On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 02:01:22PM +0100, Cassiel wrote:
> Hi
>
> 2009/3/26 Adrian Knoth <
adi@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 It's an outdated myth that you need RT kernels for audio production,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.