sirriffsalot
February 16th, 2013, 11:06 AM
Hey all!
I gave E17 a try on Ubuntu Studio as XFCE was giving me some xrun issues, and to my astonishment E seems to be a lot more suitable for running JACK. However, the mixer module, which I like very much on my desktop, only lowers the Front Left and Front Right outputs, according to pavucontrol (PulseAudioVolumeControl), and my ears, also leaving the sub-woofer on the floor emitting annoying bass-sounds on it's own.
To make a long story short I got bored with 5.1 surround for mixing music, haha! So I found some old and fantastic stereo speakers in my basement from my mom, and hooked them up to the sub-woofer which gets all the cables from the aforementioned 5.1 speakers. All I have now are the two stereo speakers and the sub-woofer, as I find it a somehow dull sound overall without that additional bass when listening to certain music or movies.
I've set the mixer on my desktop to lock the channels together, but no matter what I do it just will not lower all 5.1 channels. Not that it really is necessary, but would be nice to be able to for future reference. When it comes to using it when jack is running, it does not work at all... Suggestions for both alsa and jack would be wonderful!
P.S. How come E17 or any other Enlightenment DE that is stable is not the standard for Ubuntu Studio? I was amazed at the difference between XFCE4 and E.. Enlightenment seems to have way more efficiency in terms of resource-hunger than XFCE, which is what I suppose a studio distro should focus on...?
--> Leo
I gave E17 a try on Ubuntu Studio as XFCE was giving me some xrun issues, and to my astonishment E seems to be a lot more suitable for running JACK. However, the mixer module, which I like very much on my desktop, only lowers the Front Left and Front Right outputs, according to pavucontrol (PulseAudioVolumeControl), and my ears, also leaving the sub-woofer on the floor emitting annoying bass-sounds on it's own.
To make a long story short I got bored with 5.1 surround for mixing music, haha! So I found some old and fantastic stereo speakers in my basement from my mom, and hooked them up to the sub-woofer which gets all the cables from the aforementioned 5.1 speakers. All I have now are the two stereo speakers and the sub-woofer, as I find it a somehow dull sound overall without that additional bass when listening to certain music or movies.
I've set the mixer on my desktop to lock the channels together, but no matter what I do it just will not lower all 5.1 channels. Not that it really is necessary, but would be nice to be able to for future reference. When it comes to using it when jack is running, it does not work at all... Suggestions for both alsa and jack would be wonderful!
P.S. How come E17 or any other Enlightenment DE that is stable is not the standard for Ubuntu Studio? I was amazed at the difference between XFCE4 and E.. Enlightenment seems to have way more efficiency in terms of resource-hunger than XFCE, which is what I suppose a studio distro should focus on...?
--> Leo