Kernel-lowlatency vs kernel-rt

[Len Ovens]

On Fri, November 2, 2012 6:45 pm, Ho Wan Chan wrote:
> -lowlatency kernels aren't from KXStudio, it is in the official Ubuntu
> repositories, and we include it in our live images. Andy Whitcroft of
> Canonical is the main maintainer of the -lowlatency kernels, though I
> think
> our kernel team (mainly zequence) wants to maintain the precise kernels.
>
> -rt kernels are from the KXStudio repos. However I use -lowlatency kernel
> 3.5.0.17, and it works great.
>
> smartboyhw

 It depends on the hardware used for audio... number of tracks, how it
connects to the computer, etc. I can not run my internal card without
xruns at any latency, but with my USB IF (two channels only) I can run
with a lower latency than my internal card can even start with and have
no xruns with the CPU running half speed. Ralph has a multi track card
that can have at least 8 channels i/o (ADAT IF if I remember correctly)
and he is using it harder than I tend to use mine. I generally just
record and play back audio, he is at least running some softsynths as
well.

-- 
Len Ovens
www.OvenWerks.net