We are interested in getting the new Guitar Rig 2 USB foot controller
supported in Linux/Wine. It's described here:
http://www.native-instruments.com/index.php?id=guitarrig2_us
I assume from looking at it, that a USB driver would be required and
then perhaps some Wine tweaks to let the plugin open the USB driver.
Anyone interested in taking this on? We are hoping to do this as a trade
--- like you do this work and get a Receptor and/or some VST plugins for
your time.
BTW, we also have a job opening, posted here:
http://www.craigslist.org/pen/sof/132110028.html
Thanks ... mo
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Muse Research, Inc.
most(a)museresearch.com
On Fri, Feb 24, 2006 at 09:43:01AM +0000, Daniel James wrote:
> Hi Ico, hi Eric,
> >That being said, in my department (Virginia Tech) I've got an ok to offer
> >hosting for LA purposes which would mean direct physical access to the
> >mainframe, virtually unlimited data storage (I am not sure how much we
> >have right now but we should have probably close to 1TB and there is
> >plenty of empty slots left on the mainframe for more disks to be added),
> >and most importantly unlimited bandwidth
>
> That would be a great improvement, and would allow us to host or stream
> a lot of music files or offer software downloads. I can easily set up
> linuxaudio.org DNS to point to that.
I notice Joern's mail concerning moving linuxdj content to
linuxaudiodev.org and that somehow involving Paul ... I've been a little
out of the loop lately. Can someone sketch in the current state of the
various sites Ico is proposing to consolidate?
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Hello all,
i try to set up my audiobox and playing a little bit with realtime audio.
Today I want to setup a start script, so that jack (and some other apps)
starting, immedately after bootup.
First question: is the init script the right place, or should i use LASH.
Second (and originate) question: if i start from xterm as normal user
bash-3.00$ set_rlimits -r jackd --realtime -d alsa &
everything is perfect. but if i startet the same command in .xsession, i will
get the following
---------------------- schnipp ----------
nperiods = 2 for playback
JACK: unable to mlock() port buffers: Cannot allocate memory
cannot use real-time scheduling (FIFO at priority 20) [for thread 49156, from
th
read 49156] (1: Operation not permitted)
cannot use real-time scheduling (FIFO at priority 10) [for thread 65541, from
th
read 65541] (1: Operation not permitted)
---- schnipp -------------------
is the .xsession script running as a different user?
any comments are welcome
thanks c~
Hi all,
A couple days ago I sent an e-mail on this topic due to some initial positive
feedback, yet not much has happened since... (it may very well be that a lot
of people are very busy with LAC preparations (-: ). At any rate, please allow
me to reiterate what I've mentioned before in hope that this time it may
elicit some fruitful discussion on this IMHO very important topic.
Best,
Ico
BEGIN-OLD-MESSAGE
It appears to me that there were at least a few members of the LAD/LAU list
who have expressed interest in having LAD site somehow integrated in the
Linuxaudio.org. I believe that this would be a very encouraging step towards
consolidating online LA resources into one site which would IMHO ultimately
make LA users' lives a lot easier as well as make the overall LA scene look
more professional to the outsiders/potential adopters. I see this kind of an
idea as a first step towards a much more demanding goal--integration of other
online resources, i.e. Dave's LA software page. I could see this integration
happening via a single Wiki page that would contain detailed
info/screenshots/documentation/mailing-list and other pertinent info for every
LA software available out there. Naturally, linking these lists is also a
possibility, yet the very thought of having one place with unified appearance
that would provide all the necessary info, including documentation,
application-specific mailing lists etc. seems IMHO truly inspiring.
Such a project obviously bears a huge overhead. I can also see devs objecting
to the redundancy of information that may be already available on their
software's dedicated website. The solution to both problems would be asking
devs and/or their project maintainers/helpers to assist with the generation of
their software's Wiki page which should adhere to certain predetermined
standards and then also providing a link to their original project's page.
Yes, there would be some redundancy, but a vast number of projects could
greatly benefit from such a consolidation, including one of the most
important, yet often neglected aspects--proper documentation.
