In my experience, the -generic kernel is not suitable for any realtime monitoring of audio recording such as tracking guitar, bass or drums. I am currently using the low-latency kernel. Since we are using an Ubuntu based system, we simply need to add our user to the audio group, which will occur later in this tutorial. For details on this, see the Jack Audio info page here: Note that the generic kernel can be configured to give audio applications realtime privileges.
It is available only for 64 bit systems (also called amd64). This reduces latency but doesn’t sacrifice power saving features. for recording audio) then please use the -preempt kernel as a first choice.
Posting bugs or feature requests to the GitHub/Sourceforge/Forum of your favorite audio software is a great way to contribute back. If you are a musician/sound designer then that piece of software will be your DAW and audio plugins. A good way to approach this is to pick a piece of software you are passionate about and use all the time. Many people love open source software but are confused as to how best contribute back to the community.
Ability to contribute to open source by pursuing your passion for music/audio.
There is no need to worry about iLok licenses, number of software unlocks allowed, etc. There are hundreds of capable free synth and audio plugins available. The cost of entry into audio production and recording in Linux is extremely low. Why would you want to make music under Linux when there is already so much available in the Mac and Windows ecosystems for audio production? This is the first part of a multi part series. This tutorial documents the steps I’ve taken to setup my studio machine for music creation using Linux.