Re: [LAU] [LAD] So what do you think sucks about Linux audio ? - Linux-audio-user

8 Feb 2013

On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 12:15 -0500, Paul Davis wrote:
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  On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Jostein Chr.
Andersen
 &lt;jostein(a)vait.se&gt; wrote:

         * A very geeky community. I see very often the answer:
           "read the ALSA matrix" when a poor newbie or a
           curious person asks for the best soundcards for Linux.
           That something works in Linux does not mean
           that it's good for AUDIO recording and studio work
           in general.

 so how does this look?

    http://ardour.org/files/aspecs.png 
It's disgusting, regarding to similar recommendations I bought my
RME HDSPe AIO, but my HDSPe AIO can't be used for >= 12 channels, since
it's not completely supported for Linux.

To recommend hardware that isn't supported is bad :(.

Btw. as I mentioned several times before, RME was willing to help, but
no ALSA developer was interested to answer any request.

On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 21:19 +0400, Alexandre Prokoudine wrote:
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  On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Paul Davis wrote:

  so how does this look?

    http://ardour.org/files/aspecs.png  
 As a Focusrite Saffire 24 user who needs to start JACK twice every
 time and, since Ubuntu 12.10, restart every 30 minutes, I'd think
 before recommending it to a Linux user :) Absolutely love their
 hardware and their attitude to clients though.

 Alexandre Prokoudine
 http://libregraphicsworld.org 
That's why I ask how to ensure what audio device _really_ is supported.
The _recommended_ device I own isn't _really_ supported. HDSPe cards are
recommended for >= 12 channels, but on Linux I only can use 2 ADAT IOs
of the HDSPe AIO, the other ADAT IOs aren't available and the latency is
very bad, but I anyway get xruns.

On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 18:42 +0100, Jostein Chr. Andersen wrote:
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  On Tue, Feb 5, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Jostein Chr. Andersen

 &lt;jostein(a)vait.se&gt;wrote;wrote:

   * A very
geeky community. I see very often the answer:
   "read the ALSA matrix" when a poor newbie or a
   curious person asks for the best soundcards for Linux.
   That something works in Linux does not mean
   that it's good for AUDIO recording and studio work
   in general.

 so how does this look?

    http://ardour.org/files/aspecs.png  

 Very nice, this is a very good answer, let's hope that this URL will be 
 anywhere! This is helpful for me too as I'm investing in new HW this 
 days, thanks!  :-) 
Not very good, simply untrue!

On Tue, 2013-02-05 at 20:56 +0300, Louigi Verona wrote:
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  In Linux Audio excellent response I get from Rui on
his Qtractor 
I experienced the same :).

Regards,
Ralf