[PD] linux best for pd? / "best linux" for Pd? / On a Mac?

[Esteban Viveros]

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Ok.. Shumamis don't have Ardour pre installed, I use it in music and
tecnology workshops I do.

To install ardour:

1) Press Ctrl+Alt+T  , it will open terminal.

2) run in terminal: sudo apt-get install ardour3

3) it is!


2013/5/30 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>

> cool, so it seems I dont need to bother with "hardcore configuring" using
> a "not so easy one" like slackware? I'll give this Shumamis a try, but I
> don't see ardour there though. Did you install this on a mac? I'm
> downloading the 64 bit version. I got a previous generation macbook air.
> Dual core i7 1.8GHz. 4GB Ram
>
> cheers
>
> 2013/5/30 Esteban Viveros <emviveros at gmail.com>
>>
>>> Maybe I can be wrong, but to work with pd in realtime performances you
>>> will need a kernel patched with rt features. At least low-latency kernel.
>>>
>>> I'm start to do a little distro (Ubuntu 12.04.2 based) it in portuguese.
>>> You can try it. Shumamis Linux Light have included with qtractor  DAW and
>>> Ardour 3 is very easy to install.
>>> http://shumamisll.tumblr.com/
>>>
>>> This distro is a remaster of a DreamStudio:
>>> http://www.dickmacinnis.com/dreamstudio/
>>>
>>> If you don't like Unity windows manager, you can use KXstudio:
>>> http://kxstudio.sourceforge.net/
>>>
>>> All these distros use KXStudio repositories, and have low-latency
>>> kernels preconfigured.
>>> If you need a realtime kernel, you can install easily. All these 3
>>> distros are Ubuntu 12.04 LTS based.
>>>
>>> With Jack, at now, I don't have problems using Shumamis Linux Light.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>> 2013/5/30 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>> > One very big advantage on Linux is
>>>> > the possibility to run Pd with hassle-free jack
>>>>
>>>> I'm ok with soundflower for that matter, although jack is more powerful
>>>> than soundflower...
>>>>
>>>> thanks
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2013/5/30 Lorenzo Sutton <lorenzofsutton at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>>> On 30/05/13 22:43, Alexandre Torres Porres wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi there, correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems Pd runs smoother in
>>>>>> Linux than in any other OS, is that right?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Perhaps some of you have run benchmarks for it with the same machine
>>>>>> and
>>>>>> diferente Operational Systems. I was curious to try myself.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Can't comment extensively on that. I use Pd on Linux, used it on
>>>>> windows and once on OSX.
>>>>>
>>>>> One very big advantage on Linux is the possibility to run Pd with
>>>>> hassle-free jack, in turn easy multichannel.
>>>>> Not only - jack means you can directly record into a DAW (e.g.
>>>>> Ardour), again with multiple 'virtual' channels if you want.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Now, is there a "best linux" for Pd? Maybe one that allows you to
>>>>>> tweak
>>>>>> in a little more to have insanely low latencies?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yeah, the whole point and interest is to try and reach an absurdly
>>>>>> optimized latency and CPU load.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Not sure about insane values, but I'm happy with debian now. Although
>>>>> I do very little live stuff these days. I think Pd-extended development is
>>>>> mostly done on debian, but I may be wrong on that.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Now that I got myself a Raspberry Pi (my first linux) I wanna enjoy
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> opportunity/motivation to broaden my linux usage to my regular
>>>>>> laptops.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I use macs by the way. Don't know if that is an issue. Like being next
>>>>>> to an impossible task to install a nice hardcore ("the best one")
>>>>>> linux
>>>>>> distribution in it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I've seen that recently Linux has been able to work (poorly at least)
>>>>>> with Thunderbolt. I have an RME Multiface that seems to works well on
>>>>>> linux. Since newer macbooks lost the PCI slot, all that I'm missing is
>>>>>> that my thunderbolt to PCI slot  adapter works in Linux. That'd be
>>>>>> cool,
>>>>>> to run it on my macbook air, on linux... but I digress.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Can't comment on those.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lorenzo.
>>>>>
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