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Thanks tramp! Will do and see how it goes

Thanks. I tried a KXStudio install and wasn't impressed with the stability and usability of their customizations, so I decided to go the more 'vanilla' ubuntu route. I took the plunge this afternoon and installed some packages - linux-lowlatency and jack2, and synaptic seemed to include a lot of rel...

Hi all. I've done some googling and I'm finding it difficult to get up-to-date information on setting up jack on a ubuntu 14.04 machine. The guides I've seen are for older versions, and things seem to be changing with the lowlatency kernel, etc. I'm running vanilla lubuntu 14.04 and I'm wanting to i...

Ok, I'll try it out. Thanks for the input.

There are _all_ kinds of plugins and softwares I'm contemplating using for which latency will be an issue... let's forget 'portable recorder' and go with with 'portable audio machine'. The question still stands— will running a realtime kernel and jack produce a noticeable reduction in latency on a l...

Latency is a concern in many aspects of the audio environment, not just hitting 'record'.

Hello! I'm looking to use a netbook with a 1.6ghz atom processor and 2gb ram as a portable recording device. My question is, will I see a worthwhile performance increase / latency reduction running a realtime kernel and jack? Don't know if they're beneficial only at higher processing speeds. I'm cur...

Thank you! Sorry it took a while for me to respond - thought I have email notifications configured and I didn't Will try your recommendations and report back!

Hi all, just dipping my toes into KXStudio! Excited to get going, but I'm having difficulty finding a good guide for getting my firepod to work with KXStudio 12.04.3. All of the comprehensive guides I've found are for older versions of ubuntu. Also, I'm unsure what to install / tweak in lieu of the ...