Re: [LAD] Patching linux 2.6.26.3

2008-08-25 Thread Jonathan Woithe
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 01:12:55PM +1000, porl sheean wrote: i've just finished compiling the 2.6.26.3 kernel with the readltime patch from above, and i am having no problems with a firewire saffire pro card using ffado. i haven't tried midi though, so i can't comment there. i can't

Re: [LAD] Patching linux 2.6.26.3

2008-08-25 Thread Eric Dantan Rzewnicki
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 03:39:27PM +0930, Jonathan Woithe wrote: On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 01:12:55PM +1000, porl sheean wrote: i've just finished compiling the 2.6.26.3 kernel with the readltime patch from above, and i am having no problems with a firewire saffire pro card using ffado. i

Re: [LAD] Patching linux 2.6.26.3

2008-08-25 Thread Jonathan Woithe
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 03:39:27PM +0930, Jonathan Woithe wrote: On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 01:12:55PM +1000, porl sheean wrote: i've just finished compiling the 2.6.26.3 kernel with the readltime patch from above, and i am having no problems with a firewire saffire pro card using

Re: [LAD] joining the fun...

2008-08-25 Thread Patrick Shirkey
Pieter Palmers wrote: Joern Nettingsmeier wrote: hi guys. Pieter Palmers wrote: I'm sorry, but the following statement: Here’s a few vids of the mighty power of hydrogen explosions. Not an endorsement of nuclear power but just a reference for anyone who is doubting the energy

Re: [LAD] joining the fun...

2008-08-25 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Patrick Shirkey wrote: However I am slightly concerned at the closed attitude that I was presented with by people I have worked with for over ten years and found in general to be quite open minded about ideas that may or may not be mainstream. I suggest that many of these people would

Re: [LAD] joining the fun...

2008-08-25 Thread Patrick Shirkey
On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 17:33 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Now it really is time to STFU on this issue on this list. What issue Eric? The mighty power of c compared to the inferiority of c++? People in glass houses... -- Patrick Shirkey Boost Hardware Ltd

[LAD] Wireless Electricity vs audio quality

2008-08-25 Thread Patrick Shirkey
Hi, After the latest Intel announcment that they are indeed working seriously on wireless electricity uses resonance to transmit hte energy sources I am wondering if anyone has ideas on whether that would affect audio quality as resonance is an important part of the ambience of live sound.

Re: [LAD] joining the fun...

2008-08-25 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Patrick Shirkey wrote: Interesting pov, I assume you use electricity as you are typing on a computer. Unless you have a way to transmit your emails by thought. So since linux audio development is performed on computers then discussion about word processing on windows is also appropriate for

Re: [LAD] Wireless Electricity vs audio quality

2008-08-25 Thread Arnold Krille
Reading concerns about audio quality and intel in one mail sure raised some interest here. Selling worse audio quality as the new high-definition is probably one of their biggest successes. Am Montag, 25. August 2008 schrieb Erik de Castro Lopo: Patrick Shirkey wrote: After the latest Intel

Re: [LAD] Wireless Electricity vs audio quality

2008-08-25 Thread Patrick Shirkey
On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 19:03 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Arnold Krille wrote: Well, there _could_ be some interference as the air around you contains some water (called humidity). It could be possible that the electromagnetic waves (a) heat up the water making the room you

Re: [LAD] Wireless Electricity vs audio quality

2008-08-25 Thread Erik de Castro Lopo
Patrick Shirkey wrote: I still have a feeling it will subtly influence the audio quality of a room. Science is not about feelings. I have doubt about the effect it will have on electrical equipment due to static RF as we are not dealing with rf signals in this case. I guarantee that if

Re: [LAD] Wireless Electricity vs audio quality

2008-08-25 Thread Patrick Shirkey
On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 19:47 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Patrick Shirkey wrote: I still have a feeling it will subtly influence the audio quality of a room. Science is not about feelings. Ahh but music is... I have doubt about the effect it will have on electrical equipment

Re: [LAD] Wireless Electricity vs audio quality

2008-08-25 Thread Patrick Shirkey
On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 11:32 +0200, Arnold Krille wrote: I have doubt about the effect it will have on electrical equipment due to static RF as we are not dealing with rf signals in this case. Electrical equipment is not only sensible to the range you might be referring here as radio

