Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio and Pulseaudio

2015-12-14 Thread brian
On Sun, 13 Dec 2015 07:28:23 -0800 (PST), Len Ovens wrote: > On Sat, 12 Dec 2015, br...@linuxsynths.com [1]wrote: > >> although pulseaudio wasn't causing the problem I was having with this particular instrument, when I run "top" or "htop" in the terminal, pulseaudio is always near the top

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio and Pulseaudio

2015-12-14 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 10:19:58 +0100, br...@linuxsynths.com wrote: >So I guess for me, the best set-up is to do web browsing mostly on a >different pc, and use my ubuntu-studio pc for audio work. Not a >problem at all, really. Without any workaround a browser does use ALSA, if jackd isn't running,

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio and Pulseaudio

2015-12-14 Thread Len Ovens
On Mon, 14 Dec 2015, Ralf Mardorf wrote: IOW it's just a silly hype that there is the need to be able to listen to several audio sources on the computer, at the same time, there are just a few valid exceptional circumstances, so it would make more This is not about listening to more than one

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio and Pulseaudio

2015-12-14 Thread lukefromdc
One use case for Pulse is recording the audio output of another application that won't work with Jack. Makers of "consumer" soundcards and onboard audio stopped including recording the output as a hardware option at about the time Windows Vista came out, and removed support for existing cards

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio and Pulseaudio

2015-12-14 Thread Len Ovens
On Mon, 14 Dec 2015, br...@linuxsynths.com wrote: As I'm writing this, I realize that I don't think I've EVER seen an operating system where there are "guides" that help you to get set-up. I think this is something missing with linux, and especially since audio production requires a bit of

Re: [ubuntu-studio-devel] Ubuntu Studio and Pulseaudio

2015-12-14 Thread brian
On Mon, 14 Dec 2015 06:22:48 -0800 (PST), Len Ovens wrote: > On Mon, 14 Dec 2015, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > >> IOW it's just a silly hype that there is the need to be able to listen to several audio sources on the computer, at the same time, there are just a few valid exceptional circumstances,