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On 6/24/07, Loki Davison  wrote:

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> On 6/25/07, Chuckk Hubbard  wrote:

> > On 12/1/06, Dave Phillips  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 There's still a lot of info out there that is obsolete, so I'm wary of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.

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