[linux-audio-dev] low latency audio on crusoe laptop

2003-02-26 Thread jfm3
Using the attached scripted setpci commands I have gotten the audio latency of my crusoe laptop down to 3 ms. Throughput to anything but the audio device is worse, but who cares when you're just running one audio synthesis/analysis process? I might crank up the pci latency of the ide controller if

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - LinuxSoundNight

2003-02-26 Thread Lukas Degener
Guitar effects on a microphone is very hard to manage without uncontrollable feedback. But I saw it done - on a saxophone yet! - by a trio called Spongehead (guitar/bass, sax, and drums). The sax player used wah, echo, and an octave divider (which on a tenor or bari gave him some very nice dee

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Martijn Sipkema
> > Because I think ALSA does too much in the kernel (and it is not > > well documented eiter). > > Wait a minute, why do you say that? Because: - I think ALSA is not that well documented. - I'd rather see a combination of a device specific kernel driver and a user-space driver than a common kern

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Kai Vehmanen
On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Martijn Sipkema wrote: > Because I think ALSA does too much in the kernel (and it is not > well documented eiter). Wait a minute, why do you say that? ALSA seems to do a lot less in kernel space than OSS (a lot has been moved to alsa-lib), and also much code is commonly sha

Re: [linux-audio-dev] BruteFIR + jack = crackling noise?

2003-02-26 Thread Kai Vehmanen
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Patrick Shirkey wrote: > But it would be very nice if I could use my usb quattro to manipulate > the sounds of my bandmates in realtime at lowlatency. I tried with ssm > at 64 bytes and there was noticible lag so we couldn't do anything live. [...] > The best I can get out o

[linux-audio-dev] Re: CSL Motivation (fwd)

2003-02-26 Thread Kai Vehmanen
Let's continue the cross-post circus. :) Does anyone here have good connections to the GNOME audio folks? Is gstreamer leading the whole thing, or are there others? I think it would be great if we could at least manage to start living on the same planet (... and maybe even someday, gasp, cooperat

Re: [linux-audio-dev] BruteFIR + jack = crackling noise?

2003-02-26 Thread Patrick Shirkey
>yes, you can move audio over USB. the question is not whether you can, >but whether you should, and my feeling is that professional or >semi-professional users should avoid it completely, regardless of what >Yamaha, Tascam, Edirol and others who want to provide *cheap* >connectivity to home studio

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - LinuxSoundNight

2003-02-26 Thread Paul Winkler
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 08:35:58PM +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote: > So one day, I went to rehearse with them. It was very unformal like "let's > jam a bit, have some fun." So I put on my saxophone, plugged the mike into > the distortion, the distortion into the wahwah or I plugged them the other > w

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - LinuxSoundNight

2003-02-26 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hi, Frank Neumann schrieb: > _IF_ :-) we do some kind of live music, I hope we'll also manage to > record it somehow, and encode/provide that later. I'm _very_ curious > right now, though, what kind of music will evolve out of this :-). I think, it would be so much fun to record something. I has

RE: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Mark Knecht
;-) I wish you guys had carried this conversation on with a new title as I think this has nothing at all to do with 1394. ;-) Just so everyone else not conversing here is clear, the size of the packet transmitted across the 1394 bus and the size of a Jack data block need have nothing to do with ea

Re: [linux-audio-dev] question re: hammerfall cards

2003-02-26 Thread j.c.w.
Paul, since you're on the line here (heh heh heh) i have a quick one to run past you: my asound.state file looks just like what you described, but i can only seem to get s/pdif out. it doesn't seem to like my dat at all. now before i killed my win2k partition, i tested all of the hardware and

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - LinuxSoundNight

2003-02-26 Thread Frank Neumann
Hi list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [..] > > > Maybe we should add a section in the wikki for this issues. > > > > Done. > > > > See http://footils.org/cgi-bin/cms/pydiddy/LinuxSoundNight > > I can't come :( > Who's going to record it and put up .oggs? _IF_ :-) we do some kind of live music, I h

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Martijn Sipkema
[...] > >I don't think an application should ask for a certain number of frames > >to wakeup. The driver should dictate when to wake up. This is the way > >my Audiowerk8 JACK driver works and it would get a lot more > >complicated if I had to add support for user-space wake up at > >arbitrary inter

Re: [linux-audio-dev] question re: hammerfall cards

2003-02-26 Thread Paul Davis
>a) It looks like the Hammerfall driver doesn't have a mixer interface, is >this correct ? the hardware has no mixer. >b) It looks like the onboard audio chip is controlled by an OSS driver, it >doesn't show up in the alsa drivers either, which is fine by me, since I'm >not going to use it. I

