[PlanetCCRMA] [PlanetCCRMANews] the Planet lands on Fedora 10

[Paul Coccoli]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2008 at 2:13 PM, JOHN LYON <jalyon at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been struggling looking for a solution to this problem:
>
> I have an NVidia GeForce 9500 GT video card
>     (so I need to use nvidia drivers)
> I want to use Ardour to do some multitrack recording.
> I'd like to use a realtime kernel
> I need to use X (obviously)
> I need to use jack (obviously).
> I'd like to be able to use my Frontier Tranzport (my recording area and control booth are in two different rooms).
>
> Right now I'm running CentOS, but I can re-install Fedora or any other Linux distro if need be.
>
> My problem is that I can't seem to find a combination of realtime kernel, nvidia driver, and X that works without hanging.  This has put me a couple of weeks behind schedule, and I just don't seem to have an answer.  I don't seem to have a problem when I don't use the realtime kernels.  But I see lots of xruns with jack. Which brings up another question.  Can I make some decent multitrack recordings WITHOUT using the realtime kernel (I"m using a Pentium D dual-core CPU running at roughly .2.8 gigahertz, 2 gig of RAM).   Or do I HAVE to have the realtime kernel.
>
> Has anyone solved this riddle already?  Or do I just have to bite the bullet and buy a Mac?  Or use Windows?
>
> I'm getting very tired to tweaking and experimenting, and I need to get back to playing music.
>
> Any help would be deeply appreciated.
>
> John
>
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Do you really need low latency?  If you're only using ardour as a hard
disk recorder, set your jack buffer size large enough (>= 1024 maybe?)
so that the xruns disappear.  You only need low latency if you're
doing something like software monitoring.