Please Improve Debian for Multimedia Production

[Cassiel]

Hi

2009/3/26 Adrian Knoth <adi at drcomp.erfurt.thur.de>

> On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 09:05:32PM +0100, Grammostola Rosea wrote:
>
> > The problem is an realtime kernel and a proper configuration for music
> > production. Without that, you better stay away from music production
>
> Not really. I absolutely have no problems with CONFIG_PREEMPT, dynticks,
> ondemand scheduler and all this fancy stuff in a vanilla 2.6.29 running
> on a dualcore amd64 laptop.
>
> It's an outdated myth that you need RT kernels for audio production,
> though it helps with very low latencies. (let's say buffer sizes below
> 10ms and high CPU loads)
>
>
maybe it is worthwhile to clarify where "audio production" begins and "audio
fun" ends.
Recording 16 tracks + monitoring could be an impossible task with your !=RT
kernel.


>
> Nevertheless, for those with highest constraints or older hardware, a RT
> kernel is beneficial.
>
>
> HTH
>

r
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