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[Consortium] Libre software audio residency in the UK

by Daniel James

INVITATION TO TENDER OSAudio residency [Audio artist/producer/composer in residence at Access Space, April 2005] Deadline for applications: 4th Feb 2005 Decision made and applicants informed mid Feb 2005. Fee: £3500 sterling (approx 5000 Euros @ 6th Jan 2005) Access Space, Sheffield's lowtech digital arts organisation, is currently calling for applications for a month-long, audio residency. Access Space is a free media lab in Sheffield's Cultural Industries Quarter, offering open access to people with a range of knowledge and experience of technology. We are looking for an artist to develop their project using the recycled/reclaimed "redundant" technology and open-source software available in Access Space. The aims of the residency are: 1] To offer an artist/producer/composer the chance to develop ideas using only open-source software (on the Linux operating system) in a supportive environment. 2] To offer the users of Access Space an introduction to the creative process of making new work. 3] To produce a finished piece of work (see below for further details). The Residency: The OSAudio residency will take place in April 2005 (exact times/dates to be agreed). The successful applicant will get the opportunity to work for one month (or 20-day equivalent) in Access Space's open environment, with a degree of technical support and advice available from Access Space staff. As part of the residency, the artist will run 2 workshop sessions relating to the work involved in their residency, and an informal presentation for Access Space participants and members of the public. The resident will also document their residency in the form of an online diary. Available software includes the Planet CCRMA software, with PD, Rosegarden, Ardour, Jack, Audacity, Supercollider Server etc etc. Applicants should consider that part of Access Space's ethos is to only use recycled/donated hardware. Therefore, the available hardware is a P3 800Mhz machine with Sound Blaster sound card. The majority of the work-time will be monitored using headphones, due to Access Space being a publicly accessible project. The Work: We hope to encourage a broad range of applications covering all types of audio production, be they electronica, sound art, or more traditional recording practices using open-source software. Proposals can be to produce one or more specific audio works, or for development of patches, code or software. However, the resident should aim to have a completed product within the duration of the residency. The finished work will then be available for download from the internet. The Fee: A fee of £3,500 will be offered to the successful applicant, subject to the successful completion of the residency. A small contribution towards travel and accommodation expenses may be available where appropriate. How to submit your proposal: Please email or post us a proposal, of not more than 2 sides of A4 plus your CV, including details of your experience of working with open-source music software, your reason for applying, the starting point/s for your project and how you would approach the commission. Access Space welcomes applications from all sectors of the community irrespective of age, disability, race, religion, gender or sexual orientation. Please address the following points in your application: 1 - what form the finished work would take. 2 - how you propose to engage with the participants at Access Space. 3 - how much technical support would you need. 4 - how feasible is your project in the time available. 5 - what makes using open-source software particularly appropriate for your project? For more information, questions regarding hard/software, or to mail your proposal: Access Space 1a Sidney Street Sheffield S1 4RG UK 0114 2495522 www.access-space.org access(a)access-space.org Access Space is UK registered charity no: 1103837 Access Space gratefully acknowledges financial support from the PRS Foundation, Arts Council England (Yorkshire), and Digital South Yorkshire.

21 years

[Consortium] request for licensing advice from ron parker

by R Parker

Hi, I need advice for licensing a library of drum kit audio samples. The following is a list of objectives: 1. free as in beer and speech useage and distribution of the library for commercial and non-commercial interests but the orginal copyright statement must remain intact. 2. distribtuion of modified versions of the library is strictly prohibited. Adding samples to the library or changing the sound of any sample constitutes a modification. I will accept contributions for inclusion but the owner would have to share copyright. 3. derivitive products in the form of songs, sound tracks or any other product can be freely distributed but must include a credit to the effect of Drum samples from "Mirror Image Drum Sample Library copyright Ron Parker". An example album credit could appear similar to the following: Album Title Artist Songs: 1. Free Beer written by Josephine Doe, drum samples (MI), bass guitar John Doe, etc. 2. Free Speech written by John Doe, drum samples (MI)... ... Drum samples from Mirror Image Drum Sample Library copyright Ron Parker. I'm trying to find a specific license that exactly covers my interests. Maybe it's a Creative Commons license. The biggest problem is I don't have alot of time to think about or research the licensing issues. I'm not sure if restricting modification of the library would prevent it from being included in Debian distributions. Any thoughts on that? I appreciate all help and advice. Thank you, Ron Parker Mirror Image Recording Studios __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Find what you need with new enhanced search. http://info.mail.yahoo.com/mail_250

21 years, 1 month

[Consortium] [Fervent Software] PR: Fervent Announce Studio to Go! for Schools

by fervent＠ukfsn.org

Fervent Announce Studio to Go! for Schools London, UK. 13th January 2005 - Fervent Software will be attending the BETT expo for educational technology (http://www.bettshow.co.uk/) at London's Olympia this week to talk to educators, suppliers and other technology companies about their latest music technology product, Studio to Go!, and the educational discounts now available. Studio to Go! is a integrated Live CD of score, MIDI and audio software and one of the most sophisticated combinations of music software anywhere in a single value-for-money package. Studio to Go! is based on Linux[tm] technology and Fervent Software is now offering this remarkable package at an even more remarkable price for those in full-time education and for quantity orders. Fervent Studio to Go! retails normally at £49.99 including postage and packing, or with a USB memory stick for £64.99. Students can now get the basic package for £39.99 and the bundled version for £54.99. This 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 the Fervent Forums. 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. 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

21 years, 1 month

[Consortium] Wider scope for linuxaudio.org: home audio

by Andreas Kuckartz

There exists a rapidly growing market of digital home audio devices. That is a huge market and it makes sense to help Linux to grow there. While the Consumer Electronics Linux Forum to some extent includes audio devices it has somewhat different objectives. I therefore would like to suggest to add "home audio" to the scope of LinuxAudio.org. Cheers, Andreas

21 years, 1 month

[Consortium] Sounds Expo

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

21 years, 1 month

[Consortium] 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

21 years, 2 months

[Consortium] 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

21 years, 2 months

[Consortium] 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

21 years, 2 months

[Consortium] [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

21 years, 2 months

[Consortium] Re: Linux audio workstations

by Daniel James

Hi Sili, > Please forgive me for my english. No need - your English is fine. > For audio stuff we should stop crusade. We should choose > one GUI paltform. I'm inclined to agree. I know a lot of people are choosing Fluxbox because of the low resource overhead. > I saw only two application that runs on any linux distro with easy > installation without using make, configure etc and spending time to > install additional libraries if required (Netscape and openoffice). Perhaps they were static binaries, with all the libraries compiled in. Although that's a good way to make sure an application will install without dependencies, I don't think it's particularly efficient. In my view, the best solution is a robust package management system such as apt or urpmi. Apt is used by both DeMuDi and Planet CCRMA at home, while Thac's RPMs for Mandrake uses urpmi. > You should seriously > consider what i wrote above as future standards for audio > application listed in distros. While there is the freedesktop.org initiative for general users, I don't think anyone has attempted to set compatibility standards for Linux audio workstations. At the moment, I'd expect that most of the adaptation work is falling on the binary package maintainers. > Its time to do right thing and not > just talking about it. I'm in 100% agreement with you there! Cheers Daniel

21 years, 4 months

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