Audio

• PipeWire: The Next Big Thing in Linux Audio Production?

  

  As Linux distributions are increasingly shipping with PipeWire, an alternative to the long-standing JACK Audio Connection Kit, many audio producers wonder whether it’s time to switch. PipeWire claims to be a drop-in replacement for JACK, PulseAudio, ALSA, and GStreamer, promising to simplify audio routing and device control. This could significantly lower the entry barriers for newcomers to Linux-based audio production. But is PipeWire really ready for your studio? I pushed both PipeWire and JACK to their limits on my studio computer to answer this question for myself.