For this reason, I would like to use this opportunity to possibly elicit a
discussion on this matter and hopefully get the ball rolling :-).
END-OLD-MESSAGE
Well, I'm about to crack open a can of worms, but let me just say that
I'm 100% not interested in starting any debates/fights/riots/states-of-
emergency. All I'm interested in is hearing where people stand and why
--- I don't want to persuade people one way or the other, and I'd like
to ask that everyone restrain themselves when feeling the urge to tell
someone that they're wrong.
I'm doing this because, after having been a part of this community for a
while, and a developer for some time, I'm having an "is it all worth
it?" moment. I personally like the Linux environment more than Windows
and Mac --- I find it to be better suited to a technically inclined
person like myself. And with each iteration of the distros and desktop
suites, it comes closer to meeting and surpassing the competition in
core computer functions. It's already got the server side of things
dominated, and when it comes to surfing the web, checking your email,
burning cds, listening to music et al, it's definitely a contender.
Better in some areas, worse in others, and mostly only suffering because
of proprietary technologies that have become standard.
But, and this what it's all about, when it comes to my personal reason
for living --- music --- I'm forced to admit that on technical merits
alone, I have a hard time arguing for Linux. I'm personally a "just for
fun" kind of guy. I'm basically from the utilitarian-libertarian
school, and while I did try the "free as in freedom" thing for a while,
it was a poor fit.
I happen to have some very significant qualms with the way "intellectual
property" (if RMS was right about anything, it's that this is a poor
term for non-rivalrous creative goods) is currently being handled ---
there is a huge and easily observable disparity between what the laws
say and what people do, and common sense tells you that that probably
means the laws are messed up. So, for me, open source and creative
commons are a way to sort of skirt the issue, or at least push things in
a better direction. Also, there's something just sexy about open
source. But for me, that's where the non-technical merits of it stop.
What I'm saying is, I think we can all agree that, when an open source
solution is technically superior to, or on par with, a proprietary
solution, then the open source solution is the way to go. But what
about when the proprietary solution is better? If the open source
solution is good enough, then it makes sense to use it since it's bound
to be cheaper. But if you really need the best tool for the job, then I
don't see the justification for using the open source solution.
Things obviously change when you're a developer, since you can bring the
open source solution up to, or beyond, the level of the proprietary
solution. The question, then, is will you get more pleasure out of
doing so than pain? That's where I am right now. I really, really want
to get an album out --- and I also want it to be really, really good. I
want to use the best tools for the job, and in my evaluation, those are
proprietary tools.
OTOH, with a little work, I think the LMMS + Ardour can actually be the
best, or at least good enough. I also happen to enjoy doing open source
development, so this wouldn't be a bad path to pursue. But ultimately,
I want to get back to making the best music that I can make --- it's for
that reason that I think I'm going to finally go back to a dual boot
machine for the first time in 6 years, and take a vacation in Windows
land.
None of this is to say that I'm through with Linux and open source as
music making solutions --- far from it. And I'm certainly *not* trying
to encourage any body to follow my lead. In fact, I hope people get
pissed reading this and double their development efforts :-) It's just
that, right now, rolling proprietary sounds more appealing than rolling
open.
This email is way, way longer than I intended it to be, and for that I
apologize. Remember that I'm not looking to stir up any hostilities, I
just want to hear where people stand on The Issues and get a sense of
the community. I predict that there are people here on a moral mission,
and there are people here because they get a chubby out of openness and
collaborative development and such. But I don't think I'm going to see
anybody who's primary interest is making music --- although I'd love to
be proved wrong, and I certainly think that things will be different in
the future as the tools get better.
So let's hear it!
WHAT is your NAME?
WHAT is your QUEST?
WHAT is your FAVORITE ALBUM?
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"So this baby seal walks into a club."
The Hydrogen team is pleased to announce the release of Hydrogen version
0.9.3. The new release is immediately available at the Hydrogen web site
[http://www.hydrogen-music.org] in source form (binaries should follow soon).
