Linux Music Setup Thread

[NPC]

Are you running 1.0? 1.0 is neat since it won't load unless it has real time priority.

Did you first compile it without alsa=yes? I believe you have to delete the folder you unpacked the tar.gz into and then restart. At least I did when I changed my mind about JACK. There might be a more elegant solution, I dunno.

Yes I am running as sudo and yes I compiled with "ALSA=yes". Though when I check

./configure

it says alsa is disabled. ಠ_ಠ It still works though after I install it.

Also, the folder I compiled in shouldn't really do anything since I install it to /usr/local (using the prefix), No?

You connecting it to your card via alsa? Have you changed the latency from the default? If so set it back to default (8ms). I'll be really very surprised if you encounter many xruns at 8ms, that's quite a lot for xwax, even on a really shitty machine.

I haven't touched the latency or buffer sizes so I assume it's 8ms.

[MrPopinjay]

Freakydeaky. I dunno dude. I'm not nearly an expert on this sadly.

[NPC]

NO! You're supposed to have all the answers I need! I demand a refund. :P

Seriously though thanks for the help so far, I am at least running 1.0 now. I have a feeling the xrunxs are a cause of something to do with the FLAC decoder (mp3s are fairly solid even in non-realtime) or maybe just the weight of 11.10 is too much for my shitty laptop.

[MrPopinjay]

Do you have the problems only when the deck is loading a new track? I don't believe the decoders are employed at all unless currently loading a non wav. track.

[NPC]

Do you have the problems only when the deck is loading a new track? I don't believe the decoders are employed at all unless currently loading a non wav. track.

Hm nope I guess it's not the decoders then.
Edit: I'm going to try US 10.04RT

[NPC]

US 10.04 with RT and 1.0 is solid!
I couldn't get it to give me any xruns with FLAC or MP3
I tried:
http://imgur.com/T0RgN

Only annoying thing is my music collection is on the other partition so I have to go -l /media/HUGE-FUCKING-DRIVE-NAME-W/ RANDOM-NUMBERS/home/nick/music/folder1

...and repeat with each folder. Ugly. But works great!

[MrPopinjay]

Awesome dude! How did you install the real time kernal?

To xwax there's no difference between any file type. It's cool like that :P

edit: That's quite a nice theme! Is that xfce?

[NPC]

Awesome dude! How did you install the real time kernal?

I uh... upgraded it from US9.10 which came with it (and then it upgraded for me when I went to 10.04). This goes back to me being lazy.

To xwax there's no difference between any file type. It's cool like that :P

Well it was certainly more xruns-prone with FLAC. *shrug*

edit: That's quite a nice theme! Is that xfce?

Pretty sure it's just regular gnome, but it's the default Ubuntu Studio theme -- at least in this version.

[Lordzion]

again.. what audio interface would u recomend for use withe linux? I just need 2ins/2 outs for recording my sets from my scs4.
thanks

[MrPopinjay]

Huh, odd. Doesn't look like gnome 2 or gnome shell to me.