On Fri, 2005-02-11 at 08:48 -0500, Timothy Alan Gorman wrote: > Hmm, > I think i'm running into a system limitation... > here are the details. > dual p3 800 with 1256 mb ram > delta 44 using envy mixer.. > fresh planet ccrma install.. > > while using ardour 9.24 with 4 tracks and 1 bus (the bus has gverb) > each track has a compressor and 2 have eq. > > so.. > @24/96... > Automation on 2 tracks.. > 4 tracks 1 bus > 7 ladspa plugins: 4 compressors (dynasone) 2 eq's (tap eq) 1 reverb ( > gverbon a bus) > > Should my system handle this? > It seems to be getting beat-up... ( > What do you mean? What are the symptoms? Do you get xruns, or something else? What period size are you using? You can try Rui's jack_test4 suite to get an objective benchmark of your systems audio performance. You should be able to increase the number of clients until the DSP load or CPU load get near 100%. How many clients can you run jack_test4 with before your system falls over? I have a 600Mhz C3 that can run about 7 jack_test4 clients before it croaks. I think jack_test4 is included in JACK CVS, or there is a plan to include it. See the jackit-devel archives for details. Lee
