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About decibel Linux

decibel Linux is an actively maintained, source-based, 64-bit desktop real-time Linux audio production system based on Gentoo Linux. It is designed to allow users to have a broad range of audio applications out-of-the-box, and to allow a high level of customization not generally available to other Linux audio distributions – or to Windows or Mac,…


Using the RT patch with gentoo-sources

sys-kernel/gentoo-sources is a very nicely patched flavor of the vanilla Linux kernel. The Gentoo patch set contains bug and security fixes, as well as extras, including some extra hardware support and some feature patches. sys-kernel/rt-sources is a vanilla kernel patched with the RT patch. While trying to figure out what driver was missing from the…


How to maximize clarity in podcasts

I use bilateral cochlear implants (Advanced Bionic Marvel M-90’s). This puts me in the category of podcast listeners with differently-abled hearing. As such, I notice when the voices of hosts and guests aren’t as clear as they could possibly be. It’s actually not hard to get there, even if you’re nowhere near being an audio…


RIP Gentoo Studio – or not?

(Update: I may continue with Gentoo Studio. Talking with a few good folks on #gentoostudio got me thinking maybe I’ll take a break and get back to it. It seems Gentoo devs are well-known to be not very nice, and that there’s at least one Big Cheese at Gentoo who sympathizes and wants Gentoo Studio…


Support

There are a number of ways you can get help, listed in order of “best way to reach me”: decibel Linux Discord server: https://discord.gg/73XV24dNPN Visit the #decibellinux IRC channel on Libera Chat. Visit the Gentoo Studio sticky in the Gentoo forums. Visit the Facebook page and send a message. I prefer you choose some other…


Linux Audio Info

THIS PAGE IS UNDER CONSTRUCTION. FEEDBACK DURING CONSTRUCTION IS WELCOME. This page is a practical Linux audio information guide. It covers things most users can actually do/check to improve their Linux audio computers. System configuration Hardware Groups and permissions Real-time (RT) kernel JACK Basic software setup Desktop environment JACK control Suggestions for basic recording and…


How It All Began

Gentoo Studio was born out of frustration with Windows drivers for my original series Mackie Onyx mixers with Firewire cards. No, I’m not flaming Windows or Mackie. But I was frustrated. I had (and still have) a Mackie Onyx 1620 and a Mackie Onyx 1640, both with the Firewire option installed. I was using Cakewalk’s…


January 2018 Changelog

MAKE.CONF CHANGES: PYTHON_SINGLE_TARGET changed from python2_7 to python3_4. Anything needing python2_7 will be set in package.use. PACKAGES REMOVED: media-video/smplayer. VLC is the default media player for Gentoo Studio. Users wanting (s)mplayer can emerge it after install. This also helps keep the tarball size down by only having one default media player. app-emulation/wine. This package was…


Troubleshooting

Ardour tips Since Ardour support can be… annoying, I thought I’d start posting tips and workarounds here, in no particular order. Feel free to submit any of your own via Discord. If you’ve disabled then re-enabled follow range, and follow range is no longer working, restart Ardour. If that doesn’t work, back up your ~/.config/ardour8…


Updating

To update decibel Linux, run the following in a terminal, as root: > eix-sync > emerge -uDN –keep-going –with-bdeps=y –backtrack=250 @system @world > smart-live-rebuild > emerge –depclean > revdep-rebuild Depending on what gets updated and how many updates there are, this could take a while. Plan on running updates when you are not using your…