<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"> <html><body> <p>Hi Mike,</p> <p>thanks for your help. My latency is quite good, about 5 or 10 ms. I've always enjoyed Ubuntu Studio, and I'm happy to be using it on my laptop now too, as well as my desktop that runs 12.04 wonderfully. On this laptop I'm running the default kernel, and although I got a few xruns at first, things seem to be improving. (I have a hunch that a fresh install gets xruns at first, maybe due to indexing?)</p> <p>I was pleasantly surprised to see, when trying to extract a .rar file, that the system automatically recommended the Rar or Unrar package to install. That was a nice addition.</p> <p>The performance vs. ondemand issue is resolved now. The perl script on the linuxaudio configuration page now provides a terminal command that makes the performance setting stick across reboots.</p> <p>I've never tried testing different kernels on a live iso, I always (mistakenly!) thought that "a kernel's a kernel's a kernel" across any computer. For simplicity's sake I'll probably stick with what I have set-up for now, as it seems to work well.</p> <p>I hope to be able to help out here in the future. I'd love to see "fsthost" (at Sourceforge) added to the repos. I think it was available in the past, I have it installed on my 12.04 system and works fine. It's a good VST instrument host, and manages some VST synths better than FeSTige. A crucial application for encouraging Windows users thinking of moving over to linux. :)</p> <p> </p> <p>brian</p> <p> </p> <p>On Mon, 17 Aug 2015 10:58:25 -0400, Mike Holstein wrote:</p> <blockquote type="cite" style="padding-left:5px; border-left:#1010ff 2px solid; margin-left:5px; width:100%"> <div dir="ltr"><br /> <div class="gmail_extra"><br /> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Aug 16, 2015 at 3:20 AM, <span><<a href="mailto:brian@linuxsynths.com">brian@linuxsynths.com</a>></span> wrote:<br /> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> <div> <p>Hi everyone,</p> <p>I've been using Ubuntu Studio for about 3-4 years now, and really enjoying it. I just did an install of 14.04 on my 32-bit laptop, and as always, it installed and runs just fine. :)</p> <p>I had a couple of questions I wanted to put out there:</p> <p>as I do realtime audio work, I wanted to see my system's settings for realtime performance. All looked fine, except that CPU was set at "ondemand" rather than "performance." Is the performance setting no longer important for RT use?</p> <p>Also, I noticed that a few applications were quite old versions. For example, amSynth was a very old version, AMS was also old. (I upgraded by adding the KXStudio repos, which is more up-to-date in this regard.)</p> </div> </blockquote> <div>this is really more of a support question, not directly related to development.</div> <div>that being said, you might think as i know i have in the past, "why are there no definitive guides on how to setup pro audio on linux?".. well, the issue is, it can be quite specific to your hardware and personal needs. i say, try different kernels, and see what facilitates the latency and configuration you need (assuming the hardware supports it, in linux). i will usually try quite a few live iso's before settling on what best fits the needs i have, and what the hardware in question supports best. one easy way for me to test an older realtime kernel is by using the AVlinux live iso. this can let me see if it would even be worthwhile trying to force a different kernel to be used with ubuntustudio.</div> <div>keep in mind, we dont support the KXstudio ppa's, or AVlinux here, so, if you use those, or any other 3rd party sources, it'll be up to you, and the source maintainers to provide support.. </div> <div>i agree with, and also disable CPU scaling.. if possible, i'll disable it in the bios, for machines intended for audio production.</div> <div>what hardware are you using? what latency are you getting? and by doing what tasks? are you getting xruns?</div> <div>cheers!</div> <div> </div> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div> <p> </p> <p>For the rest, all looks very good, elegant and rock-solid! ;)</p> <p> </p> <p>brian</p> <div> </div> </div> <br />--<br /> ubuntu-studio-devel mailing list<br /><a href="mailto:ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-studio-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br /> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-devel</a><br /><br /></blockquote> </div> <br /><br clear="all" />-- <br /> <div class="gmail_signature"> <div dir="ltr">MH <div><br /><a href="http://likethecow.com">likethecow.com</a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div> </blockquote> <p> </p> <div> </div> </body></html>