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I have always been interested in electronics and software. Since I was a kid I have played Atari, Nintendo, Mech Warrior 2, etc... and used the 'cheat codes' to help make my life easier. Needless to say, this led to an interest in Linux and the Linux community. As for my interest in music, well, the story isn't much different. | I have always been interested in electronics and software. Since I was a kid I have played Atari, Nintendo, Mech Warrior 2, etc... and used the 'cheat codes' to help make my life easier. Needless to say, this led to an interest in Linux and the Linux community. As for my interest in music, well, the story isn't much different. | ||
I began playing guitar when I was a teenager. I went to the local arts school for my elective class and studied jazz bass. I have been listening too and playing jazz ever since. | I began playing guitar when I was a teenager. I went to the local arts school for my elective class and studied jazz bass. I have been listening too and playing jazz ever since. During my college years, I was introduced to Fedora and eventually, being a musician and a Linux user, I began to try combining the two. And, to my rejoice, I found the JACK application. It didn't take long for me to discover the real-time preemption patch and I have been hooked ever since. | ||
During my college years, I was introduced to | |||
==Current Undertakings== | ==Current Undertakings== | ||
I have decided to begin writing an intro/tutorial on real-time preemption. I decided to focus on real-time preemption for audio purposes and make this a document for someone who, like me, is a musician, but is also genuinely interested in real-time | I have decided to begin writing an intro/tutorial on real-time preemption. The topic really peaked my interest so I decided to focus on real-time preemption for audio purposes and make this a document for someone who, like me, is a musician, but is also genuinely interested in real-time computing and wishes to gain a deeper understanding of the tweaks that are involved in turning the stock Fedora OS into a (soft)real-time Fedora OS. Since many of the tutorials I have read are not distribution specific, I thought this would be good place for me to begin contributing to the Open Source community. This page can be found [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Documentation_for_Musicians/Real-Time_Utilities here]. | ||
Revision as of 19:59, 4 September 2010
--Tertl3 22:49, 23 July 2010 (UTC)
- Name: William Blackburn
- email: blackburn.william2@gmail.com
- IRC Nick: @irc.freenode.net : tertl3
- Location: Taylors, South Carolina. USA
About me
I have always been interested in electronics and software. Since I was a kid I have played Atari, Nintendo, Mech Warrior 2, etc... and used the 'cheat codes' to help make my life easier. Needless to say, this led to an interest in Linux and the Linux community. As for my interest in music, well, the story isn't much different.
I began playing guitar when I was a teenager. I went to the local arts school for my elective class and studied jazz bass. I have been listening too and playing jazz ever since. During my college years, I was introduced to Fedora and eventually, being a musician and a Linux user, I began to try combining the two. And, to my rejoice, I found the JACK application. It didn't take long for me to discover the real-time preemption patch and I have been hooked ever since.
Current Undertakings
I have decided to begin writing an intro/tutorial on real-time preemption. The topic really peaked my interest so I decided to focus on real-time preemption for audio purposes and make this a document for someone who, like me, is a musician, but is also genuinely interested in real-time computing and wishes to gain a deeper understanding of the tweaks that are involved in turning the stock Fedora OS into a (soft)real-time Fedora OS. Since many of the tutorials I have read are not distribution specific, I thought this would be good place for me to begin contributing to the Open Source community. This page can be found here.