Linux-audio-user February 2004

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[linux-audio-user] Get a load of this!!!

by David Baron

http://www.lionstracs.com/index.php?module=Static_Docs&func=view

20 years, 9 months

[linux-audio-user] Looking for a distro strategy

by Greg Reddin

With all the new releases of audio software of late and all the shift that's taking place among distros, I'm trying to devise a good upgrade path for my DAW. As it stands I'm running RedHat 9 with a patched kernel. I've installed all the audio software I use by building from scratch -- downloading, compiling, and installing individual packages. At this point, it has taken so much work to get my system where it is that I'm loathe to upgrade it. Yet, with new versions of Rosegarden, Muse, Ardour, and Jack coming out lately, I'd really like to take advantage of those new features. OTOH, I'm worried that an upgrade can cause problems with work that is in progress. An ideal world for me would be a fairly straightforward binary install process for the OS and most packages, with the capability to install "development" versions of those packages that I'm interested in playing with or contributing to. For example, suppose I found a bug in Ardour that I could patch. I'd like to be able to code, install, and test my patch without screwing up my existing system. I'd also like to be able to upgrade individual packages and back out the upgrade if it breaks something. It would be *really* cool to have something like a virtual machine where I could have a test environment and production enviornment on the same machine. Then I could get things running in the test environment and push them to production when I'm sure they are stable. Another issue is that I'm thinking of moving from RedHat, but I don't know where to move to. I tried Planet CCRMA for a while, but my dial-up made that prohibitive. I'm about to upgrade to broadband, so I may revisit that. So, anyway, how are you guys handling these issues? Do you install from scratch? Do you install audio on top of an existing distro? Which one? RedHat, Mandrake, Debian, SuSE, Gentoo, etc? Does Planet CCRMA work well for you? What about Agnula? How do you upgrade individual packages? How do you back out the upgrade if there's a problem? Do you manage a separate "test" environment to keep from bringing down your DAW? I know there's no single answer to these questions, and eventually, I'll just have to pick from all the equally viable choices. But I'd also like to learn from the wisdom of folks who have more experience with this -- find out what the pitfalls are with each choice. So I would be greatly appreciative of any suggestions you guys might have. Thanks, Greg __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Hotjobs: Enter the "Signing Bonus" Sweepstakes http://hotjobs.sweepstakes.yahoo.com/signingbonus

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[linux-audio-user] Title for new sound-apps page

by Paul Winkler

So, the user-contributed sound apps listing page needs a title. Here's all the suggestions I could find in the last thread on this topic (back in 2002), plus a few more off the top of my head: Big Linux Audio Repository -- BLARe Audio & Music Apps for Linux (AMAL) Linux Audio Festival (LAF) Linux Audio Free Totally Encompassing Resources (LAFTER) Linux Audio Land (LAL) Linux Audio & Music App List (LAMAL) Linux Audio & Music Software Database Linux Sound Pavilion Linux Sound Roadmap Linux Sounds Zoo Linux Waves Raiders of the Lost Softs Software for Linux Audio & Music (SLAM) Sound & MIDI Software For Linux* The Cyborg Musicians Club The List The Shaking Warehouse * an oldie but goodie ;-) p.s. if you don't like any of the above, I will deny having made it up ;-) How bout some more suggestions? -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com

20 years, 9 months

[linux-audio-user] Re: sound & midi applications page, was Re: [Consortium] linuxaudio.org

by Paul Winkler

On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 09:47:55AM +0000, Richard Bown wrote: > On Saturday 31 January 2004 21:35, Paul Winkler wrote: > > The topic is: a site to replace Dave Phillips' venerable, > > labor-intensive, hand-maintained sound applications page. > > It must allow visitors to easily add, update, and correct > > entries for linux audio/music apps. > > Probably also user reviews & commentary on applications. > > ObPlug: Our putative Linux Musician site is aiming to do exactly this kind of > thing. Not a WIKI (because it is edited) but a place where people can post > app links, reviews, tutorials etc. I'm not suggesting it's there to replace > anything (before the flames come on) just augmenting what's already there and > aimed squarely at the user/musician: I just had another look (I've seen the site before and read several of the articles). It's a very nice general-purpose "portal" kinda site. But it doesn't have a full-featured app database features, just links and very brief descriptions. So, I see this as nicely complementary to what I want to do. -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com Look! Up in the sky! It's MICRO-ALLEGORICAL FLOSS ARCHER! (random hero from isometric.spaceninja.com)

