[linux-audio-user] problems starting Breakage (the drum sequencer)

Nigel Henry cave.dnb at tiscali.fr
Mon Nov 13 08:06:03 EST 2006


On Sunday 12 November 2006 20:26, Nigel Henry wrote:
> On Sunday 12 November 2006 18:21, Dave Phillips wrote:
> > Nigel Henry wrote:
> > >Any further thoughts.
> >
> > Closer, closer he creeps... ;)
> >
> > Alas, I'm away from the home machine, we'll have to wait until tomorrow
> > to get it all straight. However, IIRC I took these steps before starting
> > Breakage:
> >
> > Install ChucK with default installation path (I assumed it's the
> > /usr/local tree).
> > Install Sun JDK 1.5, symlink to /usr/local/java
> > Install Breakage to /home/dlphilp/Breakage
> > Link /usr/local/bin/chuck to /home/dlphilp/Breakage/chuck
> > Enter /home/dlphilp/Breakage and run '/usr/local/java/bin/java -jar
> > Breakage.jar'
> >
> > I'll have more details re: versions tomorrow.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > dp
>
> Hi Dave. Now that's interesting. I set things up as per your last post, and
> also had Qjackctl, and jackd started. Ran the command you said while CD'd
> to the Breakage directory, but Zilch. Left it running for a while, and have
> just shutdown Jack. got a big audible bunch of drum sounds, with a lot of
> output on the CLI, and wonder of all wonders, Breakage has opened it's GUI.
> It's playing one of the demo's but I can't hear it. Alsamixer settings are
> ok. I think I'll make uninstall chuck, and remake it using linux-jack as
> the option rather than linux-alsa, although having got some drum sounds
> just prior to the GUI opening with chuck setup to use Alsa, perhaps this
> isn't necessary. Also, at the moment, when the sequencer is running, it's
> using close on 100% CPU, and that's on a 1.3GHZ machine with 1GB RAM.
>
> Anyway I can see what it looks like now, as in your Linux Journal article,
> and ion the Breakage site.
>
> Getting somewhere. Graphics, but no sound on a drum sequencer is a bit of a
> downer, but moving forward all the same.
>
> Nigel.

Update:

Hi Dave. There's nothing wrong with the sound. I must have been a bit tired 
and not thinking straight.  I thought it was supposed to start with playing a 
demo, which is wasn't.  Of course to get some sound out, it does help to load 
some samples. Doh! 

Now to try and put some sounds together.

Thanks for all your help in getting it running.

Nigel.





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