Re: [fluid-dev] ALSA driver consuming too much CPU

[Mihail Zenkov]

On Thu, 16 Nov 2006 22:02:45 +0000
Paul Millar <address@hidden> wrote:

> Josh, Garett,
> 
> Thank guys for the quick reply.
> 
> Yes, the work-around worked fine:  when setting "audio.alsa.device" to "hw:0" 
> I see the CPU usage drops to far more modest values.  
> Setting "audio.alsa.device" to "default" (fluidsynth's default value, I 
> believe) recreates the problem.  [as an aside, for me, this has nothing to do 
> with running as root.]
> 
> I now set "hw:0" as a default (within monami), but allowed users to override 
> it with an "alsadevice" monami option.  This should be fine, just needs 
> documenting.
> 
> So, in terms of documentation, would you say this is more of a problem with 
> alsa than fluidsynth?  If so, do you know if it's fixed with a particular 
> release of asla/libasound?
> 
You have this problem with sample rate = 48000 ?