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

Esteban Viveros emviveros at gmail.com
Fri May 31 04:17:55 CEST 2013


To install pd-extended, you need run the command: sudo apt-get install
pd-extended



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

> I don't test Shumamis in Mac.. Please give me a feedback! ;)
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> 2013/5/30 Esteban Viveros <emviveros at gmail.com>
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>> Sorry... Reply all...
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>> Ok.. Shumamis don't have Ardour pre installed, I use it in music and
>> tecnology workshops I do.
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>> To install ardour:
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>> 1) Press Ctrl+Alt+T  , it will open terminal.
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>> 2) run in terminal: sudo apt-get install ardour3
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>> 3) it is!
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>> 2013/5/30 Alexandre Torres Porres <porres at gmail.com>
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>>> 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>
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>>>>> 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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