> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Shirkey [mailto:pshirkey@boosthardware.com]
> Sent: 27 November 2002 15:53
> To: linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu
> Subject: [linux-audio-user] mixing advice
>
>
> What do you think is the appropriate way to set the levels for a 12
> channel mixing desk that is being sent to a stereo channel in another
> mixer desk?
>
> Would you set lowish on the master out and the gain high on
> the stereo in?
I'd have thought the opposite arrangement (highish level out, lowish in)
would introduce less noise.
To clarify, the Zoltrix card has both coax and optical I/O.
I'll try to spend some time getting the ALSA driver installed. Is there anything I should know about selecting the coax over the optical inputs?
Thanks,
-Jackson
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey(a)boosthardware.com>
Reply-To: linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu
Date: Thu, 28 Nov 2002 14:31:15 +0900
>Jackson Gibbs wrote:
>>>... What drivers are you
>>>using? Have you tried both OSS and ALSA?
>>
>>
>> I consulted another user somewhere and he suggested trying a couple rpms. Which I did, to no avail... I cannot remember which packages these RPMs contained (and since I'm in windoze right now and transferring some music I can't check).
>>
>> I'm afraid I'm not really familiar with how drivers work in Linux*...
>>
>> So perhaps I should start from the beginning. Could someone suggest a link or links to get up to speed on how drivers work within Linux and how to go about making my Zoltrix work? What's the generic course of action to get a soundcard working with SPDIF?
>>
>> Thanks so much,
>>
>> -Jackson
>>
>> * not that I'm totally ignorant, I have a BS in CS but have never needed to dig into Linux drivers/sound before now.
>
>I'm pretty sure ALSA support for this chipset is fully functional. You
>may need to upgrade your alsa drivers.
>
>http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/
>
>The Zoltix is referenced at the bottom of the page. It says there that
>it has optical i/o support.
>
>I'm not sure if there are special tools for using optical i/o pcms in
>ALSA though. Does anyone know about that? I would like to add info to
>the alsa-docs but don't have anything I can test with.
>
>
>
>
>--
>Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd.
>For the discerning hardware connoisseur
>Http://www.boosthardware.com
>Http://www.djcj.org - The Linux Audio Users guide
>========================================
>
>Being on stage with the band in front of crowds shouting, "Get off! No!
>We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything
>I've ever done.
>
>Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002
>The Scotsman
>
>
> ... What drivers are you
>using? Have you tried both OSS and ALSA?
I consulted another user somewhere and he suggested trying a couple rpms. Which I did, to no avail... I cannot remember which packages these RPMs contained (and since I'm in windoze right now and transferring some music I can't check).
I'm afraid I'm not really familiar with how drivers work in Linux*...
So perhaps I should start from the beginning. Could someone suggest a link or links to get up to speed on how drivers work within Linux and how to go about making my Zoltrix work? What's the generic course of action to get a soundcard working with SPDIF?
Thanks so much,
-Jackson
* not that I'm totally ignorant, I have a BS in CS but have never needed to dig into Linux drivers/sound before now.
---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Anahata <anahata(a)treewind.co.uk>
Reply-To: linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu
Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2002 22:54:07 +0000
>On Wed, Nov 27, 2002 at 02:03:03PM -0600, Jackson Gibbs wrote:
>>
>> I need to digitally transfer DAT's to my Linux box via a SPDIF coax cable.
>>
>> I currently run Red Hat 8. I have a Zoltrix Nightengale Pro installed
>> (which I understand is a CMedia 8738 chip?).
>
>> I'm wondering whether there is another distro/card combination
>> that will come closer to working out of the box?
>
>It works for me with MidmMam DiO 2448 which is also based on the CMI8738
>and the (paid for) oss drivers. The DiO 2448 fitted my requirement which
>was for the cheapest card that has S/PDIF input.
>
>I'm sure it's not your distro that's at fault. I use Debian with 2.4.19
>kernel but I'm sure RH8 can be made to work. What drivers are you
>using? Have you tried both OSS and ALSA?
>
>--
>Anahata
>anahata(a)treewind.co.uk -+- http://www.treewind.co.uk
>Home: 01638 720444 Mob: 07976 263827
>
Hey folks,
I need to digitally transfer DAT's to my Linux box via a SPDIF coax cable. I'm wondering what the path of least resistance would be for getting this set up?
I currently run Red Hat 8. I have a Zoltrix Nightengale Pro installed (which I understand is a CMedia 8738 chip?).
I have put 3 hours of searching and tinkering into getting the Zoltrix card to work but haven't had any luck.
So now I'm wondering whether there is another distro/card combination that will come closer to working out of the box?
If not, does anyone have any advice for getting the Zoltrix card working?
I'd sure appreciate any help. This is the last windoze task that I haven't been able to replicate on Linux. As soon as it can be accomplished I can format that WinXP drive and have more space for music ;-)
-Jackson Gibbs
(De-lurk mode)
KeyKit is still going strong. Indeed it has been "software of the month"
during November at the CNFractal Music Forum at Yahoo Groups.
