Re: [LAD] Do professionals use Pulse Audio? ; xfce4-mixer

2018-04-25 Thread Nikita Zlobin
In Wed, 25 Apr 2018 11:38:47 -0700 (PDT) Len Ovens wrote: > On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, Philip Rhoades wrote: > > > I am not a professional LA user but I have regard for what serious > > LA users have to say. A post turned up on the Fedora XFCE list > > about removing xfce4-mixer for F29 - I responded

Re: [LAD] Do professionals use Pulse Audio? ; xfce4-mixer

2018-04-25 Thread Len Ovens
On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, Philip Rhoades wrote: I am not a professional LA user but I have regard for what serious LA users have to say. A post turned up on the Fedora XFCE list about removing xfce4-mixer for F29 - I responded with: "Every time I upgrade I immediately UNinstall PA and use ALSA on

Re: [LAD] Do professionals use Pulse Audio? ; xfce4-mixer

2018-04-25 Thread Will J Godfrey
I use one machine specifically for music, permanently connected to Keyboards etc. and PA was removed with extreme prejudice. On the audio side it's working entirely Jack - MIDI is mostly ALSA. On my other 'office' machine it's there and I don't pay any attention to it. -- It wasn't me! (Well ac

Re: [LAD] Do professionals use Pulse Audio? ; xfce4-mixer

2018-04-25 Thread Brett McCoy
On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 10:51 AM, Spencer Jackson wrote: > I know of several linux pro-audio users who do not have pulse installed, > but I think more of the ones I talk with are like me: we have pulseaudio > for most "desktop audio" stuff like web browsing, listening to music, > etc... all gener

Re: [LAD] Do professionals use Pulse Audio? ; xfce4-mixer

2018-04-25 Thread Spencer Jackson
I know of several linux pro-audio users who do not have pulse installed, but I think more of the ones I talk with are like me: we have pulseaudio for most "desktop audio" stuff like web browsing, listening to music, etc... all generic tasks. Its perfectly good for that! But as soon as we go to prod

Re: [LAD] Do professionals use Pulse Audio? ; xfce4-mixer

2018-04-25 Thread Neil C Smith
On Wed, 25 Apr 2018, 14:12 Paul Davis, wrote: > PulseAudio is not a part of the signal flow of any pro-audio workflow. > True! Although likewise I'm not sure pure Alsa or JACK suit a consumer audio workflow very well. I like PA for what it is, and used for what it's for, it generally works well

Re: [LAD] Do professionals use Pulse Audio? ; xfce4-mixer

2018-04-25 Thread Paul Davis
PulseAudio is not a part of the signal flow of any pro-audio workflow. That said, its control applications that adjust the hardware mixer work in just the same way that any other hardware mixer application does, so if you like it, there's no reason not to use it. On Wed, Apr 25, 2018 at 7:30 AM,

[LAD] Do professionals use Pulse Audio? ; xfce4-mixer

2018-04-25 Thread Philip Rhoades
People, I am not a professional LA user but I have regard for what serious LA users have to say. A post turned up on the Fedora XFCE list about removing xfce4-mixer for F29 - I responded with: "Every time I upgrade I immediately UNinstall PA and use ALSA only - so I still depend on xfce4-mi