A journey into recording sound & video in Slackware
When it comes to audio and sounds in Slackware, we’re happy to have ALSA as the sound subsystem. It works reliably, and has done so ever since it replaced OSS in Slackware all those years ago. In due...
View ArticleSetting up Jack Audio in Slackware
If you are using your computer as a Digital Audio Workstation (DAW) then the ALSA sound subsystem is just not up for the task. Musicians and audio professionals prefer to use Jack Audio on Linux. Let...
View ArticleConfiguring Slackware for use as a DAW
Welcome, music-making (Slackware) Linux-using friends. This article will be an interactive work and probably never finished. I am looking for the best possible setup of my Slackware system for making...
View ArticleSome recent package updates: chromium (-ungoogled), ffmpeg, handbrake,...
Chromium, regular and un-googled. Google is speeding up its Chromium release cycle. Let’s see if I can keep up since I also build the -ungoogled variant. The latest update is 116.0.5845.140 and...
View ArticleYour input requested for DAW Live
It has been a long time since I had a serious look at my audio software set, and the Slackware DAW Live ISO image which is meant to showcase all of that software. Life interfered and priorities...
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