On Fri, Mar 08, 2013 at 10:02:49AM +0000, Ben Bell wrote: > 1) Older kernels sound much warmer than newer ones. > > 2) Kernels compiled by hand on the machine they run on sound less sterile > than upstream distro provided ones which also tend to have flabby low > end response and bad stereo imaging. > > 3) As if it needed saying, gcc4 is a disaster for sound quality. I mean, > seriously if you want decent audio and you use gcc4 you may as well be > recording with a tin can microphone. > > 4) Kernels sound better after they've been worn in a bit. Don't expect your > newly built 2.4 kernel to have that warm sound until you've run with it > for a few weeks, but for a really classy sound here's a trick: compile the > kernel and then put it somewhere safe (ext2 partition, obviously) to mellow > for a month and then boot into it at the last minute before you start > recording an important session. Your clients will thank you. 5) Make sure to disable all but one CPU and any hyperthreading. Parallel processing produces a very nasty form of crosstalk. [1] Even non-audio data (e.g. network packets) could leak into your signals if you leave it enabled. [1] This is why Jack1 usually sounds more transparent than Jack2. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow) _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
