Re: [Jack-Devel] Can't bring F/P below 128

On 12/31/2011 04:53 PM, Paul Davis wrote:
> On Sat, Dec 31, 2011 at 6:51 AM, Nikos Chantziaras<[hidden]>  wrote:
>
>> Looks like I'll need a sound card.  Having looked around, I see that for
>> Linux the Xonar cards from Asus have good drivers.  Does anyone here use a
>> Xonar with JACK?  I can get the Xonar DS or the D1 here.  Any
>> recommendations?
>
> if you're serious about audio, rather than being a gamer or a desktop
> media user, you won't bother with this sort of device.
>
>      http://ardour.org/realfaq#audioio
>
> those recommendations are getting a bit "old" these days, but they
> still mostly apply.

I do not record anything with the sound card.  I produce using software 
synthesizers and samples that are recorded elsewhere.  This whole 
process doesn't even touch the sound card, since it's rendered directly 
from the software to a WAV file.  So quality isn't affected by the sound 
card at all.  Only thing I need is fast response for my MIDI keyboard 
(software synths also add quite a bit of latency, which is why I feel a 
difference between 5 and 2.6ms.)  And I only need 2 channels; only use 
stereo monitors.

So a "professional" sound card is totally wasted here.  I just need it 
to be low latency with JACK.

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