Ian Malone writes:
On 20 May 2014 04:50, David Benfell <benfell(a)parts-unknown.org>
wrote:
> But even
> so, unless you have a specialized need for Pulseaudio, which apparently may
> include very high-end audiophile applications, removing it seems generally
> harmless.
High end audiophile applications like having more than one sound
source running at a time?
I'm sorry. I can't answer this adequately. It's what came up the last time
I saw this discussion.
Apparently, and I'm clearly not anywhere near enough of an audiophile to
understand what they were going on about, pulseaudio does make some sound
capabilities that matter a lot to musicians--which I think *did* include
mixing--and other people who really care about extremely high fidelity
sound. It was, for me, a jaw-dropping conversation that required me to
acknowledge that as much as I think I care about high quality sound, I was
completely out of my league.
I'd point you to the right list if I remembered which it was. And I think
it'll be hard to find via Google because usually discussions about
pulseaudio and its necessity devolve into flame wars.
--
David Benfell
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