Hi, that's interesting news. Can You write more about the CPU usage/percentage while doing some audio playback please? Any jackd XRUN hiccups or other holdups? Thanks for sharing Your experiences here. Regards, Crypto. On Tuesday 03 February 2009 11:28:56 Ken Restivo wrote: > I'm happy to report that I am writing this from my new EEE softsynth, > running an RT-patched kernel, jackd, and several softsynths. > > System info, if anyone is interested, is here: > http://restivo.org/projects/eee > > I'm stunned that this even works, but it does, and astoundingly well! > > I've got cpufreq userspace governor, manually set to maximum CPU speed > (1.6Ghz). I'm using the crappy built-in hda-intel card, and not even at its > native frame rate (I'm at 44100, not 48000). I'm also using a version of > jackd that has been reported to be sub-optimal (0.109.2-3). > > The last missing peices were the rt2860sta and atl1e drivers, which I built > in a few minutes from source packages already in Debian-EEE (make-kpkg > modules_image .... done!). Many thanks for the patch to fix the alsa_seq; > it works perfectly in the 2.6.26.8-rt12 kernel. > > I now have a usable Linux synth for live performance, which weighs 1.45KG, > fits in a backpack, runs all my crucial sounds, draws about 1 amp at > maximum CPU speed, and reportedly will run 6 hours on its own internal > battery. With the cheap Edirol PCR-30 I bought a few months ago, and a > small battery-powered amp, I can do street performances now-- or other > casual gigs-- while lugging a minimum amount of gear. I'm thrilled. > > I still have to compile a couple packages that aren't in Debian: my own few > utilitiies, AZR3-JACK, klick, WhySynth, and a few others, and I'm set to > go. I also want to recompile the kernel again to change the timer 1000Hz > not 250Hz. > > 0.109 works, but what is the most stable/reliable/efficient version of JACK > I should look into. 0.116? > > -ken > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
