Hi Edwin Give Fervent software.com a look: http://www.ferventsoftware.com I got a disk from them and you can run from the CD to check stuff out. I then installed it to the HD and it's been running ever since. I recorded the song below using it ( Ardour - jammin) At least you may get some help from Chris seems quick on the mails as support. Cheers Bob Edwin Peer wrote: >On Friday 08 July 2005 16:20, Frank smith wrote: > > > >>I use 16 tracks on 2 adats into the PC running Fervent Software. >> >> > >What is Fervent? > > > >>You may be able to borrow a Fervent CD and try this and see if you still >>get the xruns. >> >> > >That sounds like a great idea, I've even been tempted to install Windows on >the box just to see if the Windows software can handle the hardware >configuration. But that's not an ideal solution - since I would have to trash >the existing data on the machine to do it. > > > >>I was under the impression that the RME multi's were fully supported in >>Linux. >> >> > >They are. I think. Using only one of the two cards works fine. > > > >>Have you insured you have the RME drivers installed and loaded? >> >> > >I think so. HDSPConf see's both of them. I can also capture from both. The >only problem is the XRUNs. > > > >>Are you running 64bit? >> >> > >Yes, is that a problem? > > > >>Your systems seems more than adequate for recording to Ardour. >> >> > >I thought so too, but I'm really struggling with this. :( > >I've been doing some further investigating... > >I gather there are two places where XRUNs happen: > >1) ALSA <--> JACK >2) JACK <--> JACK client > >>From what I've been seeing when I play with the IRQ, JACK and qjackctl >priorites with chrt and the realtime-preempt kernel, I can cause the first >type by making the IRQ priority lower than JACK. jackd -v logs this as an >alsa XRUN. The second type is the problem I'm experiencing. Nothing shows in >the jackd -v output, but the client (qjackctl) sees XRUNs - usually a hundred >or so of them every few seconds. > >:espeer: > > > -- F R Smith Technical Admin http://www.Rokpacardiff.com
