Linux-audio-user July 2004

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[linux-audio-user] VST_SERVER and Edirol Hypercanvas?

by Russell Hanaghan

There is a killer Soft synth under <place favorite pseudonym for proprietary monopolistic OS here> win-dohs! It comes in VST and DXi format. It is Edirols Hyper canvas that runs to GM2 spec and has good control and functionality in the likes of Steinberg, Cakewalk, etc. I'm wondering if it could be run under FST or VST_server and used in <place favorite Open Source OS distro here> Linux in conjunction with Muse or Rosegarden or other sequencer apps? Anyone by remote chance messed with this? I will be doing some experimenting but I have not even got VST server to work properly yet. Thanks

19 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-user] Your synth wishlist?

by Dave Robillard

Hello LAU, I'm designing a modular synth engine, and would like to get some input on desired features/abilities to make sure it's designed in a way that will make it the most flexible. So, what features are important to you in a synth? What annoys you about the current crop of linux synths? Already planned (* = working right now): * Low latency realtime operation via Jack * 100% LADSPA plugins, not Yet Another Internal Plugin Format - (DSSI and perhaps VST are being considered) * Seperate engine and frontend(s), ALL communication via OSC (Open Sound Control) The main GUI will be a modular a lot like AMS/SSM/etc. but there's no reason it has to be, the engine can be used from the command line, in programs/scripts (from any language that can talk OSC), hardcoded in custom synths, etc. etc. This will allow, for example, algorithmic composition in C without the limitations of MIDI and discrete notes. The use of OSC means you can run the engine transparently over the network (on 20 machines if you so please..) - Polyphonic, runtime selectable (in the works right now) - Multitimbral * ALSA MIDI in will be through a seperate application, which will allow binding of any MIDI controller to any param in the synth - Sending OSC messages from module ports * Sample accurate everything - The main modular frontend will support LASH (formerly LADCCA), and allow building of control panels ala galan I'm very open to suggestions, that's why I started this thread.. let's hear 'em Cheers, -DR-

19 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-user] gnome-terminal performance

by Florin Andrei

What do you guys think about this thread? http://mail.gnome.org/archives/gnome-list/2004-July/thread.html#00071 Am i crazy? Am i the only one who thinks that the current incarnation of gnome-terminal is slow and a resource hog? -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/

19 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-user] Getting audio noise through midi cable

by Phil Carter

Hi, I have my keyboard midi ports connected to my computer through the game port on my motherboard sound card. It works fine, except I'm hearing some noise through the audio output on my keyboard when the midi cable is plugged into my computer. Whenever my computer is on (whether or not the keyboard is), I hear a buzz, and it gets louder whenever the hard disk is in use. Is there anything I can do to correct this? Is it because I have a cheap sound card? I've thought about getting a somewhat better soundcard, possibly an SB Live!, or a USB midi interface instead of my gameport midi interface. Any suggestions? Phil Carter __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

19 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-user] headless audio apps

by robin fell

Hello [apologies for remotely on-topic post - i'm an X noob] Has anyone on the list any useful anecdotes about running X apps remotely (through ssh in my case) and having strange problems? Since I'm still in the process of setting up a terminal I haven't gotten a full list of the misbehaving apps - but I have seen ~30% load increase (as reported by an admittedly old qjackctl) upon starting meterbridge remotely (vs starting locally). I'm wondering if this is something I have this set-up incorrectly.... [I'd also be interested if anyone has any measurements for the performance benefits of remoting audio apps.] cheers Rob

19 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-user] ANNOUNCE: Rosegarden-4 0.9.9 released - now officially in beta!

