On 03/02/15 at 09:30pm, Fons Adriaensen wrote: > Ralf, we (readers of this list) are used to your occasional > fits, to hearing for the zillionth time about your troubles > with Brauner, and that only two of the eight ADAT channels > of your sound card are usable. > > What you have been writing recently is different. Gratituous > drivel about how bad Linux is for audio, without any hint of > evidence and without any reasoning behind it. > > Some examples from the last days: > > > JFTR I've got loss of sound quality issues when using Linux, > > that I don't have when using professional or even consumer > > digital hardware or even 4-track analog tapes with Dolby C. > > IMO there's something broken, at least on all Linux machines > > I used and I'm still using. > > > If I record an ALESIS D4 cymbal with Linux, the result is week. > > If I record it with a consumer DAT recorder, there's no audible > > difference to the original sound. Even a 4-track cassette player > > with Dolby C still sounds better, than the Linux recording > > (tested with TerraTec and RME cards). > > > Linux dithering is a PITA, it adds annoying audible noise, no > > stand alone consumer gear, no proprietary DAW and especially > > no professional gear comes with such audible dithering noise. > > Is there usable dithering available for Linux? > > > If you mix e.g. all your Qtractor tracks and master them to a > > stereo Qtractor track, this digital mix does cause a loss of > > sound quality. If you should be that hearing-impaired, that > > you even are unable to notice this, then take a look at > > spectrograms. Likely there's a very old thread somewhere in > > the Qtractor mailing list archive. It's not a Qtractor issue, > > it's a jackd issue. > > What's wrong with you ? If he tells you he'll have to kill you ;-) -- «My mama said to get things done You'd better not mess with Major Tom» _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
