[ardour-users] Newbie defeated by OSS!

[Jack O'Quin]

Joe Hartley <jh at brainiac.com> writes:

> Ardour doesn't deal with OSS at all; it's reliant on JACK, which in turn
> is reliant on ALSA.  OSS doesn't enter into the picture in terms of what
> you're trying to do.

I agree with Joe's recommendation to use ALSA.

But, there seems to be some misinformation floating around.  JACK
*does* have an OSS backend (that's the only sound API available on
some systems).  Type `jackd -d oss -h' for help.
-- 
  joq