by Chris Cannam

ROSEGARDEN GOES BETA! - 0.9.9 RELEASED The Rosegarden team are delighted to announce the 0.9.9 release of Rosegarden 4, an audio and MIDI sequencer and musical notation editor for Linux. http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/ This release is feature complete for 1.0 and marks the start of official beta testing. Rosegarden is one of the most comprehensive Linux music software projects, and is the only Linux application to offer full composition and recording capabilities to musicians who prefer to use classical notation. We encourage anyone who may be interested in using the 1.0 release to try out 0.9.9 and provide bug reports and other feedback via the mailing lists and bug trackers. http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/getting/ http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/support/ New features of the 0.9.9 release include: o Plugin synth support using the DSSI system (http://dssi.sf.net/). Rosegarden now comes with integrated sample-synchronous synth support, with LADSPA effects and mixer routing for synth tracks, and configuration both through the built-in plugin GUI and plugins' own native GUIs. o Triggered segments for pattern sequencing & performable ornaments o New menu layout, many new keyboard shortcuts for everyday usability o Recording from multiple MIDI sources o Cautionary accidentals and configurable key-signature cancellations o Pedal marks, mordents, trill lines, repeat bars o Fine positioning and visibility control of notation elements o Visual metronome o Several new example files Other features of interest include: o Piano-roll, score, event list and track overview editors o MIDI and audio playback and recording with ALSA and JACK o JACK transport support for synchronisation with other software o Ability to build and run without JACK support for MIDI-only use o Audio plugin support using LADSPA o Score interpretation of performance MIDI data o MIDI and Hydrogen file import o MIDI, Csound, Lilypond and MusicXML file export o Clear, consistent and polished user interface o Shareable device (.rgd) files to ease MIDI portability o User interface in Russian, Spanish, German, French, Welsh, Italian, Swedish and Estonian, as well as UK and US English. Rosegarden is Free Software under the GNU General Public License. Chris

19 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-user] Re: Getting audio noise through midi cable

by Andrew Burgess

>I have my keyboard midi ports connected to my computer through the >game port on my motherboard sound card. It works fine, except I'm >hearing some noise through the audio output on my keyboard when the >midi cable is plugged into my computer. Whenever my computer is on >(whether or not the keyboard is), I hear a buzz, and it gets louder >whenever the hard disk is in use. Is there anything I can do to >correct this? I had some really strange pops and buzzes with a new soundcard yesterday, Turns out I'd forgotten to go in with alsamixer and mute/turn down all the inputs I wasn't using. The unmuted mic input was the problem even though nothing was plugged into it. Worth a try...

19 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-user] [ANN] PHAT version 0.1.0

by Pete Bessman

I'm pleased to annouce, after a solid month of heated debate with X11, the initial public release of PHAT, the PHat Audio Toolkit. From the website (www.gazuga.net/phat.php): "PHAT is a collection of GTK+ widgets geared toward pro-audio apps. The goal is to eliminate duplication of effort and provide some standardization (well, at least for GTK+ apps). It's open source software, licensed under the GNU GPL, version 2.0 or later." The debut and flagship widget is the fanslider, designed by Thorsten Wilm's. The LAU folks may not be too interested in the library as such, but might like to play around with this widget (hence the cross post). It comes with a demo program, "phatfantest," which displays the sliders in all their glory. Tarball: www.gazuga.net/phat-0.1.0.tar.gz Docs: www.gazuga.net/phat/index.html Let's actually go somewhere with all this debate about widgets and standards and such. Contributions are welcome (hint hint). I hope we can put an end to the Linux Usability Curse, at least in our own little neck of the woods. -- Pete www.gazuga.net ===================================================================== "I saw the movie 'I, Robot' recently, a film based loosely on a book written by science fiction author Isaac Asimov. In case you're not familiar with Asimov's writing, here's a list of things the movie had in common with the book: * The title." [maddox.xmission.com] =====================================================================

19 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] [ANN] PHAT version 0.1.0

by Pete Bessman

At Sat, 31 Jul 2004 22:14:18 -0400 (GMT-04:00), Taybin Rutkin wrote: > > Sounds neat. Are there any screenshots? Ask and ye shall receive: http://www.gazuga.net/fanslider.png John Check's message later on shows that the widgets are drawn thematically. -- Pete www.gazuga.net ===================================================================== "I saw the movie 'I, Robot' recently, a film based loosely on a book written by science fiction author Isaac Asimov. In case you're not familiar with Asimov's writing, here's a list of things the movie had in common with the book: * The title." [maddox.xmission.com] =====================================================================

19 years, 8 months

[linux-audio-user] New pre-release version of zynaddsubfx

by Paul

Hi. I am Paul, the author of the software synthesizer ZynAddSubFX. I made another pre-release version. Please get it from http://sourceforge.net/projects/zynaddsubfx or http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net News: 2.0.0pre2 - Windows version is available - bugfixes and small improovements - it works with mxml2 Paul __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

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Linux-audio-user July 2004