The advantage of pulse audio is that workstations on a modern Linux distribution are more likely to play "nice" with you and be setup, in other words "it just works".
Here is a summary: --> PulseAudio is focused on desktop and mobile audio needs. It doesn't try to address low latency usage, but does provide seamless device switching, network routing, global per-application volume control and lots more great stuff. --> JACK is focused on the needs of pro-audio and music creation users. It offers the lowest possible latency, complete routing flexibility between applications and audio hardware, and all audio is always sample synchronized - apps don't run ahead or behind of others. It doesn't provide the smooth desktop experience that PulseAudio is aiming at. I got this off of URL: http://jackaudio.org/pulseaudio_and_jack Does this help? On Sat, 2014-05-10 at 07:52 -0600, Joe S wrote: > I'm seeing pulse audio installed on a few distros. I am > wondering what the advantage is of pulse audio over alsa for > sound? > > On Fri, 9 May 2014 15:26:05 -0600 > Gustin Johnson <gus...@meganerd.ca> wrote: > > > The "average" person is not doing multi-track sequencing, > > composition, and arrangements. To be clear, the audio stack > > he is referring to has nothing to do with general purpose > > sound playback, which is what pulse is for. > > > > It is great to see that this area is getting some more > > attention. While Linux is used in a number of physical > > appliance like DAWs, desktop Linux has always been a bit of > > challenge. We are in much better shape today than even just a > > few years ago, and leaps and bounds ahead of when I first > > started to use Linux for "pro" audio (2002 or thereabouts). > > > > UbuntuStudio, KXStudio, Planet CCRMA are some other > > distributions that make installing and configuring this stack > > a little less challenging. > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 9, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Mel Walters > > <melwalt...@telus.net> wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 2014-05-08 at 13:14 -0600, Bogi wrote: > > > > http://www.linuxvoice.com/?cat=2,10 > > > > > > I was looking at this earlier and watched some of their > > > videos. The average person may happiest with pulsed audio > > > for the typical desktop use. Studio quality sound in your > > > home computer is so cool to do with FLOSS [1] now, but worth > > > the learning curve if you get into that. > > > > > > Audacity can be used as is on your existing system to post > > > process your audio files. > > > > > > avLinux is another audio distribution very worth having a > > > peek at: > > > > > > > > > http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=08316 > > > > > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVLinux > > > > > > > > > [1] Free, as in "Libre" Open Source Software > > > > > > > > > Mel > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > clug-talk mailing list > > > clug-talk@clug.ca > > > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > > > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > > > **Please remove these lines when replying > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > clug-talk@clug.ca > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list clug-talk@clug.ca http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
