Hi,
Got a new track on http://muzik.agnula.org/view.php?view=track&id=839
It's the 1st of a series of numbers for a collection called "Fluestern
verboten" (German for "Whisper forbidden").
Maybe it'll form an associative field of thought and sound on the
politics of whispering. But then again maybe not. These times start to
get at me and whispering seems appropriate. As a form of social and
political conduct it is threatened and encouraged at the same time. So
what to conclude from that?
Sketchy as ever, still I hope this leaves room for collaboration,
whisper up.
Wolfgang
Ok, now that I have the kernel and everything set up and jackd is
running in realtime mode, how do I tell the kernel to do that with
other programs that don't know enough to increase their own
priorities? Is there a wrapper program that will start another
program at an increased priority?
This could be something I should already know, but I haven't ever had
to do it before so I don't.
I upgraded to 2.6.11 from 2.6.5 and it seems that was a mistake. My
thumb drive no longer works with Linux and I get more xruns than ever;
mostly on playback, which is odd. I didn't patch the kernel yet, all
I did was use stock but I enabled the pre-empt this time. Last kernel
didn't even have that.
Anyone have some thoughts? I thought people where saying that post
2.6.10 was the best there was for audio. So far it doesn't seem like
it.
A have an amd64 and I am in 64 bit mode.
Thanks for any suggestions.
Hi.
I was just wondering whether there are any open source applications on
Linux for doing theatre sound for plays and dance, or if anyone else is
interested in collaborating on making one or has experience with this
kind of thing.
I can't code, but have a some experience with PD, which may do the job
with a custom gui.
I don't think there are any commercial ones that fit the bill. There is
SCS which I don't think does multiple outs, and SFX which is very
expensive and may not do a few things either. I am using ableton at the
moment, but it is not ideal, as it can't do some of the requirements
simultaniously, and is a bit overkill as 90% of it's features are
unused. I reackon loads of other people would find a free theatre sound
app really handy too.
Personally, my requirements are...
The concept of 'scenes' that can be stepped through, like a lighting
desk.
Multiple audio outs for each scene. We use two stereo pairs and a mono
channel for speech. This is important as often a little tweakage and
eqing on the analog mixing desk is required with different rigs in
different theatres. We split more rhythmic stuff to 1n2 and tuneful
stuff to 3n4.
The ability for fast forward and rewind within a scene. Mainly for
rehearsal reasons.
The ability to switch from scene to scene instantly, or to have preset
or manual crossfades. (Often you are following cues from the
performers.)
It has to be bomb proof and have a simple gui even a lampie can
understand.
Midi control of scene switching and manual crossfades.
The ability to set volume levels for each scene.
The ability to change the order and add new tracks without too much
pain.
And that's about it. The nearest thing I have found is some of the DJ
apps like terminator X which kinda does what is required, and has eq and
fx which is nice, but are not really designed for this. I like the idea
of using Linux as it's easy to trouble shoot, reliable in my experience,
simplifiable to the bare minimun, and does not do inexplicable things
for no reason.
Rivendell radio automation software, alsa and jack, darkice with
jack support, peercast. All on one machine. Wav files in rivendell
are in 44100 format. Rivendell plays songs and outputs to jack,
jack is connected to audio outs (can be disconnected if this will
help) and to darkice. Darkice encodes as ogg and sends to peercast.
Bam! Streaming radio station in a box. Problem, my sound card is an
nForce2 which it seems only operates at 48000 and the combination
I am trying does not seem to be happy with this. Converting sample
rates by alsa on input would seem to be one solution to my problem.
Would anyone have an actual example of the best way to deal with
this particular situation ?
--markc
Hi Everyone,
Version 0.5pre4 of FreeWheeling, a live looper for Linux, is now available:
A substantial new release, version 0.5pre4 adds support for saving -and-
loading of loops and banks of loops (called scenes). You can now return to
expand on previous improvisations. New loop and scene browsers allow you to
sift through your library of loops, and a new disk storage scheme
intelligently identifies loops by MD5 digest.
Also new is full support for stereo inputs and loops. FreeWheeling correctly
handles stereo channels. When no channels are stereo, it automatically stores
audio in mono to save memory and disk space.
Several other enhancements, such as multiple switchable MIDI outputs and peak
level indicators, make FreeWheeling easier to use as a live controller and
interface for other Linux audio apps.
