Linux-audio-user September 2003

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[linux-audio-user] more about vstserver, k_vst, and Pd

by Dave Phillips

Greetings: In the process of providing Tim with an example I found that some severe instability sporadically occurs with the following setup: Pd 0.37 (final) vstserver 0.2.7 k_vst~ (latest) WINE 20030911 from WineHQ (i.e., not Kjetil's) Sometimes the server will go into an endless loop of "wine client error" messages. No problem, I can kill the process with no difficulty, but it would be nicer if it didn't happen. ;) The spin usually takes place when I'm setting up the Pd patch for more than one plugin, but unfortunately it doesn't happen all the time. I'll try Kjetil's version of WINE later today. Btw, I agree that it would be good to have a list of VST plugins known to work in the environment. Alas, I have no time to put into such a thing, but I will gladly donate my own list and comments. 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

21 years, 6 months

[linux-audio-user] M-Audio MobilePre/Sonica/Transit/Ozone testers wanted

by Clemens Ladisch

The M-Audio MobilePre/Sonica/Transit/Ozone devices need a firmware download before they can be used with Linux. I've released a first beta of the madfu-firmware package which tries to accomplish this. Please note that I do not have any of these devices, and that the loader is not tested at all. That's why I'm searching for volunteers. :-) To download the beta, go to http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=87777&release_id=1833… Please send any success/failure reports to usb-midi-fw-user(a)lists.sf.net Regards, Clemens

21 years, 6 months

[linux-audio-user] (no subject)

by Han-Wen Nienhuys

Subject: LilyPond 2.0 prerelease available X-Mailer: VM 7.14 under Emacs 21.2.1 Reply-To: hanwen(a)cs.uu.nl FCC: ~/persoonlijk/Mail/sent I have just released Lilypond 1.9.8. Relative to 1.9.7, it has a number of small bugfixes and sports dotted hairpin crescendos. However, this release also marks the end of my 2.0 release TODO list. In other words, 1.9.8 is the first (and hopefully only) LilyPond 2.0 release candidate. Please download and test it as widely as possible, before it is released some time next week. Enjoy! Han-Wen New features in 2.0 since 1.8 ***************************** * Crescendos can now be drawn dotted or stippled. * Quarter tones are now supported. They are entered by suffixing `ih' for a half-sharp and `eh' for a half-flat. Hence, the following is an ascending list of pitches: ceses ceseh ces ceh c cih cis cisih cisis * The following constructs have been removed from the syntax: \duration #SCHEME-DURATION \pitch #SCHEME-PITCH \outputproperty FUNC SYMBOL = VALUE For `\outputproperty', the following may be substituted: \applyoutput #(outputproperty-compatibility FUNC SYMBOL VALUE) * Clefs may now be transposed arbitrarily, for example \clef "G_8" \clef "G_15" \clef "G_9" * The syntax for chords and simultaneous music have changed. Chords are entered as <PITCHES> while simultaneous music is entered as <<..MUSIC LIST..>> In effect, the meanings of both have been swapped relative to their 1.8 definition. The syntax for lists in `\markup' has changed alongside, but figured bass mode was not changed, i.e.: \markup { \center <..LIST OF MARKUPS..> } \figure { <figures> } As chords the more often used than simultaneous music, this change will save keystrokes. * Each music expression can now be tagged, to make different printed versions from the same music expression. In the following example, we see two versions of a piece of music, one for the full score, and one with cue notes for the instrumental part: < \tag #'part < { c4 f2 g } % in the part, we have cue-notes \\ R1 > \tag #'score R1 % in the score: only a rest > The same can be applied to articulations, texts, etc.: they are made by prepending -\tag #YOUR-TAGS to an articulation, for example, c4-\tag #'with-fingerings -4 -\tag #'with-strings \6 This defines a note, which has a conditional fingering and a string-number indication. * The settings for chord-fingering are more flexible. You can specify a list where fingerings may be placed, eg. \property Voice.fingeringOrientations = #'(left down) This will put the fingering for the lowest note below the chord, and the rest to the left. * The script previously known as `ly2dvi' has been renamed to `lilypond'. The binary itself is now installed as `lilypond-bin'. * Markup text (ie. general text formatting) may now be used for lyrics too. * Two new commands for grace notes have been added, `\acciaccatura' and `\appoggiatura', \appoggiatura f8 e4 \acciaccatura g8 f4 Both reflect the traditional meanings of acciaccatura and appogiatura, and both insert insert a slur from the first grace note to the main note. * Layout options for grace notes are now stored in a context property, and may now be set separately from musical content. * The `\new' command will create a context with a unique name automatically. Hence, for multi-staff scores, it is no longer necessary to invent arbitrary context names. For example, a two-staff score may be created by \simultaneous { \new Staff { NOTES FOR 1ST STAFF } \new Staff { NOTES FOR 2ND STAFF } } * Octave checks make octave errors easier to correct. The syntax is \octave PITCH This checks that PITCH (without octave) yields PITCH (with octave) in \relative mode. If not, a warning is printed, and the octave is corrected. * All articulations must now be entered postfix. For example, c8[( d8]) is a pair of beamed slurred eighth notes. * The definition of `\relative' has been simplified. Octaves are now always propagated in the order that music is entered. In the following example, PRE \repeat "unfold" 3 BODY \alternative { ALT1 ALT2 } POST the octave of BODY is based on PRE, the starting octave of ALT1 on BODY, the starting octave of ALT2 on ALT1, and the starting octave of POST on ALT2. The same mechanism is used for all other music expressions, except the chord. Backwards compatibility is retained through a special program option, which is set through #(ly:set-option 'old-relative) -- Han-Wen Nienhuys | hanwen(a)cs.uu.nl | http://www.xs4all.nl/~hanwen

