"Problem" solved: I had ZynAddSubFX's internal sound buffer size set to 1024. With 32 there's practically no lag whatsoever. :) Quoting juuso.alasuutari@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: > I'm driving ZynAddSubFX from MusE with ALSA MIDI & JACK on a 1.7 GHz Pentium > M > laptop and a 2.6.17.11 kernel with the realtime-lsm module. The sound lags > behind ever so slightly; I have to move the notes backward one 32T to be more > or less on the mark. And even then it sounds like there's a certain > randomness > to when each note is played. > > Is ZynAddSubFX such a monolith that this isn't avoidable without a more > powerful > computer? Or should I try enabling the (supposedly broken) JACK_RT audio > option > during compile? Anything else I could do? > > If I've no hope of getting ZynAddSubFX to not lag, can someone recommend a > good > additive synthesis alternative? Preferably something not modular; I want to > twist knobs to create sounds, not to build a new synth from scratch. > > Thanks, > Juuso > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > This mail sent through L-secure: http://www.l-secure.net/ > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through L-secure: http://www.l-secure.net/