0.9.3 is mostly a bugfix release, but also has some improvements. So what's
new in Hydrogen 0.9.3?
- Intergated WASP plugins by Artemiy Pavlov, including innovative Booster,
Noisifier and X-Shaper
- New, much improved color scheme
- Fixed various bugs related to Jack audio driver
- Fixed 100% CPU usage bug
Download Hydrogen:
http://www.hydrogen-music.org/?p=download
Get a heck-load of new kits:
http://www.hydrogen-music.org/?p=drumkits
Discuss Hydrogen at our forums:
http://www.hydrogen-music.org/forum/
On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 22:28 +0100, Björn Lindström wrote:
> In so far as moral can be applied here, restricting people from
> tinkering with the software they run is immoral, since it diminishes
> their freedom.
By this logic, locking my doors is immoral because it diminishes
people's freedom to roam around my house.
Lee
hi paul, benno, everybody!
tried to reach you in private, but haven't heard anything back so far.
the lad site has been offline for quite a while now, and i find the
entire issue pretty frustrating... it's not exactly what i would call
"high availability". :(
i'd just write the whole site off if it weren't for the fact that i used
to be listed as webmaster and people keep writing to me complaining
about broken links.
please, someone step up and do something about it.
jörn
> hi paul, hi benno!
>
>
> how's the linuxaudiodev.org migration going? it's been offline for
> quite a while now, breaking a whole lot of links all over the place.
>
> benno, why did you remove the stuff before the new location is set
> up? and why did you never contact me about the bandwidth usage
> problem before? we might have been able to find a less-hurried
> solution than taking the entire material offline for a month. i
> really appreciate lionstracs' bandwidth donation, but with a little
> bit more communication, things would have been a lot less painful.
>
> can i again ask you again to maintain the
> www.linuxdj.com/audio/lad/.* redirction to linuxaudiodev.org/{1}? i
> know the site is crap and unmaintained, but we have worked hard to
> establish it as a repository of audio-related material, and it's
> quite good for that. i'd hate to see it fall into google oblivion due
> to ever-changing urls.
>
> paul, it looks like the lac 2006 will again generate metric shitloads
> of material - is there some room on your iron for another 10gigs of
> videos and audio dumps? if so, how can we organize the upload? i can
> put them somewhere at zkm, or you can give me a way to push them up
> myself.
>
>
> best,
>
> jörn
>
>
> ps: in case any data went into the bit bucket, i have a fairly
> up-to-date local mirror. not quite the latest, because my account was
> de-activated without notice, but still usable.
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Pete Bessman:
> On Tue, 2006-02-21 at 01:31 -0800, Kjetil S. Matheussen wrote:
> > And here is the sound:
> > http://ccrma.stanford.edu/~kjetil/jack_capture_1.ogg
> >
> > I'd say its pretty good to be done by an amatour in a hurry. :-)
>
> Well, that was interesting. I had no idea this program even existed,
> but you may be on to something with it. I'll keep a lazy eye on it ;-)
Marmelade! The program is 7 years old! :-D
Guess I should get a PR agent or something...
On Mon, 2006-02-20 at 22:28 +0100, Björn Lindström wrote:
> Lee Revell <rlrevell(a)joe-job.com>:
>
> > How can we expect people to abide by the GPL if we don't respect
> > their licensing terms? Stealing proprietary software is exactly as
> > immoral as proprietary vendors ripping off GPL'ed code.
>
> While you do have a point, I can't agree with this.
>
> In so far as moral can be applied here, restricting people from
> tinkering with the software they run is immoral, since it diminishes
> their freedom.
>
> Copyright, on the other hand, is an arbitrary monopoly instituted by
> the state.
>
<sarcasm>
You're absolutely correct! Let's get rid of copyright law
especially since the evil GPL is based on it. Also, any song you write
I'll be glad to take and exploit for money without giving you any of the
money or attributing the song to you. Good idea, how long did it take
you to come up with this?
</sarcasm>
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