkpad plus RME-Hammerfall cardbus-interface.
I'd like to run gentoo-linux on it, do some
recording and maybe, from
time to time, do some Sequencing / Sample playback and PureData-stuff.
That is exactly what he does, yet with Planet CCRMA.
Me myself can only warn you, to be very carefull with Models, that have
no real BIOS. I have got a Toshiba Tecra, that sets literally all
peripherals (cardreader, antenna, usb etc) on the same IRQ with the
soundchip and i cannot change this via BIOS...
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10:37 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re:Linux Audio Notebooks for recording? Any recommendations?
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Hartmut Noack wrote:
I have got a Toshiba Tecra, that sets literally all
peripherals
(cardreader, antenna, usb etc) on the same IRQ with the soundchip and
i cannot change this via BIOS...
I have a Toshiba Tecra S1, and haven't found this to be a problem (in
fact, I'm not even sure I've ever noticed what IRQs are in use for
the peripherals on that system), though I do need to point out that
I've not used that laptop for any recording (it has been used for some
playback duties).
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Sylvain Robitaille syl(a)alcor.concordia.ca
Major in Electroacoustic Studies Concordia University
Faculty of Fine Arts / Music Department Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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19 Sep
19 Sep
8:25 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re:Linux Audio Notebooks for recording? Any recommendations?
On Thu, 31 Aug 2006, Hartmut Noack wrote:
I have got a Toshiba Tecra, that sets literally all
peripherals
(cardreader, antenna, usb etc) on the same IRQ with the soundchip and
i cannot change this via BIOS...
I ran into a problem recently on my Tecra S1, that might have been caused
by what is reported above. Try appending "irqpoll" to the boot-time
options. It resolved the problem I was having (with the internal 802.11g
network interface), and might help with the problem's you're experiencing.
(quite excited to see new versions of Bristol and Rosegarden ... am
looking forward to trying both! Thanks to all who worked on these!)
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Sylvain Robitaille syl(a)alcor.concordia.ca
Major in Electroacoustic Studies Concordia University
Faculty of Fine Arts / Music Department Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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9:21 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re:Linux Audio Notebooks for recording? Any recommendations?
On Tuesday 19 September 2006 18:27, Sylvain Robitaille wrote:
I ran into a problem recently on my Tecra S1, that
might have
been caused by what is reported above. Try appending
"irqpoll" to the boot-time options. It resolved the problem I
was having (with the internal 802.11g network interface), and
might help with the problem's you're experiencing.
Does the Tecra have good enough built-in audio that it's worth
trying to resolve issues like that?
After trying to record onto 3 or 4 different laptops (using both
Windows and Linux) I finally broke down and got a USB
external "sound card" because the laptops all sounded like they
had some kind of bad Walkman preamps in them. Never mind the
shared IRQ's or bus stealing.
Rob
11:07 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Re:Re:Linux Audio Notebooks for recording? Any recommendations?
On Tue, 19 Sep 2006, Rob wrote:
Does the Tecra have good enough built-in audio that
it's worth
trying to resolve issues like that?
I have to admit to not knowing: the only audio use this laptop has had
falls under basic playback through the built-in speakers (which are
better than I expected, but certainly nowhere near serious).
Still, if it resolves the problem and makes the computer usable (whether
for serious audio or just a quick scratchpad-quality recording), it's
worth trying, no?.
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Sylvain Robitaille syl(a)alcor.concordia.ca
Major in Electroacoustic Studies Concordia University
Faculty of Fine Arts / Music Department Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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