From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Apr 23 23:12:18 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 078CAFADC0F for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2018 23:12:18 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from mail.monochrome.org (static-71-163-255-121.washdc.fios.verizon.net [71.163.255.121]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "mail", Issuer "mail" (not verified)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8C8E58098F for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2018 23:12:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Received: from tripel.monochrome.org (tripel.monochrome.org [192.168.1.11]) by mail.monochrome.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id w3NN6rvC078390; Mon, 23 Apr 2018 19:06:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from chris@monochrome.org) Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 19:10:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris Hill To: Polytropon cc: AikiZen , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: audiophile sound on FreeBSD ? In-Reply-To: <20180424004858.ffaa43cd.freebsd@edvax.de> Message-ID: References: <20180423224242.7299f430@WorkMachine> <20180424004858.ffaa43cd.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Alpine 2.20 (BSF 67 2015-01-07) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 23:12:18 -0000 On Tue, 24 Apr 2018, Polytropon wrote: > On Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:42:42 +0200, AikiZen wrote: >> I would like know if FreeBSD can used for audiophile listening and >> composing ? I am a music player and i would like listen with the best >> quality are possible and record me with my guitar. > > Even though sophisticated Linux distributions like Ubuntu Studio > or KXStudio offer great software solutions for audio as well as > good hardware support, FreeBSD can be utilized as well, because > it is a multi-purpose OS. You still have to choose your hardware > wisely to make sure it will fully support the OS. Many applications > not available natively for FreeBSD can be used with its Linux ABI. > > I've been using FreeBSD for my (more or less simple) music > applications, without any problems. I've been using a CMI-based > sound card (PCI) and my own homemade guitar pickup amplifiers, PA, > and connectors to tape recorder equipment. However, I have not > tried to get MIDI working - the last time I saw working MIDI was > at a time where Atari ST was considered a professional platform > for musicians... ;-) > > >> I would like know if FreeBSD give a better audio experience than >> GNU/Linux. > > It's probably not such a matter of the OS as it is of the hardware > and the peripherials. Oh, and compression also matters a lot: > MP3 with maximum PCM-like compression just sounds terrible on > _any_ OS. :-) I'll second Polytropon's advice: it's primarily about the hardware and the support thereof, not so much the OS. My needs have been pretty simple: In the course of digitizing hundreds of LPs, I'm editing album sides down to individual tracks and removing gratches. I got a pair of "good" powered speakers [1] and plugged them into my FreeBSD machine's audio out jack from the onboard sound card. They sound very good to me, but I'm getting a lot of noise in the bargain. This can be mitigated by paying attention to the gain structure. I have attempted to record into the audio in of the onboard soundcard, but that did not end well. I'm using a perfectly fine workaround instead. For quality, low-noise recording and playback, I'm afraid you would need to add hardware (card or external). What hardware? Good question; I'd answer it if I could. And I have no idea what's become of the French mailing list. Je suis desole (ASCII character set here, sorry). [1] "Cakewalk by Roland" if anyone cares. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org ** [ Busy Expunging ]