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[linux-audio-dev] linuxmusician.com: a website of sorts

by Chris Cannam

Quite a long time ago now, Richard Bown and I decided we were going to set up a sort of magazine website for musicians using Linux. It wouldn't be a developer site or a pro-audio site or even particularly a technology site, it would just be a site for individuals who were interested in doing music. We registered the name linuxmusician.com, and then, inevitably, contrived to do absolutely nothing at all with it for the next eighteen months. It became very clear very quickly, as always, that we simply wouldn't have the time to write a substantial amount of material for it. The subsequent appearance of the handy QuickToots site at djcj.org also seemed to reduce the need for some of the content we'd been hoping to write or solicit. Recently though we decided that enough was enough, and that we should just launch the damn thing with the few contributions we could make plus a community article-submission facility and at the least give it the chance to flop gracelessly instead of never being launched at all. So one install of Mambo later, and we present http://www.linuxmusician.com/ At the moment there is one (1) complete article on there, plus two brief stubs of articles; there's a links page with hardly any links yet, and a copy of the bownie.com Guide to Home Recording. We will continue to post stuff that we come up with, but also if you take a moment to register you are then very welcome to submit articles, news, and links. It's not a complete slash/scoop-style community moderation system; for example, there's currently no comment system at all. But we're very open to ideas and concoctions that other people might want to suggest. Chris

21 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-dev] [ANN] Visecas 0.3.1

by Jan Weil

Hello lists, I am pleased to announce the initial release of Visecas 0.3.1. Visecas is a graphical user interface (GTK+) for Ecasound [http://eca.cx/ecasound], a software package written by Kai Vehmanen which is designed for multitrack audio processing. It aims to provide full access to all Ecasound's object by preserving Ecasound's semantic (which means you do not edit tracks and regions but chains and audio objects). Please visit Visecas' webpage at http://visecas.sourceforge.net This release includes the following features: * start Visecas as you would start Ecasound (all arguments are passed on) * display and control chainsetup's status (valid, connected, looped, etc.) * add, remove, rename, mute, bypass chains * add, remove, attach audio objects * add, remove, control operators * control chainsetup position via hscale * display and control engine status * edit Ecasound's preferences Have fun! Jan

21 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-dev] [ANN] galan-0.3.0-beta1 released

by torbenh＠gmx.de

hi guys... the current discussion on the modular synths reminded me, that i should announce the new 0.3.0-beta1 Version. from the discussion it becomes apparrent, that many people dont know gAlan. - use this version with jack to stay happy. - a controlpanel can now have a custom picture as background. - the sub component library needs to get tidied up - LADSPA plugins differ from native plugins in that they only provide standard controls. - array events - fft plugin - sampler can receive an array. i know that galan evolves too slow, but i need to get my university done. -- torben Hohn http://galan.sourceforge.net -- The graphical Audio language

21 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-dev] [Fwd: linuxaudio.org]

by Marek Peteraj

I'm forwarding my first email so that the lad jury can decide whether it's my personal agenda. I can post the second one aswell in case anybody is interested. Let me know what you think. Marek

21 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-dev] Re: linuxaudio.org

by holborn

Hi! My two cents: For me, any kind or consortium, coorporation or what ever you want who promote the use of audio with linux was a good idea, i hope this can help to their members (projects) to be really competitive. That will be good for all. But .... i have an ethical question with the use of this domain name, hope in the future will be useful for all the linux users, with that name probaly many people go to this domain serching audio solutions, and hope they will find and don't lost their time. And that is a big effort for any kind of project. I think this kind o domain name need to be a project supported by the members, not a members supported by the project. Josep

