On Wed, 22 Oct 2014, Eric Hedekar wrote:
On 22 Oct 2014 14:36, "Len Ovens" <[email protected]> wrote:
Stop crying wolf... Nobody expects anyone to use PA for "audio
production",
PA might be used for audio contribution if there is no other way (Ie skype
calls), but "audio production"?
I regularly rely on the pulse audio to jack connection for apps like
roomEQwizard that
tie into pulse only. It may not exactly be audio production, but it's
certainly audio
production related.
There are lots of very good uses for PA in the studio. Xrun-less audio is
not one of them. Running PA->jack->ALSA/FFADO/whatever seems to be the
cleanest way to deal with desktop audio in the studio. I know there are
other ways, but any I have seen are fiddly and frustrating to set up while
the user finds at some point something just doesn't work. It is very easy
to set up some sort of drop down button that unloads the PA-jack
connection when it isn't needed. PA is the linux desktop audio standard
and as such, any desktop audio can be expected to "just work" with it. It
is so much easier than trying to use the jack interface on a desktop app
whoes jack interface is badly designed (such as Audacity).
There are some people who feel the audio computer should not be used for
desktop play at all and so doesn't need PA for that reason. I am ok with
that, in which case I would expect another computer in the studio that can
be used for desktop uses such as previewing you tube stuff or interacting
with skype or whatever. Audio for that machine can be run through the
studio mixer as needed. Even a small studio might find use for some
accounting kinds of things too.
--
Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net
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