21 years, 6 months

[linux-audio-user] Suche Linux Audio User in K�ln zwecks Austausch

by luigi rensinghoff

Sorry Folks if you are not German, but i am looking for someone in Cologne who wants to exchange some experiences: Also Hallo ! Sollte da drau�en irgendejemand sein, der in K�ln lebt und sich mit Linu-Audio besch�ftigt und sich austauschen m�chte - Mir auch ein bi�chen helfen, beim Installieren, Jmax, Ardour, PD etc. Der melde sich doch mal bei mir. Ich geb n Essen aus, wenns dann l�uft !!! Gru� Luigi __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com

21 years, 6 months

[linux-audio-user] Running vstserver & ladspavst

by Natalia Rakowski

Hello - I was wondering if someone could help me along with getting VST's running under Linux. I have installed the version of WINE from the vstserver download area. I have also built vstserver and can in fact run it. Finally, I have built ladspavst. This is where I am stuck. The ladspavst README didn't have any info to help figure out how to run it. Building ladspavst made vst.so. What now? What I would like to try is getting VST's running with Ardour. Is this possible? Also, do any VSTi's work with vstserver? Thanks for any and all info... -- N

21 years, 6 months

[linux-audio-user] (vst/linux) Re: linux-audio-user digest, Vol 1 #679 - 8 msgs

by Kjetil S. Matheussen

From: Dave Phillips <dlphilp(a)bright.net> > > "Kjetil S. Matheussen" wrote: > > > > Perhaps Kjetil can provide a working example ? > > > > > > > The help2-k_vst~.pd patch in the k_vst~ tar file works for me. (last time > > I tried at least). Press the "click to hear" button. > > Thanks, Kjetil. I got the mda_JX10 synth and tested the patch, it worked > fine (but no GUI, alas). I also tried the compakt and Barking Wombat > synths again with that example, both worked fine and both showed their > GUIs (after I added the opengui/closegui messages to the patch). > However, I still haven't figured out how to sound the patch via my MIDI > keyboard. > > The vstserver is still very shaky. It often crashes after changing the > DLL name in the k_vst~ object. I can start the whole thing again with > the revised patch and it will work fine (until I try changing the DLL > again). Btw, I built and installed your version of WINE (from the NoTAM > site) and rebuilt the vstserver. > It seems like the newer wine-versions doesnt work quite as well with the vstserver as the nov-dec2002 versions. I have experienced more strange behaviour after upgrading too. But it might be coincidental. > I tried utilizing the MIDI input components from the audio/MIDI test > patch but even though it shows MIDI data coming from my keyboard I'm > still not sounding the VSTi plugin. Suggestions ? > Hmm, no. I'm unfortunately not sitting at a linux machine right now. Cant think of anything. Ask the pd-list perhaps? There seems to be quite many that use the k_vst~ external on that list. --

