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

Esteban Viveros emviveros at gmail.com
Fri May 31 04:15:22 CEST 2013


I don't test Shumamis in Mac.. Please give me a feedback! ;)




2013/5/30 Esteban Viveros <emviveros at gmail.com>

> Sorry... Reply all...
>
> 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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