Consortium December 2004

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by Daniel James

Hello all, The Sounds Expo trade show takes place in London on the 14-16 April; that's Thursday to Saturday, one weekend before the Linux Audio Conference in Karlsruhe. The organisers have agreed to the same deal we had last year, which is for us to provide an information stand in return for getting the stand space at cost. This is not cheap, but it's over a 75% discount on what commercial stands have to pay. We'll probably also have to order extra electrical supply for the stand, which is also quite expensive. Nevertheless, it's a great opportunity to put libre audio software directly in front of the target audience of musicians, producers and sound engineers. Sponsorship opportunities will be available to help cover the costs of the event. If you have any ideas for sponsorship, please let me know. Cheers! Daniel

19 years, 10 months

Re: Linux @ Sounds Expo

by Daniel James

Hi Ed, > I will offer you the shell for ~65 > psqm. Thanks! Given the nature of the arrangement, we can be flexible about the location of the stand and the exact size, up to 12 square metres. You could pencil us in for Stand 370 if that helps with planning, as it's near the seminar room and the SoS stand. Cheers! Daniel

19 years, 11 months

Linux and 1394 Audio chips (Re: Open Source Hardware)

by Andreas Kuckartz

Fernando Lopez-Lezcano wrote: > What I was thinking about was this: > - 1394 chip (off the shelf, no programming) RME has some interesting information on its page "FireWire Audio by RME - Technical Background " http://www.rme-audio.de/english/techinfo/firewire_background.htm I quote one section below and have added some URLs. Maybe some of these companies can be convinced to create or support Open Source Linux drivers? (A task for the Linux Audio Consortium!) BridgeCo: used by M-Audio, Terratec, ESI, Edirol, Presonus, Apogee, Tascam. http://www.bridgeco.net/products/dm1000/dm1000.shtml http://www.bridgeco.net/products/dm1000e/dm1000e.shtml http://www.bridgeco.net/products/bebob/bebob.shtml Philips AV LLC: used by Motu Might be this one: http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/pip/PDI1394L40.html Upcoming: a new chip from Texas Instruments, co-developed or supported by Echo. Will be used in upcoming Echo and Mackie FireWire devices. ? Upcoming: a new chip from TC, called Dice II. A few years ago TC have bought a company that produced non-audio FireWire chips. Now this chip, announced to be available more than a year ago, is said to finally arrive. If so, it will be used in upcoming TC FireWire audio interfaces for sure. http://www.tctechnologies.tc/products.htm Upcoming: a chip from Oxford Semiconductors called OXFW970. Seems that this is the chip used in Apple's just announced 'GarageBand' FW interface. It is said to be very cheap and might cause another flood of very cheap FW audio interfaces in 2005. http://www.oxsemi.co.uk/download/standard/dsheets/oxfw970ds.pdf http://www.oxsemi.co.uk/pages/webflyers/970webflyer.pdf http://www.oxsemi.co.uk/pages/webflyers/970webflyer.pdf Cheers, Andreas

19 years, 11 months

Re: Linux @ Sounds Expo

by Daniel James

Hi Ed, > How much space do you want? Last year we had 12 sq. m which was about right. But we're very flexible of course. > did you have any thoughts as > to the format of the proposed stand? Not as yet, but I'd guess that we'll do something similar again. > Space is charged at ~270psqm for our fully inclusive shell scheme Last year we had an arrangement with VCM that we could have the stand at venue cost on the basis that it would be informational, and a bonus feature of the show, rather than commercial. We also did some joint publicity for the event. I don't expect that any of the firms selling Linux-based products in the audio market will sponsor the stand in order to have a sales presence - that would be better handled on a conventional trade stand, I think. Last year we covered the venue floorspace cost with sponsorship of around £600, plus additional sponsorship to cover the electrical subcontractor costs. Cheers Daniel

19 years, 11 months

[Fervent Software] PR: Fervent Studio to Go! Available Now!

by fervent＠ukfsn.org

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Announcing Fervent Studio..to go! Bootable Live CD of music software is now available to purchase! London, UK. 10th December 2004 - Fervent Software would like to announce the immediate availability of Studio..to go! - a bootable Live CD of integrated MIDI and audio sequencing, score and synthesis software for the demanding musician and composer. Studio..to go! offers one of the most sophisticated combinations of music software anywhere in a single value-for-money package. Studio..to go! runs entirely from the CD on Windows compatible 32-bit PCs and requires no installation. Combine it with a USB memory stick and you can take both studio and compositions around with you in your pocket. Because the software isnt installed and runs in its own environment you dont need to worry about compatability issues with existing software on your system. The package includes the powerful Rosegarden MUSIC sequencer and score package, the Digital Audio Workstation Ardour, the JAMin mastering tool, Hydrogen drum machine and a large selection of audio plugins and virtual instruments along with CD ripping and burning software. Studio..to go! also allows you to make use of any existing VSTs and Soundfonts that you may already have installed on your system. Fervent Studio..to go! is available from the Fervent website for 49.99GBP including postage and packing. The price includes bootable CD in mini DVD case, getting started notes, tutorials, introductions to all of the music applications included and 30 days email support and access to Fervent Forums. Fervent will make every effort to deliver to UK customers ordering before 15th December in time for Christmas. For more information and to order Studio..to go! please go to: http://www.ferventsoftware.com or email: info(a)ferventsoftware.com About Fervent Software Fervent Software Ltd is a privately owned music technology company based in the UK. It focuses on delivering high standards of usability and accessibility for music and creative software as well as advocating and participating in major Open Source software development projects. Fervent Software works with many music technology providers and educational groups to bring high quality music software within anyones reach. Studio..to go! establishes Fervent Software at the forefront of innovation and excellence in music technology. _______________________________________________ Fervent mailing list Fervent(a)ukfsn.org http://lists.ukfsn.org/mailman/listinfo/fervent

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