Last Saturday 09 July 2005 04:44, Lee Revell was like: > On Fri, 2005-07-08 at 03:43 +0200, Esben Stien wrote: > > anahata <anahata@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > There is a school of thought that says an audio machine shouldn't be > > > connected to a network at all (minimize services for best latency > > > and CPU availability for audio, is the logic) > > > > Rubbish;). If your prioritized processes are interrupted by other > > processes, then there is something wrong with the system. > > Agreed, that "school of thought" is based on crappy OS'es like Windows. > > Most of the "system tuning" you read about on Windows and Mac audio > sites does not apply to a modern Linux system. If you're running low-end recycled hardware, like I do, minimising services helps give you a bit more operational headroom. I don't know about the theory, this is from practical experience - it only really makes a noticeable difference when I'm running Rosegarden or JAMin. Otherwise I use this machine for everything, with a permanent network connection. Most of the system tuning that has been suggested is done during A/DeMuDi installation anyway. cheers, tim hall http://glastonburymusic.org.uk
