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At the Sounding Edge: Article 24 (Linux Journal)
In this edition of At
the Sounding Edge Dave Phillips revisits some of the core Linux audio
applications to see what's new. "The following notes are
mini-reports on the development status of some high-profile Linux audio
applications. The basic Linux sound system is in good condition, with
mature versions of ALSA, JACK, LADSPA, MidiShare, libsndfile and other
low-to-middle level system components now available. The engines behind
Linux audio applications are running nicely, thanks to various kernel
tunings, and some of those applications have attained the status of
professional usability. Of course, problems remain. Hardware support is
still narrow compared to what's available for Win/Mac audio people. In
addition, configuration difficulties still can be show-stoppers for new
users."
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ALSA go home! Posted Feb 8, 2006 19:56 UTC (Wed) by Junior_Samples (guest, #26737) [Link] ALSA is a pain in the butt. I recently upgraded a working Fedora 4 system with yum(8). It completely hosed my working ALSA system, and the "new and improved" ALSA won't recognize my old Fedora 4 ALSA configuration files.Well I don't need a hobby, and spending the afternoon debugging and tweaking my ALSA configuration is not my idea of a productive afternoon. So I rebooted to an older version of Linux which uses OSS, and I was able to digitize my lecture tapes without a hitch. Thank heavens I had sense enough to save a partition with a working, reliable version of Linux. Newer is not always better. The venerable OSS is simple, and it works. It fits the needs of most users who use their computers as a tool. ALSA is geared to game players and hobbyists who don't mind wasting hours fiddling with complicated (and poorly documented) configuration files and scripts. ALSA is perhaps the largest wart on the face of Linux. Come to think of it, ALSA is the only wart.
ALSA go home! Posted Feb 8, 2006 22:24 UTC (Wed) by jrigg (subscriber, #30848) [Link] I'm neither a game player nor a hobbyist, but last time I checked the OSS driver for my Delta 1010 soundcards didn't support wordclock sync. That would prevent me from using my computer as a tool for sound engineering work (which ALSA allows). ALSA may be a little hard to set up sometimes, but it provides the facilities needed for professional use.
ALSA go home! Posted Feb 9, 2006 5:55 UTC (Thu) by set (subscriber, #4788) [Link] Kinda sounds like your distribution is broke. Users shouldnt have tobe messing with config files and scripts unless they have very special needs.
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