====================================================================== It is recommended to run Jack with real-time priority (-R). The recommended way to start Jack is to add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf: jackd_enable="YES" jackd_user="{your-jack-user}" jackd_rtprio="YES" jackd_args="-R -doss -r{sample-rate} -p1024 -n3 -w16 \ --capture /dev/dsp{N} --playback /dev/dsp{N}" Where: - your-jack-user: is the user who is going to use jack; currently only one user is supported - sample-rate: can be 44100, 48000, etc. - /dev/dsp{N}: your OSS devices, usually /dev/dsp0 Please note that the port option COOKEDMODE is "on" by default, which makes your system to automatically scale the sample-rate between Jack and audio hardware. One reason COOKEDMODE=on is because Jack's OSS driver doesn't support some sample-rate and hardware combinations when COOKEDMODE=off. To achieve the best sound quality please make sure your hardware natively supports the sample-rate set in jackd_args, and set COOKEDMODE=off. ======================================================================