> One very big advantage on Linux is > the possibility to run Pd with hassle-free jack
I'm ok with soundflower for that matter, although jack is more powerful than soundflower... thanks 2013/5/30 Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsut...@gmail.com> > On 30/05/13 22:43, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote: > >> Hi there, correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems Pd runs smoother in >> Linux than in any other OS, is that right? >> >> Perhaps some of you have run benchmarks for it with the same machine and >> diferente Operational Systems. I was curious to try myself. >> > > Can't comment extensively on that. I use Pd on Linux, used it on windows > and once on OSX. > > One very big advantage on Linux is the possibility to run Pd with > hassle-free jack, in turn easy multichannel. > Not only - jack means you can directly record into a DAW (e.g. Ardour), > again with multiple 'virtual' channels if you want. > > >> Now, is there a "best linux" for Pd? Maybe one that allows you to tweak >> in a little more to have insanely low latencies? >> >> Yeah, the whole point and interest is to try and reach an absurdly >> optimized latency and CPU load. >> > > Not sure about insane values, but I'm happy with debian now. Although I do > very little live stuff these days. I think Pd-extended development is > mostly done on debian, but I may be wrong on that. > > > >> Now that I got myself a Raspberry Pi (my first linux) I wanna enjoy the >> opportunity/motivation to broaden my linux usage to my regular laptops. >> >> I use macs by the way. Don't know if that is an issue. Like being next >> to an impossible task to install a nice hardcore ("the best one") linux >> distribution in it. >> >> I've seen that recently Linux has been able to work (poorly at least) >> with Thunderbolt. I have an RME Multiface that seems to works well on >> linux. Since newer macbooks lost the PCI slot, all that I'm missing is >> that my thunderbolt to PCI slot adapter works in Linux. That'd be cool, >> to run it on my macbook air, on linux... but I digress. >> > > Can't comment on those. > > Lorenzo. > > > ______________________________**_________________ > Pd-list@iem.at mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/** > listinfo/pd-list <http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list> >
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