21 years, 8 months

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: linuxaudio.org

by Tim Orford

hi Daniel Thanks for replying. I do hope you find this thread constructive. While we have a different emphasise on some things, i think our aims are broadly similar, and i dont mean to harangue you:-) actually i hesitate to send this mail as i guess it is preventing you from making your case properly. I think i made my initial point re open discussions, and the thread has mostly moved onto other areas that i dont have such strong feelings about. But anyway here goes..:-) On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 05:27:07PM +0000, Daniel James wrote: > > the problem for me is that it purports to represent linux pro audio > > in general > > Only as far as it represents its members - what's wrong with that? > > I am trying to work with everyone here. However, the feeling I'm > getting is that certain LAD mailing list members believe they have > some kind of proprietary ownership over the whole area, by virtue of > membership of a mailing list alone. That I find bizarre. i dont see that. I think people are just expressing concern over developments which undermine the list. Its not about 'ownership' or 'rights', just about respect and building a commons. but I can understand some of the more serious players finding the list relatively amateurish, and desiring to move to a more serious front, but i hope that doesnt backfire. Personnally i would hate to see development fragmented any more than at present. I imagine this list is a good way to draw in new or potential developers. > > > sound engineers are not organised as either projects or companies. > > So can i join? > > We'll have to find some way that individuals can get involved. I'm > very open to suggestions. > > > You cannot work with a corporation on an "equitable basis". You > > lick their asses till they hand over the money. > > Well, that's not the way I usually work, personally speaking. I'm not what do companies have if not money and resources? > sure you can divide corporations into good and bad so easily. Let's > bear in mind that many of the companies working on Linux audio are > very small. ok, i'm possibly using the word corporation wrongly. I will use the term large company instead. I have nothing against small companies, only large ones. And i agree that there is indeed some chance of an equitable relationship with a small company that doesnt have a large market share (and corresponding lack of influence). but i'm not clear which companies you are trying to court and why. > > > > So far, Microsoft has not asked > > > to join. > > > > I'm not sure what we are sposed to make of that statement. > > File under attempts at humour. i'll try and lighten up:-) > > > pro audio is way behind mainstream linux concerns. > > Quite. Let's see what we can do to help change that. > > > I dont see it > > happening, but i dont want eg Steinberg here. > > If they want to produce a Linux based product, I'm afraid they can do > it without your permission - that's libre software for you. of course. But the question is not whether it will happen but whether it should be encouraged. > > > Both the scale and the principle are different. OSDL and CELF are > > 'selling' their 'product' to large-scale enterprises and hence need > > a corporately acceptable face. With the exception of some media > > companies, audio users are either individuals or companies of less > > than 10. > > Most businesses are small, audio or not. Windows got to where it is > today on the small business desktop, not through the 'enterprise'. > Besides, just because professional-quality audio tools exist on Linux > does not mean that they will be used exclusively by professionals. but large corps are where the money is. If you get a nice contract with IBM, Disney, Germany, you are set! so do you disagree that OSDL and CELF are aimed at large companies? I'm asking cos I dont know. i take it then that you want to target small companies? > > You are presenting it as a done deal. > > No, I'm presenting the beginning of a possibility. > > > You already have > > a web page and a large number of members > > What would you say if there were no web page and no members? 'Not much > of a project?' i certainly wouldnt say that. > > > who have apparently agreed > > to some fairly strong legal commitments. > > The membership policies have little legal weight - they are just an > expression of good faith. No-one has signed anything yet. :-) > > > 1-project coordination. a consortium should mainly concern itself > > with represention to the outside world. Cooperation > > should be handled using normal open development methods, imo. > > Sure, but you have to get people to agree to do open development > first. > > > 2-promotion. Agreed that this could be useful in the future. > > That's the main focus of what I am doing personally, taking Linux to > audio industry trade shows. > > > Currently i believe promotion should be aimed at developers not > > users. > > There's plenty of usable software out there now. If there are no > users, why have developers at all? you need developers before there can be users:-) i'm afraid i think we disagree on how useable the software is. Imo the really good software only covers some niches at present. I'm hesitant to go into details as that is a v tricky area of discussion!:-) > Besides, the LAD conference is > already aimed at developers. sure but surely thats in addition to and somewhat separate from any other organisation/event? > > > I dont see how corporate involvement will help here. > > I bet you've never booked a stand at a trade show. They are > fantastically expensive events to participate in. Without > sponsorship, it just wouldn't happen. Sure they're expensive. Dont fight the 'enemy' on their own ground. The introduction of large sums of money can change anything, and usually not for the better. We have better weapons. > > Should companies that have > > no interest in pro audio or music production be involved? > > If they have a fringe interest in audio, it could be in their > interest. What's good for pro audio - eg ALSA - may also be good for > more general use. However, I personally wanted to concentrate on > supporting software like JACK or Rosegarden, which is of little > interest to mainstream users. neither of those two projects is completed yet, although jack nearly is. Just out of interest, are you a Rosegarden user? I do think that Jack is terrific, but its a hard sell against competing systems where the wiring is almost a behind the scenes feature of a highly polished user app. Jack is not enough. Yes the 'infrastructure' is pretty much there. Now its time to finish building on it. I'm afraid my experiments with Rosegarden were not encouraging. This is partly because it uses a model which i dont personally favour, but perhaps its time for me to give it another try... > > > For such an organisation to have respect from > > outside, it needs to be seen as representative. And to a large > > degree your consortium already is, having most of the major players > > as members. Therefore it speaks for me whether i want it to or not. > > I don't quite follow that. I'm not out to exclude anybody. my point was that if the organisation is succesful then i will have to become a member if i want to have any infuence. If i disagree with the aims of the organisation and dont become a member then i will be excluded from many discussions and decisions that i perhaps have important opinions about. That is not neccesarily a bad thing, but i just want to see it done in the best possible way. > > > unless you think it through some more and seriously > > acknowledge that your actions are underiming the egalitarian nature > > of the community and have the potential to split it > > That's a pretty serious charge. a bit melodramatic perhaps:-) I just wanted to point out the potential negative effects that you had perhaps overlooked in your enthusiasm. > > I believe there's a limited window of opportunity for Linux on the > desktop in general, and audio/music applications are just a tiny part > of that. Pro applications are an even smaller niche. I think there's > a serious risk that without some organised advocacy aimed at building > a significant user base, libre software in this area will eventually > wither away. I don't want to see that. i dont beleive there is a limited window. The effects of the GPL are only just beginning! It cant be stopped. Even if it coexists with proprietory systems, i am convinced that the successor to Linux will still be here in 20 years, and Jamin will be the default software in mastering houses worldwide. This will happen not because of promotion but because it is better. Too many people have seen the good life and cannot go back to proprietory software. i am reminded of the excellent Coen Bros film The Man Who Wasnt There. He had a good thing going but ruined it by being greedy. Of course you can find many more films with the opposite moral:-) anyway, the think the important isssues here are: 1-which companies are you courting and why? 2-is it yet the right time for promotion? Does the software really compete with proprietory products enough to justify major expenditure? (btw this is taking up way too much of my time today, so i'll probably have to go completely offline tomorrow:-)) thanks for listening:-) -- Tim Orford

