[PlanetCCRMA] drop outs with FC8 and latest CCRMA kernel

Thu Jan 3 13:46:01 2008

Sorry, I made a mistake, I meant Ubuntu Gutsy, not Feisty.

On Jan 3, 2008 4:39 PM, Hector Centeno <hcengar@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I installed Ubuntu Feisty and then the UbuntuStudio metapackages on
> top which includes the kernel-rt. The Fedroa-Ubuntu dilemma is a big
> one for me: on one hand there is the excellent CCRMA repository but
> you have to deal with the instabilities of Fedora made worst by the
> fact that Fedora is more of a testing-grounds distro for RedHat rather
> than a full stable and usable one (made obvious by the kind of
> experimental technology they put on it and the poor user support). On
> the other hand Ubuntu is quite stable and has improved usability and
> great user support but the audio packages are old and take ages to get
> upgraded (updates don't happen even from one release to the other). I
> personally think that the Linux-Audio world is in a very young state
> and development is going very fast so from one version to the other of
> an audio app the functionality and stability improves a lot. That's
> why the Debian style philosophy of holding upgrades doesn't really
> work in this area (it might for other areas) and that's why I think
> life at the edge is needed for audio apps. I always end rebuilding
> almost all the major audio apps when I use Ubuntu. Other aspect I
> don't like about UbuntuStudio is that it seems to be more oriented to
> the amateur musician, which is fine and might work for some, but good
> luck if you want to install Supercollider, Csound or PD, you will get
> incomplete or very outdated versions (like the now ancient Csound 4).
> So up to now there is no perfect distro for music/audio as none of
> them has a good balance of recent, stable versions plus usability
> improvements on the desktop environment side (Ubuntu style) and
> cutting edge and frecuent updates on the music/audio apps side (CCRMA
> style). As always that I think about this issue it comes to my wishful
> mind the idea of a CCRMA repository for Ubuntu, but yes, I know it
> would be a lot of work. Anyways, sorry for the rant.
>
>
> Hector
>
>
>
>
> On Jan 3, 2008 2:59 PM, bH <atorima@vfemail.net> wrote:
> >
> >  Hector Centeno wrote:
> >  Hi,
> >
> > Well, I recently tried using 2.6.22 and I had the same kind of problem
> > with Jack apps stopping streaming audio from time to time. I had to
> > finish a project so I installed Ubuntu in a different partition and
> > using their linux-rt kernel things worked quite smooth (going down to
> > 8ms latency, no dropouts).
> >
> >  Did you install the linux-rt kernel in Ubuntu or use a variant distro like
> > Ubuntustudio?  Just curious. I have a second machine available now, that I
> > am going to install, 64 Studio, on to test.  All are Debian-based, of
> > course. I want to try something with perhaps, more long term stability. I
> > think, a good solid DAW system doesn't need to change every time a developer
> > comes out with a new widget or, something.  I have a hard time keeping up
> > with all the Fedora changes and fast paced release cycle.  Beta testing on a
> > production machine isn't the best idea and Fedora seems like a never ending
> > beta test. IMHO
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Happy new year to you all!
> >
> > Hector
> >
> >
> > On Dec 31, 2007 1:37 PM, Mysth-R <mysthr21@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >  2007/12/28, Hector Centeno <hcengar@gmail.com>:
> >
> >
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > It wasn't until today that I did some serious audio work using my
> > desktop with FC8 and CCRMA. I reported some time ago about having
> > problems with an Edirol FA-101 and Freebob. They seemed to be solved
> > after a kernel upgrade but now I found that they were just partially
> > solved. Jack doesn't die anymore while playing back with Ardour but I
> > get frecuent sound interruptions up to a second long. During these
> > interruptions the playback cursor in Ardour stops and then restarts. I
> > get the same behaviour with Aqualung (music player that can use jack).
> > Also I got some system freezes that required hard resetting. Same
> > system but using a USB audio interface (M-Audio Transit) and Jack/Alsa
> > works fine.
> >
> > Hector
> >
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> >  Yes I got the same issue with the 2.6.23 last kernel.
> > Downgrading to the 2.6.22 works perfectly. It seems that it is a kernel
> > problem. Perhaps, it will be solve with the next one...
> > Anyway, it works pretty good, and I don't have to re-install Fedora 7 !! :)
> >
> > tip : don't forget to correctly set your rtirq Script.
> >
> > Happy new year !!!
> >
> >
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