Rafael- Alsa is now integrated into the Linux kernel and It is my opinion that it is the most reliable and widely respected. I would suggest investing in an outboard audio interface of some type for quality and reliability.
$0.02 Matt P.S. I´m sending this e-mail from an ubuntustudio laptop. (Dell Latitude D510) Rafael F. Compte wrote: > Thank you very much Dennis and Kim. I bookmarked the web pages and > intend to read them thoroughly. > > I actually had a hard time finding my way around a couple of weeks ago > with the configuration of Jack, and that is the most important part if > you want to actually be able to start getting something done. What > helped me out was a tutorial I found in Quick Tips > <https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/QuickTips> subsection > of the ubuntustudio wiki. It's basically a general life-saving > configuration (it helped!!), but I'm still trying to figure it out so > I can get the most of it. I haven't got deep enough yet. > So, here are a couple more doubts, if it's ok with you guys. I see in > Linux there is more than sound architecture available. I see there is > ALSA, OSS, ESD... you name it... Can anybody explain the really basic > differences? (sometimes it's hard to understand very technical > explanations the first time) Which one is more convenient for sound > production? Any basic tips for optimal configuration? I thing > discussing this things here could be helpful for a lot of Linux > newbies like me that come from a Windows background. As usual I'm all > ears... > One more thing. Has anybody tried Canorus? Looks good from what I saw > on the web page > <https://canorus.berlios.de/wiki/images/0/04/Canorus-0.1.0-harmonyanalyzer2.png>. > > Being a music student (who would like to the a music teacher some day) > I'm interested in the analisys features. > > Rafael -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