21 years, 6 months

[linux-audio-user] (vst/linux) Re: linux-audio-user digest, Vol 1 #678 - 17 msgs

by Kjetil S. Matheussen

> > Also, do any VSTi's work with vstserver? > Yes. There are very few differences between the VSTi and the VST format. > according to the pd k_vst~ readme, pd supports > midi note on/off, controllers, pitchbend, aftertouch, and > program change for vsti's! > Thats right. > i cant personally verify that :-) > I can. :) > From: Dave Phillips <dlphilp(a)bright.net> > To: linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu > Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Running vstserver & ladspavst > Reply-To: linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu > > Tim Orford wrote: > > > > Also, do any VSTi's work with vstserver? > > > > according to the pd k_vst~ readme, pd supports > > midi note on/off, controllers, pitchbend, aftertouch, and > > program change for vsti's! > > > > i cant personally verify that :-) > > I tried running the Barking Wombat and the compakt synths with k_vst~. > Both GUIs popped up without complaint, but neither worked. Furthermore, > when I quit Pd (after closing the synths) the vstserver crashes (with > each synth tested). > > Perhaps Kjetil can provide a working example ? > The help2-k_vst~.pd patch in the k_vst~ tar file works for me. (last time I tried at least). Press the "click to hear" button. --

21 years, 6 months

Re: [linux-audio-user] JACK splat

by Taybin Rutkin

What's your soundcard? I think being able to open a sound device multiple times is dependent on if the hardware supports that. I can run jack and xmms (without the jack plugin) concurrently on my sb512. Taybin -----Original Message----- From: Dave Phillips <dlphilp(a)bright.net> Sent: Sep 18, 2003 7:54 AM To: linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] JACK splat Robert Jonsson wrote: > Thursday 18 September 2003 14:19 skrev Dave Phillips: > > Greetings: > > > > I'm having an interesting problem with JACK (0.81.1). When running it > > I can't start non-JACK apps, e.g., after starting JACK (with Rui's neat > > qjackctl) I'm unable to open Snd until I stop JACK. Is this expected > > behavior ? I hope not... > > Are you sure you could do it with other versions of Jack? Now that I think about it, no, I'm not sure about that. I've usually reserved JACK use for Ardour, so I might not have ever tried running a non-JACK app with the server open. > I don't know how Snd works, but it seems probable that it opens the > sound-device on startup. And if it is occupied by a sound-server, any > sound-server, the app may not start. I'm pretty sure Snd operates in just that manner, and I understand what you're telling me. I also tried opening it with jacklaunch but got no joy. :( 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

21 years, 6 months

[linux-audio-user] Can you say CheeseTracker ?

by Dave Phillips

Greetings: Is anyone on this last using CheeseTracker 0.8.0 ? I like it, but I've run into a number of problems. I've already mentioned some bugs to reduz and I'll prepare a better report for him. But meanwhile I wondered if anyone else here is even using it. 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

21 years, 6 months

RE: [linux-audio-user] Loops

by Taybin Rutkin

As far as I know, the paint feature is still in there. I don't know if it still works though. There are a lot of features, and we might not know if something is broken until someone tries it out. Taybin -----Original Message----- From: Mark Knecht <mknecht(a)controlnet.com> Sent: Sep 17, 2003 11:37 AM To: linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu Subject: RE: [linux-audio-user] Loops > > Why is this difficult? Are you looking for something like fruity > loops that > makes it easy to assemble the loops themselves? What sort of > functionality > are you wanting? > Check the Ardour archives. We had this discussion back around last January. Actually, someone did a patch for Ardour that painted loops much like Acid does. You placed the loop where you wanted it to start and then did a drag to the right. If you went farther than the length of the loop then Ardour put in a second copy of the loop, just like Acid. Ardour was actually sort of nicer than Acid in that you could put multiple loops on the same track. Acid doesn't allow that. I think that none of this eventually made it into CVS, but I could be wrong. maybe the functionality is there somewhere. (I don't use Ardour.) - Mark

21 years, 6 months

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Linux-audio-user September 2003