[linux-audio-dev] question re: hammerfall cards

2003-02-26 Thread Thomas Vander Stichele
Hey, I just got a new box and two hammerfall 9636 cards for a project at work. The motherboard is a KT4 Ultra that has some onboard audio chip I don't care about but can't turn off either in the bios. I've put in the first hammerfall card, got alsa 0.9.0 rc7 from the freshrpms site (it's a red

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Martijn Sipkema
> > Well, I'll shut up about it. I still think it is a mistake. I haven't heard > > any > > convincing (to me) arguments why an application should not handle variable > > sized callbacks. > > Because it makes certain types of processing viable, which they are not > really in variable block systems

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Paul Davis
>I agree. Events should be timestamped. But maybe that not the only reason. >Certainly EASI has variable size callbacks because this is what some >hardware delivers. sure, but then ALSA does the same. the question is whether to export this detail up to applications or not. >> i feel that it shoul

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Martijn Sipkema
> >any > >convincing (to me) arguments why an application should not handle variable > >sized callbacks. VST process() is variable size I think as are EASI xfer > >callbacks, but clearly JACK needs constant callbacks and there is nothing > >I can do about that... > > as i understand it, VST is only

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - LinuxSoundNight

2003-02-26 Thread Paul Winkler
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 04:09:24PM +0100, Frank Barknecht wrote: > Hi, > > Lukas Degener schrieb: > > Maybe we should add a section in the wikki for this issues. > > Done. > > See http://footils.org/cgi-bin/cms/pydiddy/LinuxSoundNight I can't come :( Who's going to record it and put up .oggs?

RE: [linux-audio-dev] [ANNOUNCE] polarbear-0.5.1

2003-02-26 Thread Mark Knecht
Like they say in those TV commercials... "Sweet!" Thanks Maarten! Cheers, Mark > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Maarten de > Boer > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 5:46 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - Linux Sound Night

2003-02-26 Thread Steve Harris
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 09:48:35 -0500, Dave Phillips wrote: > Paul Davis wrote: > > > if anyone has a Hang drum available, i can tap out some pretty patterns :) > > I've been listening to some water drumming by African rainforest > dwellers. All we need is a sufficiently large tub, enough liqui

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - LinuxSoundNight

2003-02-26 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hi, Lukas Degener schrieb: > Maybe we should add a section in the wikki for this issues. Done. See http://footils.org/cgi-bin/cms/pydiddy/LinuxSoundNight ciao -- Frank Barknecht

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - Linux Sound Night

2003-02-26 Thread Steve Harris
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 09:35:46 -0500, Paul Davis wrote: > if anyone has a Hang drum available, i can tap out some pretty > patterns :) > > oh wait, i'm the engineer, right? I play a mean powerdrill ;) but have no useful musical skills, maybe I should do the engineering. - Steve

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Steve Harris
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 01:51:41 +0100, Martijn Sipkema wrote: > Well, I'll shut up about it. I still think it is a mistake. I haven't heard > any > convincing (to me) arguments why an application should not handle variable > sized callbacks. Because it makes certain types of processing viable, wh

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - Linux Sound Night

2003-02-26 Thread delire
wow linux is really coming along.. ;p julian oliver On Wed, 26 Feb 2003 09:48:35 -0500 Dave Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: //Paul Davis wrote: // //> if anyone has a Hang drum available, i can tap out some pretty patterns :) // //I've been listening to some water drumming by African rainfo

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - Linux Sound Night

2003-02-26 Thread Dave Phillips
Paul Davis wrote: > if anyone has a Hang drum available, i can tap out some pretty patterns :) I've been listening to some water drumming by African rainforest dwellers. All we need is a sufficiently large tub, enough liquid, and we're all set... ;) == dp

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - Linux Sound Night

2003-02-26 Thread Paul Davis
if anyone has a Hang drum available, i can tap out some pretty patterns :) oh wait, i'm the engineer, right? --p

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - Linux Sound Night

2003-02-26 Thread Dave Phillips
Greetings: If a guitar is available I might be able to play it... ;) Best regards, == Dave Phillips The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm The Linux Soundapps Site at http://linux-sound.org Frank Barknecht wrote: > > Hi, > > Lukas Degener schrie

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - Linux Sound Night

2003-02-26 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hi, Lukas Degener schrieb: > Tobias Ulbricht wrote: > >I'd love to have a jazzy jam-session or, er, well listen to you guys. > >I would bring in my piano. > > > Sounds like a nice idea. Maybe i can bring a bass guitar although it is > not my "weapon of choice". > This depends on space left in the