One other suggestion would be to try the Atari emulator XSteem. I
understand that the latest version of XSteem has MIDI support. Sadly, I
haven't had time to try it on my Linux box yet & have stuck with the
Windows version "Steem".
If you could get XSteem working, it would open up a whole universe of
generative apps that were originally written for Atari ST.
http://www.blimey.strayduck.com/index.htm
is the Steem site.
Gavin.
| Message: 6
| Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 06:56:27 -0800
| From: Paul Winkler <pw_lists(a)slinkp.com>
| To: linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu
| Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Koan / Generative music for Linux
| Reply-To: linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu
|
| On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 11:33:38PM +0100, Aidan Mark Humphreys wrote:
| > Are there any serious generative music programs for Linux?
|
| my first thought is to use not a program but a programming
| language. Four development tools that come to mind:
|
| 1) Pd. haven't used it much, yet, but it seems quite powerful.
|
| 2) KeyKit. A MIDI gui environment for algorithmic composition.
| scriptable IIRC. I played with it for a few minutes a long
| time ago, don't know its current status.
|
| 3) omde / pmask (pythonsound.sf.net). A set of python libraries
| for algorithmic composition. Very flexible since you have
| the full power of python at your disposal and can subclass
| anything in the omde / pmask libs. However, it currently
| only creates csound scores as output. (I want to change that.)
|
|
| 4) saol / sasl (http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~lazzaro/sa/book/)
| as implemented in sfront (http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~lazzaro).
| sort of a "new improved" csound; the sasl score language
| is fairly simple and doesn't have many features, but the
| saol orchestra language allows instruments to start and control
| other instruments, which can be very powerful. The most
| important addition vs. csound is the ability to easily define
| your own "opcodes" (instrument building blocks) which can
| be used just like the core opcodes that are defined by the
| language.
|
| And, which might be relevant for the generative music discussion,
| sfront can compile your saol / sasl files into C code which
| your favorite compiler can turn into an executable.
| So instead of distributing a recording of one particular
| run, you could distribute executable binaries to your listeners!
|
| --
|
| Paul Winkler
| http://www.slinkp.com
| "Welcome to Muppet Labs, where the future is made - today!"
|
| --__--__--
|
Greetings:
As of November 19 2002 the Linux Music & Sound Applications pages have
been updated. This site contains more links to Linux audio, MIDI, and
DSP sites than you can shake a stick at (== a lot), making it the most
comprehensive listing of its kind on the Internet.
The site may be reached here:
http://sound.condorow.net (USA)
Here:
http://linuxsound.at (Europe)
Here:
http://linuxsound.ymo.org (Japan)
(As aways, the Japanese site will not update until midnight tonight.)
Best regards,
== Dave Phillips
The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm
The Linux Soundapps Site at http://linux-sound.org
Currently listening to: New London Consort, "Veritas veritatum" (Carmina
Burana)
Are there any serious generative music programs for Linux?
SSeyo's Koan Pro, is one of the most interesting, yet difficult
to use, music programs to emerge in the past 10 years. Rather
than recording and sequencing music, it generates compositions
from seed concepts and probabilities.
I know that there is a Koan plug-in player for Linux, but does
anyone know of a Linux tool (or at least an OSS project) which
aims to release a program that takes a similar approach to
music generation as Koan Pro.
Aidan
I'm thinking of building a machine to record 16 tracks at a time.
Basicly a linux based HD recorder.
So my big question is, is linux up to the task of recording 16 or
more tracks at once in sync?
--
Chris McDonald
Email: chris(a)swyers.ca
Phone: 1-709-649-1406 (After 6 NST)
Hi list members,
this is another new member, so Hello to all.
I´m using Linux at home but Win in my project studio, because it is
built around a SEK´D ARC88 analog eight-channel full-duplex card.
Unfortunately, this card is highlighted GREEN in the ALSA Soundcard
Matrix *sigh*.
So as I would love to run it under Linux - is there anyone out there
working on a driver, does anyone have any experiences using this card,
or who are the ones to turn to to possibly get driver support for this
one...?
Thank you very much,
Florian Berger, Leipzig, Germany
I am new(ish) to this list so hello, been listen for a week or so.
I am looking for a the type of software I found in at
sharewaremusic.com for scheduling and automation of radio shows. There
are a few options in the Windows category, but I have found nothing for
Linux, and nothing GPLd.
I am hoping that such software would be useful for running a stage
productions audio sound effects, with the sound operatator reading the
cues from an on-screen running sheet, and triggering the associated sound.
He's the part I need most: If, becuase of the timings of cues, the
asssociated sounds overlap, they should be mixed together and played
back though the same output device. Audio samples would be fairly well
prepared, but a simple way to set the overall playback level of an
individual same would be ideal. Timing accuracy is not enormously
important, so ability to work with a low latancy kernel is not
necessarily a requirement.
Do you know if such an thing exists for Linux?
Thanks
Richard
