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wiki:system_configuration [2020/06/08 11:36] – [The kernel] grammowiki:system_configuration [2020/09/02 15:41] – [Timers] autostatic
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 The [[https://manual.ardour.org/setting-up-your-system/the-right-computer-system-for-digital-audio/|Ardour manual]] has a interesting introduction about getting the right computer system for digital audio. Below that article there is also a (somewhat Windows oriented) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUsLLEkswzE| video]] by Richard Ames, which could be helpful to get a idea which things are involved for this topic. Summary: lots of things are involved for a well performing real-time audio workstation. It's not simply a matter of buying a computer with massive CPU and memory power, as the coming sections on this page shows. The [[https://manual.ardour.org/setting-up-your-system/the-right-computer-system-for-digital-audio/|Ardour manual]] has a interesting introduction about getting the right computer system for digital audio. Below that article there is also a (somewhat Windows oriented) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GUsLLEkswzE| video]] by Richard Ames, which could be helpful to get a idea which things are involved for this topic. Summary: lots of things are involved for a well performing real-time audio workstation. It's not simply a matter of buying a computer with massive CPU and memory power, as the coming sections on this page shows.
  
-A good starting point for optimizing your system for real-time audio on GNU/Linux, is the QuickScan script below.+A good starting point for optimizing your system for real-time audio on GNU/Linux, is the QuickScan script below (as a newbie you might want to ignore the hardware timers settings first). 
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 +After adjusting your system using the recommendations of the QuickScan and with JACK (QjackCtl) and a2jmidid installed, the basics should be there for a well performing real-time audio system (depending on your hardware too of course). 
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 === Hardware timers === === Hardware timers ===
  
-:!: //Using hardware timers to achieve more accurate MIDI timing is questionable. Applications that use ALSA MIDI (via either the Sequencer or the Raw MIDI Interface) may be affected by using hardware timers but it might be better to rely on a high resolution software-based timer like the ''snd-hrtimer'' kernel module.//+:!: //Using hardware timers to achieve more accurate MIDI timing is questionable. Applications that use ALSA MIDI (via either the Sequencer or the Raw MIDI Interface) may be affected by using hardware timers but it might be better to rely on a high resolution software-based timer like the ''snd-hrtimer'' kernel module. The information below only serves archival purposes and should not be used anymore.//
  
 Some MIDI sequencers or DAWs that rely on ALSA MIDI might benefit from being able to use hardware timers like the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_clock|real-time clock]] (''/dev/rtc'') or the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Precision_Event_Timer|High Precision Event Timer]] (''/dev/hpet''). When using a hardware timer make sure the 'audio' group has read permissions on it. Some MIDI sequencers or DAWs that rely on ALSA MIDI might benefit from being able to use hardware timers like the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real-time_clock|real-time clock]] (''/dev/rtc'') or the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Precision_Event_Timer|High Precision Event Timer]] (''/dev/hpet''). When using a hardware timer make sure the 'audio' group has read permissions on it.
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