Setting Pulseaudio on Parabola GNU/Linux-libre

[thetotalchaos]

Another major update, that happened recently in Parabola GNU/Linux-libre, was Pulseaudio hit version 8.0
https://www.parabola.nu/packages/extra/ ... ulseaudio/

Many years had passed since Pulseaudio was introduced on the GNU/Linux stage. An although in the beginning it did not performed respectfully, over the years it got more mature and trustworthy.
That is why i made parabola-proaudio and parabola-proaudio-settings in such manner, that the user is free to choose if he or she wants to use Pulseaudio or Alsa on the operating system. IMHO there should not be a more right approach for that choice. It is entirely up to user's personal preferences.

But anyhow is one chooses to go with Pulseaudio, there are again two approaches:

1. Pulseaudio with a Jack bridge

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pacman -S pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa pulseaudio-jack jack2 pavucontrol

Enable 'dbus-interface' on Qjackctl (in setup -> misc). Than change the pulseaudio output and input to 'jack-sink' and 'jack-source'

2. Pulseaudio without a Jack bridge (less DSP load)

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pacman -S pulseaudio pulseaudio-alsa jack pavucontrol

I also prepared a custom configuration file for pulseaudio that will make it more polished and flexible, overall more worthy for a operating system for professional audio.
Create a file in ~/.config/pulse called daemon.conf

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nano ~/.config/pulse/daemon.conf

Add the following lines to it:

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default-sample-format = float32le
realtime-scheduling = yes
rlimit-rttime = -1
exit-idle-time = -1
flat-volumes = no

For a tutorial and discussion for setting Parabola GNU/Linux-libre as an operating system for professional audio, follow the link below:
https://www.linuxmusicians.com/viewtopi ... =4&t=14907

Happy hacking,
Totalchaos