[alsa-devel] Asynchronous ALSA - callback and latency questions

[Takashi Iwai]

At Tue, 9 Sep 2014 10:44:01 +0200 (CEST),
Bram Bos wrote:
> 
> 
> > > I’m using ALSA for building a performance musical instrument, so I’m after
> > > low-latency audio output.
> > >
> > > 1. I’m using asynchronous audio output (i.e. using a callback).
> >
> > Don't.
> 
> That's an interesting insight. I reckoned using a callback was the most elegant
> solution since that's what I'm used to for DirectSound, iOS, OSX, WMME, ASIO
> etc.
 
If you want to go in that direction, just use JACK.  All you needed
are found there.


Takashi