Re: [Jack-Devel] jack - audio group - package install

On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 06:31:50PM +0000, John Rigg wrote:

> On Tue, Jan 24, 2012 at 02:29:03PM +0100, Ralf Madorf wrote:
> > FWIW only a kernel-rt is the kernel pro-audio users should use.
> 
> Not necessarily true. I've been using standard kernels, with preempt
> enabled but no -rt patch, for the last six years for pro (as in paid)
> audio work.

Same here.
 
> If you're using software monitoring or MIDI you might require the
> lower latency settings that -rt allows. If you're monitoring from
> hardware and don't use MIDI, as in my own use case, low latency is
> usually unnecessary. 
> 
> You will however still need realtime scheduling privileges, which have
> been provided by the standard Linux kernel for a long time now.

Exactly. In fact things have worked quite well the last few
years. I just hope it stays that way despite all efforts to
the contrary.

Ciao,

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FA

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