[CM] juce, linux and alsa

[Dave Phillips]

Heinrich Taube wrote:
> dave thanks very much for your input.  ill look and see what  
> implications switching has for the juce midi devices, which i think  
> are alsa. if i swtich to  jack audio then id like to just drop alsa  
> completely if thats possible.
>   

If JUCE supports JackMIDI then you can abandon ALSA entirely in favor of 
JACK. I've cc'd this reply to Lucio, he knows more about what's required 
for a solution.

And if someone needs it, bridge software is available than can connect 
the ALSA sequencer ports to JackMIDI ports.

Best,

dp

>
> On Jan 31, 2009, at 12:14 PM, Dave Phillips wrote:
>
>   
>> Heinrich Taube wrote:
>>     
>>> it seems like one of the juce wizards has written a class for   
>>> connecting to jack rather than alsa. its on page two of this  
>>> (long)  discussion about audio problems on linux, which actually  
>>> seem quite  centered on problems with alsa!
>>>
>>> http://www.rawmaterialsoftware.com/juceforum/viewtopic.php?t=1338
>>>
>>>  i dont really know what the right solution is to get the audio   
>>> problems sorted out on linux.
>>>
>>>       
>> Interesting discussion. The players include the developer of the  
>> excellent JOST plugin host (kraken, aka Lucio Asnaghi), the  
>> developer of Snd-ls and a JUCE-ified Mammut (kjetil, aka Kjetil  
>> Matheussen), and of course the lead JUCE dev (jules).
>>
>> Yes, the real focus of their lament is ALSA. Frankly, I agree with  
>> Kjetil: Use JACK for serious audio, use OSS (or ALSA's OSS  
>> emulation) for everything else. The number of audio "solutions" for  
>> Linux has become a problem itself, and application developers might  
>> be best advised to simply support OSS and JACK. IMO, you could skip  
>> OSS entirely too, but that's a little more radical. However,  
>> choosing JACK also gives you access to JackMIDI (better timing than  
>> the ALSA sequencer) and jackdmp (multiprocessor JACK daemon, aka  
>> JACK2). For my purposes there's little or no need for OSS support.
>>
>> I suggest going with JACK all the way. It's the best high- 
>> performance audio server available for Linux (and now OSX and  
>> reportedly Windows), it includes integral MIDI support, and its  
>> continued development is pretty likely.
>>
>> Now if only the JavaSound devs were listening ...
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> dp
>>
>>     
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