Linux-audio-user August 2004

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[linux-audio-user] ZynAddSubFX 2.0.0 available

by Paul

Hi. I released ZynAddSubFX software synth todays (standalone linux/windows and VST). For those who don't know about it: zynaddsubfx is a powerful opensource synth with many features (require few pages just to make a list of them ) and the homepage is at http://zynaddsubfx.sourceforge.net News: - Solved some problems regarding VST - added an advanced clipboard/preset module. On each windows/object that support this, will appear 2 buttons "C" for copy and "P" for paste (from clipboard/preset). You can make a collection of waveforms, LFOs, ressonance functions, envelope,etc, and share to others or use as favorites - Completely removed the old format support (you can use the prereleases - bugs removed - others Also a very good news is that it comes with about 250 instruments (from usual organ/strings to the most weird sounds ever heard ) Hope you like it. I have intention to stop coding for a while and to start to write the documentation and make some real good sound examples. Paul __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

20 years, 2 months

[linux-audio-user] Delta 66/new mobo question

by Dave Phillips

Greetings: eBay lists a number of these cards for sale, some with pretty good prices. However, I do have a couple questions before laying out the dinero: Is the Omni breakout box just as usable under Linux as the regular 4x4 box ? Is the S/PDIF fully supported under ALSA ? Is the MIDI I/O fully supported by ALSA ? I realize that the ALSA site answers these questions, but I want input from users. I'm also in the market for a new mobo, but I can't break the bank on it. I'm currently using an 800 MHz Duron CPU: what would be a suggested upgrade for a Delta 66-based studio, especially WRT the CPU ? Any and all suggestions will be vastly appreciated ! Best, dp

20 years, 2 months

[linux-audio-user] Hardware recommendation

by Pieter Penninckx

Hi, Porhaps I will have the opportunity to buy a new computer. I have allready my soudcard and microphone and I am waiting for my mixer. So the question is: what motherboard, processor, power supply unit, computer case, harddisk etc. do you recommend and whitch pieces of hardware are problematic? I want to do harddisk recording and midi with softsynths. I want the computer to be silent (I have a condenser microphone) and I want low latency, of cource. Kind regards, Pieter Penninckx

20 years, 2 months

[linux-audio-user] Re: [QMidiArp] README found

by Matthias Nagorni

Hello Mark, I take this back to the list because it seems I have to explain the approach that QMidiArp uses in a bit more detail... On Mon, 23 Aug 2004, Mark Knecht wrote: > I'm having some trouble with the pattern syntax. Let's says that I want to > create an arpeggio based around just playing and holding a single key but > creating a series of non-overlapping notes within an octave or two. > > Play and hold: C4 > > Hear: (quarter notes at tempo) C4, E4, G4, C5, E4, C4, G3, C3 > > and when I release C4 the pattern stops immediately. > > the arpeggio should always be based around the single key I'm playing, so if I > play a G3, I'd hear G3, B3, D4, G4, B3, G3, D3, G2 An example of this kind of arpeggiator is miniArp, an example of my ALSA HowTo http://www.suse.de/~mana/alsa090_howto.html#sect07 If you look at its simple pattern synthax you'll find that notes are explicitely defined (IIRC on base note C). And here the pattern is transposed whenever you press another key on the keyboard. However QMidiArp works differently. It is based on my experience with the MAP1 hardware arpeggiator. The MAP1 takes the notes into which the pattern is translated from the chord that you play on the keyboard. This way you can play whatever complicated chords with the most complicated alterations and the arpeggiator will still perfectly follow it. I already have an extension to QMidiArp in mind: There could be an additional tab that would have radiobuttons to select chords, like e.g. M, m, 7, M7, m7, ... This could then serve to fill the note buffer that the arpeggiator uses for its pattern. But then you would have to manually change the chord whenever you do a modulation. Matthias -- Dr. Matthias Nagorni SuSE Linux AG Maxfeldstr. 5 phone: +49 911 74053375 D - 90409 Nuernberg fax : +49 911 74053483

20 years, 2 months

[linux-audio-user] Best distro for Audio??

by Russell Hanaghan

I need to stretch my wings a little and try something outside of Mandrake 10.0... Can I get some basic pros and cons of the different distro's you're using? And especially from previous Mandrake users. Been thinking about CCRMA because I'm used to packages but I would build more stuff if it wasn't such a struggle every time I do it. Sometimes I just need to install stuff and have it work and not spend 20 hours sifting through Google hits, how to's, etc. I enjoy the learning and Linux; I just don't have a lot of spare time. Thanks R~

20 years, 2 months

[linux-audio-user] wikipedia entries for Linux audio ?

by Dave Phillips

Greetings: While doing some research on VST/VSTi technology I checked the Wikipedia page for "VST". It's a good informative page, and there's even an entry regarding the fst/libfst project. However, there was no mention of Kjetil's vstserver and its clients. There is now. It occurred to me that while we're laboring over where & whether to use wikis, there's already a place for us to get some more information out to the public: the Wikipedia. I don't know how many other Linux audio projects are detailed. Ardour, ALSA, Pd, and others are already there, but I don't know how up-to-date that material is. So, would-be documenter writers, avail thyselves of this opportunity and start hitting the wikipedia ! Add new entries, correct the old ones, bring 'em up to date, but just do it ! ;-) Thank you for your attention. We now return you to your regularly scheduled programming. Best, dp

20 years, 2 months

[linux-audio-user] [ot, funny?] Can your softsynth do this, too?

by Frank Barknecht

Hallo, can your softsynth do this, too? ;P (attached patch requires pd-0.37 or greater) Ciao -- Frank Barknecht _ ______footils.org__

20 years, 2 months

[linux-audio-user] CCRMA switching to FC2?

by Rick

Hi all, Anyone know when CCRMA will be switching to FC2 and the 2.6 kernel? Rick B

20 years, 2 months

[linux-audio-user] Midiman Firewire/USB interfaces...

by Tuncer Jerome

Anyone has had experiences with Midiman USB or Firewire interfaces? I'm particularily interested in Omnistudio (USB) and Audiophile (Firewire). But prior to buying, I would like to know if they're known to work (well?) under Linux. Thanks Jé

20 years, 2 months

Re: [linux-audio-user] CCRMA switching to FC2?

by Matt Barber

->Sorry, yes I meant Planet CCRMA. I was wondering when I could go to the CCRMA website and download the modified iso's of FC2 (with apt as the default package manager) and the modified kernel. Wish I could say that I was doing some important audio work, but I mainly use Planet CCRMA's version of Fedora and the modified kernel for gaming, as benchmarks show better results than with other distro's and kernels on similar equipment.<- Fernando has been doing a hell of a job getting things working. We're running one of the latest kernels in our studio on a P4 (no hyperthreading) with astoundingly few issues. Read through some of the last couple of weeks' worth of the planetccrma mailing list (archived on the web) to get an idea of where things stand. Matt

20 years, 2 months

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Linux-audio-user August 2004