"I recently read this article about how the Linux device driver project needs more work to do. I pondered this for awhile, and came to a realization. While Linux still does indeed lack drivers for some hardware, I believe that the lack of drivers is no longer the largest technological obstacle to Linux adoption. The thing Linux needs to focus mostly on now is completeness, not quantity, of hardware support." Read on.
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Member since:2006-12-28
I was using PCLinuxOS as my distro, can't remember the names of the different tools I was using but again, I had to heavily mod the kernel to get the latency issues down to a reasonable level. Mind you, I was working with pure wav files, with very little editing needed. I also had to compile some of the software from source to get it to do what I wanted.
Again, I was able to do this using generic hardware, something I would have been unable to do in windows without forking out allot of money and as I was only recording two demos, it was quite an acceptable trade off. I doubt anyone with the money would be tempted to jump through the hoops I did though. ;-)
Member since:2006-04-25
I use debian with kernel patched and recompiled. I never use standard distro, but recently I have given to my friend which is a "real" musician (it was my teacher) two distro to try:
ubuntu studio
jacklab audio
I have not heard it complaining but I will check him for news.
Member since:2005-07-06
I am a recording musician (also do studio work for local musicians) and trying to get Linux running for pro audio is a major PITA, and more or less useless to me when compared with the tools available for Windows and OSX.
Even with getting an interface working properly, the software available just plain sucks compared to Windows/OSX.
Again, this isn't Linux's fault, but rather lack of support from the manufacturers.
I don't think it'll ever happen though, because of the wide variation of distros available. They're afraid to support so much diversity in an OS.
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2006-02-05
Honest question, what do you use as software/distro? My audio experience in linux has been the exact opposit, hardware that worked fine in xp for multi track recording was horrible (coming up on a full second latency) on linux. Some people suggested patching the hell out of my kernel, which helped, but didn't really alleviate my problem.
I'm using ableton on vista now for that stuff, works great, and my guitar teacher went garageband on osx, (which I am still incredably jealous over), but I still would like to know how to get that stuff working properly in linux.