On Samstag 22 Mai 2010, Barry Jibb wrote: > On 22/05/10 21:26, Canek Peláez Valdés wrote: > > On Sat, May 22, 2010 at 1:02 PM, Nikos Chantziaras<rea...@arcor.de> > > wrote: [snip] > > > >> I don't do professional audio. I have a normal PC. And just like I > >> sometimes use a synth in Windows (I'm just a hobbyist), I'd like to do > >> the same in Linux. > > > > You can; but you have to use special software, because yours is a > > special case. The normal desktop/laptop user does not use a synth. > > > >> ALSA/Pulse needing third-party stuff just to get basics right > >> (acceptable latency; not *ultra* low latency, just acceptable one) is a > >> sign that they're not designed right. > > > > Your definition of "acceptable" is *ultra* low to me, and many others. > > To me acceptable latency means that the audio system does not waste my > > laptop/phone battery. > > > >> And in the end, you know what? Even if OSS4 had a broken design, it's > >> still better, because it works better. > > > > This is your principal problem: you think your use-case is universal, > > and it's not. To me Alsa+PulseAudio works better because it allows the > > battery of my laptop to last for hours while I see a movie with my > > bluetooth headset. With the latencies you want, that's not possible. I > > believe my use-case is more general. > > > >> At least it gets the basics right. Other > >> > >> operating systems are much more advanced in that manner. It's ALSA that > >> holds Linux audio back. > > > > Jack uses ALSA. From the Jack FAQ page (http://jackaudio.org/faq): > > > > <quote> > > Doesn't use JACK add latency? > > > > There is NO extra latency caused by using JACK for audio input and > > output. When we say none, we mean absolutely zero. The only impact of > > using JACK is a slight increase in the amount of work done by the CPU > > to process a given chunk of audio, which means that in theory you > > could not get 100% of the processing power that you might get it if > > your application(s) used ALSA or CoreAudio directly. However, given > > that the difference is less than 1%, and that your system will be > > unstable before you get close to 80% of the theoretical processing > > power, the effect is completely disregardable. > > </quote> > > > > ALSA works great. And for regular users, with PulseAudio both are full > > of awesome awesomeness. For your use-case, you should try Jack. > > > > Regards. > > Can someone unsubscribe me please?!?!?!?!?!?
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