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Paul Davis
>Well, I'll shut up about it. I still think it is a mistake. I haven't heard i don't want you to shut about it. its a very important design decision. >any >convincing (to me) arguments why an application should not handle variable >sized callbacks. VST process() is variable size I think as are E

[linux-audio-dev] [ANNOUNCE] polarbear-0.5.1

2003-02-26 Thread Maarten de Boer
Small bugfix: compile with both fltk 1.0 and fltk 1.1

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - Linux Sound Night

2003-02-26 Thread Lukas Degener
Tobias Ulbricht wrote: Oh. I'd love to have a jazzy jam-session or, er, well listen to you guys. I would bring in my piano. Sounds like a nice idea. Maybe i can bring a bass guitar although it is not my "weapon of choice". This depends on space left in the transport vehicle of whoevers gives

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Martijn Sipkema
> > > According to the mLAN spec you need a buffer of around ~250us (depending > > > on format) to collate the packets. > > > > Still there is no guarantee that 10 packets always have exactly the same > > number of samples. You say the mLAN spec says you need a buffer of > > around ~250us. No

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Martijn Sipkema
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 12:38:38 +0100, Martijn Sipkema wrote: > > Still there is no guarantee that 10 packets always have exactly the same > > number of samples. You say the mLAN spec says you need a buffer of > > around ~250us. Note that is doesn't say a buffer of a number of frames. > > The bo

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Fons Adriaensen
Martijn Sipkema writes: > > > > According to the mLAN spec you need a buffer of around ~250us (depending > > on format) to collate the packets. > > Still there is no guarantee that 10 packets always have exactly the same > number of samples. You say the mLAN spec says you need a buffer of

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Steve Harris
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 12:38:38 +0100, Martijn Sipkema wrote: > Still there is no guarantee that 10 packets always have exactly the same > number of samples. You say the mLAN spec says you need a buffer of > around ~250us. Note that is doesn't say a buffer of a number of frames. > The bottom line

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Martijn Sipkema
[...] > The bottom level packets are sent at fixed time intervals (obviously, > corresponding to the frame clock of the bus), but these packets are tiny > and you get millions of them per second. A useful packet of audio data > will be made up of a bunch of these. > > According to the mLAN spec yo

[linux-audio-dev] [ANNOUNCE] polarbear-0.5.0

2003-02-26 Thread Maarten de Boer
Hello, I just released polarbear. I had the code lying around, and just merged it with the jack/alsa i/o code of tapiir. Note that this is the first public release. I did not test it thoroughly, and I am not sure if the GUI is obvious enough (it should be if you are familiar with complex filters),

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Steve Harris
On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 11:17:31 +0100, Martijn Sipkema wrote: > > > I'm not sure, but it seems the audio transport over FireWire does not > > > deliver a constant number of frames per packet. Does this mean that > > > JACK cannot support FireWire audio without extra buffering? > > > > ISO packets

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - Linux Sound Night

2003-02-26 Thread Tobias Ulbricht
Oh. I'd love to have a jazzy jam-session or, er, well listen to you guys. I would bring in my piano. frank, Matthias, joern: I'll mail you later about we *might* (slight chance) get a streaming server. And - sorry - I'm so late. greetings, tobias. On Wed, Feb 26, 2003 at 10:44:37AM +0100, Fr

[linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - Linux Sound Night

2003-02-26 Thread Fons Adriaensen
Frank Barknecht writes: > Hallo, > > with the LAD meeting getting closer, I'm getting a bit curious about, > what the plans are for the open "Linux Sound Night" on 15.3.? Will we > hear some of you guys perform and Paul records it? And will there be a Ladies' Programme, as at the AES convent

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Linux Alsa Audio over 1394 - a Thesis

2003-02-26 Thread Martijn Sipkema
> > I'm not sure, but it seems the audio transport over FireWire does not > > deliver a constant number of frames per packet. Does this mean that > > JACK cannot support FireWire audio without extra buffering? > > ISO packets are a fixed size, so there will be a constant number of > frames per pac

[linux-audio-dev] LAD meeting - Linux Sound Night

2003-02-26 Thread Frank Barknecht
Hallo, with the LAD meeting getting closer, I'm getting a bit curious about, what the plans are for the open "Linux Sound Night" on 15.3.? Will we hear some of you guys perform and Paul records it? ciao -- Frank Barknecht _ __footils.org__