> The audio stack on Unix is easily in my top three pet peeves of the desktop environment. It feels like a huge case of too many cooks in the kitchen.
This is also my opinion, which is why I was surprised by the conclusion of the article. Money quote:
> The audio stack is fragmented on all operating systems because the problem is a large one. [...] The stack of commercial operating systems are not actually better or simpler. [...] Linux is the platform of choice for audio and acoustic research and was chosen by the CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics).
I guess my gripe is this disconnect between "desktop audio" and "pro audio". I have my PulseAudio set up the way I want it, and that's what I need 99% of the time, but I would like to use Ardour when I want to record a podcast, but whenever I read the Arch wiki about how to have PulseAudio and JACK coexist, it looks like a huge mess that I don't want to deal with. Here's hoping PipeWire really shapes up to be my savior one day.
Without this one simple module, PulseAudio would have been entirely eradicated from my life long ago. Now its just hanging around in the background while JACK does all the work.
This is also my opinion, which is why I was surprised by the conclusion of the article. Money quote:
> The audio stack is fragmented on all operating systems because the problem is a large one. [...] The stack of commercial operating systems are not actually better or simpler. [...] Linux is the platform of choice for audio and acoustic research and was chosen by the CCRMA (Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics).
I guess my gripe is this disconnect between "desktop audio" and "pro audio". I have my PulseAudio set up the way I want it, and that's what I need 99% of the time, but I would like to use Ardour when I want to record a podcast, but whenever I read the Arch wiki about how to have PulseAudio and JACK coexist, it looks like a huge mess that I don't want to deal with. Here's hoping PipeWire really shapes up to be my savior one day.