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| ID | Project | Category | View Status | Date Submitted | Last Update |
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| 0006697 | ardour | features | public | 2015-12-03 16:22 | 2020-04-06 18:41 |
| Reporter | GMaq | Assigned To | x42 | ||
| Priority | high | Severity | feature | Reproducibility | N/A |
| Status | closed | Resolution | fixed | ||
| Platform | Linux | OS | Debian Testing | OS Version | AV Linux dev |
| Product Version | 4.4 | ||||
| Summary | 0006697: Add ability to set buffers to '3' in ALSA backend to enhance USB performance | ||||
| Description | I think in the interest of Ardour for new users on garden variety distributions that don't come with JACK pre-installed it would be much better if the Ardour ALSA backend had the ability to at least simply select 2 or 3 period/buffers Many people who are interested in making music with Linux may likely already have a USB Audio device (which require settings of 3 buffers for best ALSA performance) and with the vastly improved support for Focusrite, Presonus etc. etc. over the last couple of years I think it could safely be assumed that as many people will use Ardour with USB Audio as without so I would suggest it should be a high priority to bring more flexibility to ALSA users. With Ardour (and Mixbus3) both providing MIDI support now the ability to take advantage of JACK's external connectivity is less of a 'need' (although still an incredible asset) and is still readily available to those who want it. In other words for more users than ever Ardour will be monolithic enough to be self-contained so why not make ALSA an even easier option to configure properly for all potential devices? | ||||
| Tags | No tags attached. | ||||
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first version in Ardour 4.4-435-ga6f27f0 still needs testing: particularly MIDI alignment with 3 periods/cycle. (this is also for the ALSA backend only, Ardour starting jack does not yet have this option) |
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support for JACK --nperiods added in Ardour 4.4-438-g7ad8ad8 |
| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2015-12-03 16:22 | GMaq | New Issue | |
| 2015-12-05 00:55 | x42 | Note Added: 0017699 | |
| 2015-12-05 00:58 | x42 | Assigned To | => x42 |
| 2015-12-05 00:58 | x42 | Status | new => assigned |
| 2015-12-05 13:08 | x42 | Note Added: 0017700 | |
| 2020-04-06 18:41 | x42 | Status | assigned => closed |
| 2020-04-06 18:41 | x42 | Resolution | open => fixed |
