Lee Revell wrote: > On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 8:42 PM, frank pirrone <frankpirrone@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Anyway, if any MacBook or other OS X user has found an optimal >> configuration for running Linux audio in a Parallels VM (and I know >> that's not how you'd do critical audio work), I'd appreciate any tips >> you might pass my way. Currently, I'm using built-in input and output >> set in OS X's preferences and for the VM, and in jack 1024 frames/period >> with 4 periods/buffer in RT. >> >> Folks at this WNYLUG (wnylug.org) here in Western New York are quite >> interested in virtualization technology as well as audio work so I'd >> like to be able to give them a good look at both. >> > > I'd be really surprised if you could get JACK to work at that low a > latency in a VM - it's hard enough to get it to work native! You'll > probably have to crank the period size up until the xruns stop then > work with that. > > Do any of the Linux audio oriented distros come on a live CD? > > Lee > > Lee, I was surprised that everything behaved/performed as well as it did, and in truth as it currently is it should be acceptable for the demonstration. Yes, JackLab and Musix are Live CD distros, and you may be right in thinking that would be the best way to do the demonstration. I did want to fold Linux audio into a virtualization demo to kill those two birds, but that's not critical. Frank _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