Re: [LAD] Wireless Electricity vs audio quality

2008-08-25 Thread Gordon J. C. Pearce
Patrick Shirkey wrote: Hi, After the latest Intel announcment that they are indeed working seriously on wireless electricity uses resonance to transmit hte energy sources I am wondering if anyone has ideas on whether that would affect audio quality as resonance is an important part of the

Re: [LAD] Wireless Electricity vs audio quality

2008-08-25 Thread Patrick Shirkey
On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 12:26 +0100, Gordon J. C. Pearce wrote: Patrick Shirkey wrote: Hi, After the latest Intel announcment that they are indeed working seriously on wireless electricity uses resonance to transmit hte energy sources I am wondering if anyone has ideas on whether that

Re: [LAD] Wireless Electricity vs audio quality

2008-08-25 Thread Fred Gleason
On Monday 25 August 2008 05:47:26 am Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: I guarantee that if you stick poorly sheilded audio equipment next to high (or even moderate) power RF equipment you will get RF interference in the audio. I can sure vouch for the truth of this. Been in enough high-power

Re: [LAD] Wireless Electricity vs audio quality

2008-08-25 Thread Fred Gleason
On Monday 25 August 2008 07:36:30 am Patrick Shirkey wrote: It uses resonant frequencies at specific levels not radio frequencies. And what exactly do you think 'radio frequencies' *are*, if they're not 'resonant frequencies at specific levels'? (More commonly, a set of such signals, but

Re: [LAD] joining the fun...

2008-08-25 Thread Robin Gareus
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Patrick Shirkey wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 18:01 +1000, Erik de Castro Lopo wrote: Patrick Shirkey wrote: Interesting pov, [cut] I enjoy many off of topic threads on linuxaudio.org and like the diversity of both FLOSS, Music and social issues;

Re: [LAD] Wireless Electricity vs audio quality

2008-08-25 Thread Bob Sanders
Patrick Shirkey, mused, then expounded: On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 12:26 +0100, Gordon J. C. Pearce wrote: Patrick Shirkey wrote: I'm *not* one of the people who objects to mobile phones, but I wouldn't have one of these things anywhere near. I don't think you will have much choice as the

Re: [LAD] Wireless Electricity vs audio quality

2008-08-25 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday 25 August 2008, Patrick Shirkey wrote: On Mon, 2008-08-25 at 11:32 +0200, Arnold Krille wrote: I have doubt about the effect it will have on electrical equipment due to static RF as we are not dealing with rf signals in this case. Electrical equipment is not only sensible to the

Re: [LAD] Wireless Electricity vs audio quality

2008-08-25 Thread Fred Gleason
On Monday 25 August 2008 11:38:44 am Gene Heskett wrote: This discussion is off topic, and occasionally hillarious due to the BS content.  And I do enjoy a good BS session from time to time.  Usually over a 6 pack of suds, but that is another time place. This whole thread reminds me of a

[LAD] CUDA

2008-08-25 Thread Jens M Andreasen
I am doing some preliminary testing of CUDA for audio, Version 2 (final) has been out for a couple of days, and this is also what I am using. In order to get anything done, one will always have to do something else first, here: Get some data transferred to the board. Surprisingly this appears to

Re: [LAD] Patching linux 2.6.26.3

2008-08-25 Thread Rui Nuno Capela
Jussi Laako wrote: Rui Nuno Capela wrote: just tested 2.6.23.3-rt3 here with NO_HZ not set in my (old) pentium4 desktop. it just confirmed that NO_HZ is not the culprit here. midi events are still being delivered *completely* out of time and the funny thing is it just gets somewhat

Re: [LAD] Realtime and helper threads

2008-08-25 Thread Dan Mills
On Sat, 2008-08-23 at 14:56 +0200, Olivier Guilyardi wrote: Hi Dan, why don't you answer on the mailing list? I thought I had! That is a fairly common approach, one thread per core is good. I have code that reads audio, sample rate converts it, time-stretches it if appropriate and

Re: [LAD] Wireless Electricity vs audio quality

2008-08-25 Thread Bob Sanders
Dan Mills, mused, then expounded: Wireless power transmission by low frequency resonant coupling **IS** a useful trick in some circumstances (I have seen it used to charge hand lamps for use in explosive atmospheres for example (Well over ten years back)), and in intels case could be used to