Thanks for the link. It is great to see a Linux creative system work well for a larger studio(larger being relative to my desk in a corner). I want to go play in it. :) On 2/9/10 2:26 PM, A. C. Censi wrote: > http://www.itwire.com/opinion-and-analysis/open-sauce/36698-from-windows-to-linux-a-sound-decision > > From Windows to Linux: a sound decision > > Some excerpts: > > Five years ago, when Geoff Beasley decided to move his sound studio > business from a Windows-based one to a Linux-based setup, he had one > simple bit of logic driving him: things could not be worse under > Linux. > ... > "There's a great difference between working with commercial software > and Linux," says Beasley. "One is the speed at which things get fixed > - it is simply amazing. Another thing is that though I am always > running software which is in a constant state of development, it is > incredibly stable. It is not possible to get fixes at this speed from > commercial vendors - the guys I work with are driven by the sheer > elegance of their software and its flexibility. And I am constantly > amazed at what I can do with my limited knowledge." > ... > Beasley's set-up: > > SYSTEM SOFTWARE > > All 5 of the production machines have the following subsystem: > > Arch Linux system custom 2.6.31,6-rt19 kernel with RT preemption > (essential for Xrun avoidance - click and pops) Desktop consisting of > openbox, Adeskbar and pypanel. Display manager is Slim > AUDIO > jack2-svn (contains netone; which is netjack1 within jack2) > Qjackctl-svn > Rtirq (RT pci priorities for sound cards; also essential for Xrun avoidance) > > LinAS > LinAS is the audio master machine. It hosts 4 Hoontech C-Ports > (ice1712-based chipset) in an Alsa multi-array providing 40 channels > of audio to the other machines via 'netone'. jack is running with 2 > periods @ 48kH and 64 frames giving a 'round-trip' latency (in and > out) of 2.66 ms . Can be run @ 32 frames (half the latency) but the > samplers struggle at this low a frame rate. > > Uses Gjacktransport to control the jack transport here and therefore > the netone slaves via jack transport. > > LinDAW > The Digital Audio Workstation hosts 'Ardour' as the main DAW software > and also Mhwaveedit and Audacity for audio editing, Qjadeo for > synchronous video playback with Ardour, K3b& GDC Master for CD > mastering. > > LinSeq > The midi sequencer machine. Runs MusE 1.01-svn and Linuxsampler with > the Fantasia (java) frontend. Magic. Mscore is the Linux music scoring > program, started by the creator of MusE, Werner Schweer. > > LinSampler > Uses the program fst (free software studio) by Torben Hohn to run > vsti's (virtual studio technology instruments) under wine. The two I > run are Kontakt 2 and Sampletank 2. Both work 100 percent maybe better > than under Wine. > > LinVS > This is the 'Video Server" This one specialises in distributing video > throughout the complex via webcams using 'Cheese' to mount them. > Kdenlive and capture cards are used to take interviews of Composers > and Performers for web-based content enhancement. Qjadeo is used to > playback vision also piped throughout. > > LinFX > Essentially hosts the Jc_Gui front end for Fons Adriaensen's > Jconvolver. Using open source Impulse Responses. Gives reverbs to the > mixing desk. > > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
