[12:02] <hagisbasheruk> just downoading  Ubuntu Studio right now but what kernel would work best for live midi keyboard with soft synths ,preempt kernel,lowlatency kernel,realtime kernel ?
[12:03] <Blank__> hagisbasheruk, realtime would be best but it seems to affect some (proprietary) video drivers
[12:04] <hagisbasheruk> i have x3100/gma 960 i think
[12:05] <Blank__> hmm, what brand is that?
[12:05] <hagisbasheruk> Intel
[12:07] <Blank__> ah
[12:07] <Blank__> well that should be fine
[12:07] <persia> Depending on the synth, you might be fine with generic.
[12:07] <Blank__> i haven't heard of problems with the rt kernel and intel
[12:07] <Blank__> persia's right though
[12:07] <persia> Most synths don't need the entire processor for a relatively new chip.
[12:08] <persia> If you're using something like fluidsynth with a soundfont, you *definitely* don't need realtime.
[12:08] <hagisbasheruk> good stuff :) never tried studio for long in the past but deciding to give it aother go
[12:08] <Blank__> from what i've seen lately, you don't need to change kernel, as the generic can do per-process pre-emption
[12:08] <Blank__> and the latency isn't really that bad
[12:09] <hagisbasheruk> also i may want to do some realtime dsp processing for software defined radio tranciever
[12:10] <persia> Try that with generic.  If it's not tight enough, then change the kernel.
[12:10] <persia> The key is to focus on trying first, then changing kernels: focus on the kernel first leads to more effort than you need,.
[12:10] <hagisbasheruk> okay and thanks
[12:10] <Blank__> i've heard that the realtime kernel has some problems with power-saving features etc
[12:10] <Blank__> something about it being a bit of a hack
[12:11] <Blank__> so probably best to start with the generic and yeah, work your way up if you feel it would improve something
[12:11] <hagisbasheruk> well i really don't  use power saving anyway :)
[12:11] <hagisbasheruk> thanks persia and Blank__
[12:12] <Blank__> no problem, good luck hagisbasheruk
[12:14] <hagisbasheruk> i'll start off with EnergyXT as i know that program well and they have a Linux version and i own a key for it , then i'll progress to the open source stuff later