aguerrier: > Hi > What sort of improvements are we(linux-audio-users) to expect upon > upgrading the kernel of our DAW to 2.6.0? I am asking the question to > get some knowledge and start a nice discussion. I have read 'The > Wonderful World of Linux 2.6' on http://www.kniggit.net/wwol26.html > There is a nice paragraph on 'audio and multimedia'; it mentions ALSA's > inclusion in the kernel and improvements in USB Audio and MIDI devices > and some upgrade in Video4Linux subsystem, as well. > What does it all mean to our day-to-day productivity? Should I now get > the M-Audio Firewire 410, because its functionality might/probably have > improved? > Any thoughts? My experience with 2.6, and also the impression I have got from reading linux-audio-dev, is actually the opposite. The 2.6.0 kernel is worse for multimedia work, because the latency is higher than 2.4.0 with the low-latency patch. I don't know mathematical that this is correct, but it seems so. Hopefully it is possible to make a low-latency patch for the 2.6 kernel as well? --