21 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-dev] [ANN] GNUsound 0.6.2 released

by Pascal Haakmat

Hi, GNUsound 0.6.2 was released. Changes from 0.6.1: Fixed bug where mute/solo buttons weren't correctly being selected when tracks were vertically scrolled. Added mouse wheel support, mouse wheel now controls zoom. Download at the usual place: http://awacs.dhs.org/software/gnusound Thanks, Pascal.

21 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-dev] [linux-audio-user] Re:M-audio products

by nick

This card has an ESS Maestro-1 (a.k.a AGOGO / es1948) APU. But unlike the consumer cards (which use a low quality ac'97 codec) this card uses nicer CS4222 codecs for better sound. The current drivers only work in conjunction with an ac'97 codec. There is no driver for this currently, but I am working on one, although it will be my first soundcard driver :) http://dman2044.sourceforge.net/ If anyone has any info that could help me out, I'd be grateful. Does anyone have data sheets for the es1948? -Nick > I have a Dman2044. Oldy but goody with a nice chunky breakout box. 4 by 4. > > Alsa list this for a cs46xx driver. > Knoppix install detects it as an AGOPO Maestro card > Alsa's auto install detects it as an es1968, also Maestro. > > None of these alternatives work. The OSS Maestro driver will load but not > play. The alsa's will kick at the modprobe > > Any one know what to do? (I have posted on this before.) -- nixx(a)nixx.org.uk | amSynth lead developer JabberID: nixx(a)jabber.org | http://amsynthe.sf.net

21 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-dev] License for sounds

by David Olofson

I'm trying to figure out what license to use for the demo sounds and songs that come with Audiality. I don't think the songs are of much interest beyond demonstrating the engine, so I'll probably just ask that people don't use them in their projects without permission. However, the sounds (or rather, the scripts that render them) are intended to be usable in about the same way as the rest of Audiality. That is, as is or modified, in Free/Open Source, freeware and commercial projects. No royalties, no advertising clause or anything. Here's the problem: I'd like derived sounds to remain open source, but I'm not sure it makes sense to require it, like the LGPL does. The X11 license might be more sensible. What do you think? //David Olofson - Programmer, Composer, Open Source Advocate .- Audiality -----------------------------------------------. | Free/Open Source audio engine for games and multimedia. | | MIDI, modular synthesis, real time effects, scripting,... | `-----------------------------------> http://audiality.org -' --- http://olofson.net --- http://www.reologica.se ---

21 years, 8 months

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Project: modular synth editor

by Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen

Luke Yelavich: > > At 05:53 AM 14/01/2004, Nathaniel Virgo wrote: > > >I think another great application for such a thing would be a JACK patch > >bay. It would be so much easier to use something like this to connect > >apps (and internal ardour connections) than it is at the moment. I always > >wanted to write such a thing myself but never really had the time. In > >many ways a JACK patch bay would be one of the most demanding applications > >for this because it has to handle both many-to-one and one-to-many > >connections and JACK graphs can be very complicated, so I would suggest > >bearing it in mind while designing it, on the grounds that if it can > >handle that it will be able to handle many other things as well. I also > >think that having the option of embedding synth GUIs into the graph is > >very important. > > There already is. Check out http://qjackctl.sourceforge.net. > Yes, it can do everything. But when having many many clients with lots of connections, it gets quite complicated. It would be nicer with a more loose patchbay type of pd/jmax/alsamodularsynth/etc. --

21 years, 8 months

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