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@amadeus It's great to see more and more professional audio software on Linux. Now if only I could get the latency down enough to make recording feasible.

@shanesemler There are a lot of positive developments in #linuxaudio.
What setup do you use, if I might ask?
I use a desktop PC with a Ryzen 9 3900X and 64GB of memory, Manjaro Linux with the standard 6.13 kernel, PipeWire, an RME Fireface in CC mode and Bitwig Studio.
With 256 samples at 96000 Hz my #latency is currently 3.6 ms. With 128 samples it is 2.1 ms. And 64 samples is good for 1.1 ms latency.
Now, I don't know if these are amazing values, but it works very well for me.

@amadeus A massive part of the problem is that there is no central place to look up this stuff. Answers, if there are any, are scattered across forums, Reddit, random Twitter posts (I refuse to click on any X link), and who knows where else. It's a hopeless mess, and I'm tired of it. I'd rather make no music than deal with this crap. I don't want to, but I'm seriously considering buying a used Mac Mini.

@shanesemler Interesting. My experience was completely the opposite. I chose Manjaro back then mainly because I liked the Arch Wiki so much as a really good resource for information. And in fact, I still look there most of the time when I want to know something. But at the end of the day, it has to be fun. I love my Linux journey and have had a great time with it so far.

@amadeus Arch wiki doesn't solve latency issues. And some "solutions" are so complicated, my brain just shuts off and says, "no, fuck that". It shouldn't be this difficult.