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[linux-audio-user] LPT midi interface ?

by Geoff Beasley

I've asked on the alsa-users forum, but I'll ask you guys too...does anyone have any info on using a MOTO Midi-Flyer 2x2 midi port interface, or any other interface for that matter, on the LPT port ? Works fine under XP. I know that alsa supports some serial port interfaces, but no mention anywhere 'bout parralell ones. Thanks for any info.

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[linux-audio-user] amp modelling with Linux?

by Richard K. Ingalls

is there an app that can do guitar amp modelling, like the POD Line6 unit - only with software? -- =========================================================== Richard K. Ingalls Director of Information Technology Glenwood R-8 School District West Plains, MO email..ringalls(a)glenwood.k12.mo.us web....glenwood.k12.mo.us ph.....417.256.4849 fax....417.257.2567 "Glenwood R-8: home of the mustangs!" ===========================================================

20 years, 9 months

[linux-audio-user] Alsa 1.o.2a patch

by Mark Knecht

Sorry for cross posting. Does anyone know where I can find the patch listed at the top of the Alsa home page for patching the 2.6 kernel series? Thanks, Mark

20 years, 9 months

[linux-audio-user] sequencers comparison

by Florin Andrei

I know there were some discussions not too long ago about sequencers, but i'd like to ask the questions in a slightly different way. I'm looking for a decent sequencer for Linux. It's not required to be a "Logic/Cubase/Pro Tools/Sonar killer" (although it would be great :-D), but i'd like it to perform a few basic tasks well. Must-have features: - record and play multiple MIDI tracks - record and play multiple sound tracks - MIDI and sound must be able to blend freely in a project (i.e. record and play arbitrary combinations of MIDI and sound tracks simultaneously) - overdub multiple sound tracks into one (or two) - fine-grained MIDI editing (edit individual keystrokes' parameters such as velocity, timing adjustments) - automatic tool to move slightly off-beat keystrokes to a fixed temporal grid which is defined in the program (therefore making "perfect performance" timing-wise) - sound editing abilities (features such as "snap to pass-through-zero" would be nice) - LADSPA filters - play a metronome through a MIDI or sound channel - works with JACK and ALSA - does not crash Nice-to-have features: - the editors (MIDI, sound) and, generally, the whole app must be user-friendly and inspiration-friendly :-) (when the inspiration possesses you, it's not a good thing to start fumbling through some crappy interface and make a thousand mouse clicks just to do some trivial operation - every second lost is precious) - music notation - some kind of interoperability with related apps Essentially, in the free software world, it's either Muse or Rosegarden. Has any of you extensive experience with both applications? Which one is a better fit for the description above? Thanks, -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/

20 years, 9 months

[linux-audio-user] fluidsynth shell commands

by Gerrit Niestijl

Hi, How can i send commands in a file to a running fluidsynth process? I tried (commands.sh contains fluidsynth tuning commands): $ fluidsynth -a jack ~/gerrit.sf2 < commands.sh But fluidsynth exits immediately after reading the commands in the file. -- gerrit

20 years, 9 months

[linux-audio-user] Re: sound & midi applications page, was Re: [Consortium] linuxaudio.org

by Steve Harris

On Sun, Feb 01, 2004 at 10:39:09AM +0000, richard.bown(a)ferventsoftware.com wrote: > On 2/1/2004, "Steve Harris" <S.W.Harris(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk> wrote: > > >Might be nice to share the reviews stuff for eg. so it appears on both > >sites. > > Hmm.. what about just getting an RSS feed together driven by various > sites? That would be nice for news, but reviews might be a bit big to fit in vanilla RSS files. - Steve

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Linux-audio-user February 2004