From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Apr 23 22:49:08 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 1BB65FAD235 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:49:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mout.kundenserver.de (mout.kundenserver.de [212.227.17.13]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "mout.kundenserver.de", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 75F347C3A7 for ; Mon, 23 Apr 2018 22:49:07 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from r56.edvax.de ([92.195.45.149]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (mreue103 [212.227.15.183]) with ESMTPA (Nemesis) id 0MSpj3-1f11UF20Yv-00RqSl; Tue, 24 Apr 2018 00:48:58 +0200 Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 00:48:58 +0200 From: Polytropon To: AikiZen Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: audiophile sound on FreeBSD ? Message-Id: <20180424004858.ffaa43cd.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20180423224242.7299f430@WorkMachine> References: <20180423224242.7299f430@WorkMachine> Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Provags-ID: V03:K1:5TSmBGUSG1pEwAwxoBIPw3kgyK8cFopUso5h/ocANr+BAaXrpu2 JRx/kNh65/jH/3bm1Ea2GNaQmuQ581sx65e7vl+n0YMNUdrsYh8hymXFQ1oD/kBeIoswU7I 4QWsg4KiC2y2XZOyKpshw88BD8Lkb2T0AAhvEf870nfUFfRWTUzLv/jBZ3fxK9MSeF8YYPe RTDoJdxpIxn39IGJLxUpQ== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:QgzoAKxm7zw=:hbzigIB/KVcoJUR4n8wvvx lZ1mOC2J2Ei7R9Qj6FUUDr3LbFviO4dYL5rvHEEvIifPRv0UkEpbHhIfYLgKohvD2A1aplMHu nHPKldILjyMUdJdWMVW410eu5yTydMAdRlgnvIeB0DuTRnwOmKeGfHlDrT1yEuUxSqVXfXlWO BSKKS55T8+6Hk86uCYjIi79c7PSUfIOZ/z114parWCNyixjaGyQWzPEFZRFQc1ntNWVLWH24F 9d4iFthRJHOQb8DEqf3hb4oSbNp+bSQCyJXGHkaM2mJiyndwj+P+60yKVl6ntlOoERY+gzVLd +NNCULEut1qrurLXKz4JYC3/3q94fDGQqel+aFAIFDgR8fy8z41fAV++EnV2/E4kGkzzaCbRM ZKne0V3dW82kcB3NzBQj8MWOFkB5PRI7ORSssNWK1y/gUOattuTmfBSET1ec9e9FFf0lGjtN/ qWD2uHOVmzea0w7Q4cXHs8hW2v5Gn2z7xEwiqqlsNWQcg1fhmoEtFGw1Q28wEYIg2oIvMf1eF GzouRP5ZlTLjcEyxeR1m9FSxt8DzMtlKFgqfpbqbxMCPwZkF5QOv1GfQ1+7SDlDvLoPUGiA0a j5VU47VQC4Rj1aR65ebIgGkLacOwILj1FpxwVHXkfKdVUQE2NJq/rehcQmLeJzTfLp5g9eNIa dOsv/0ZKqtL/Kj7NKI0hJkaYtqizbMHuM0Rs1oyxMSFsIcCoZh59Sbde01WqVaWdTKB6YEjpJ F1tsBIVVaKYp47OEQuIfQOE2ioCOdvW8v8BpTbyUhUgBjvWkkoQls0q40qQ= 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 22:49:08 -0000 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. :-) -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...