Alternatives to using JACK

2009-12-01 Thread lrspares45
Hi all, is there an alternative way to record guitar on Ubuntu that doesn't rely on JACK? I ask as I've spent two weeks trying to get JACK based apps running, and though I've managed to get it working twice, the next time I start the computer I effectively have to start all over again. This is no

Re: Alternatives to using JACK

2009-12-01 Thread Chris Reisor
Audacity can work in a non-Jack mode and it's an excellent piece of software. But without Jack, you're seriously limiting yourself since most developers are going to want to use Jack when developing new and existing projects. Perhaps a better (albeit more difficult) option would be to work out

Re: Alternatives to using JACK

2009-12-01 Thread lrspares45
On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 08:49 -0800, Chris Reisor wrote: Audacity can work in a non-Jack mode and it's an excellent piece of software. But without Jack, you're seriously limiting yourself since most developers are going to want to use Jack when developing new and existing projects. Perhaps a

Re: Alternatives to using JACK

2009-12-01 Thread stereoplegic
Try installing the standard Ubuntu kernel. I've had issues w/ the RT kernel since 8.10. Jack works fine for me w/o the RT kernel (YMMV, I'm running w/ 3GB of RAM). On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 17:32 +, lrspares45 wrote: On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 08:49 -0800, Chris Reisor wrote: Audacity can work in

Re: Alternatives to using JACK

2009-12-01 Thread Mac McIlvaine
At Tuesday, 1 December 2009, you wrote: Audacity can work in a non-Jack mode and it's an excellent piece of software. But without Jack, you're seriously limiting yourself since most developers are going to want to use Jack when developing new and existing projects. Perhaps a better (albeit more

Re: Alternatives to using JACK

2009-12-01 Thread lrspares45
On Tue, 2009-12-01 at 11:58 -0600, stereoplegic wrote: Try installing the standard Ubuntu kernel. I've had issues w/ the RT kernel since 8.10. Jack works fine for me w/o the RT kernel (YMMV, I'm running w/ 3GB of RAM). Well I'll be buggered sideways! It works perfectly! You are an absolute