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On 6/24/07, Loki Davison  wrote:

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

> > On 6/24/07, Loki Davison  wrote:

> > >

> > > 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

> >

>

> 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
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