Details:
2005-05-02 v0.5pre4
Many thanks to Sune Mai for several clever fixes,
to Plutek for your generous donation,
and to all of you for inspiration and feedback:
Wolfgang Woehl, Mark Knecht, Shayne O'Connor, Esben Stien,
Gregory Maxwell...
** FreeWheeling now requires libvorbisfile.
New Features
------------
* Go back to previous improvisations
- Saving -and- loading of loops and scenes of many loops
- Integrated browser for scenes, loops, and FluidSynth patches
- Loops and scenes are sorted by time in browser
QuickStart:
Use F8 to save a loop, F7 to save a scene of all loops,
F9 to toggle auto-saving of all loops, 'b' to switch browsers
from FluidSynth to Loops to Scenes, 'enter' to load the
selected loop or scene, Shift +/- jumps to the next group
of scenes or loops on disk (at least an hour different in
time)
When loading a scene, the loops are restored to their
original placement. When loading a single loop,
it goes to the footswitch (SW) by default. You can then
move it to any QWERTY or MIDI key by pressing that key.
FreeWheeling no longer saves in folders save1, save2, etc.
A new library folder (by default, fw-lib/)
contains all your loops, scenes, and live mixes.
A new script scripts/godelete-date, can be used to delete
loops and scenes from your library by date.
* Full stereo support
- Individual inputs configurable stereo or mono
- Automatic stereo or mono loops
- FluidSynth in stereo or mono
QuickStart:
In ~/.fweelin.rc find:
<var externalaudioinputs="MMS"/>
This configures two mono and one stereo input.
FreeWheeling no longer auto-connects to system inputs and
outputs. You only need to configure what kinds of inputs
you'd like. Please note that, for now, you need to manually
add displays and keyboard mappings for any inputs you add.
The rest is handled automatically.
* Multiple ALSA MIDI outputs
- Send live MIDI messages to different MIDI ports
to control different Linux apps in real-time
QuickStart:
Use "m" key to switch MIDI outputs. The default configuration,
<var midiouts="2"/>
defines two MIDI outputs. "m" toggles between the two outputs
and the internal FluidSynth.
* Configurable limiter
- Max gain, threshold, and release rate can be changed
- By default, limiter no longer raises gain above 100%
See help in ~/.fweelin.rc
* Input level displays
- Peak levels for each input are now shown
* Footpedal volume adjust configuration
QuickStart:
Use MIDI controller 1 to control individual input levels.
Press keyboard 1-4 to select input. Then move CC1 to adjust
volume. Or press and hold keyboard 1-4 while moving CC1 to
jump to a new pedal value without adjusting volume.
In ~/.fweelin.rc, see:
<declare var="VAR_footpedal_ctrl_num" type="int" init="1"/>
<declare var="VAR_footpedal_vol_max" type="float" init="3.0"/>
You can change the CC# and max volume.
* Laptop keyboard configuration
QuickStart:
If you are using FW on a laptop, you probably don't have
easy access to some keys. I've provided a laptop keyboard
configuration which remaps some keys. In the help pages,
the new keys are shown in square brackets.
To enable this configuration, edit ~/.fweelin.rc:
<declare var="VAR_laptopkeymode" type="char" init="0"/>
init="0" becomes init="1"
* Config file version checking
- If your config file is out of date, FreeWheeling will
ask whether you'd like a new one installed.
This means you never have to manually erase ~/.fweelin.rc.
Fixes
-----
* fixed MIDI note off being misinterpreted on keyboards that
send note on with velocity 0
* JACK ports are no longer auto-connected
* fixed startup hang on some systems (mutex init problem)
* fixed bug in block memory allocator Recycle()
that causes a segfault during bursting of many events
* compile fix error: 'ISO C++ forbids cast to non-reference type
used as l-value' in RTNew()
* footswitch is now controller 64 by default, not 67
* several keys have been remapped- see the help for details
Regards,
JP Mercury
I'm looking for a decent usb sound card to upgrade my laptop.
Currently, I could find the following cards in my city, Toronto,
Canada:
1. Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 NX
2. Creative Sound Blaster MP3+
3. Zalman ZM-RSSC 5.1
4. Zalman ZM-RSA Real Surround Sound
5. M-Audio Sonica Theater 7.1 Surround Sound
6. M-Audio Transit USB Mobile Audio Upgrade
I will use the card mainly for musics and movies with an Altec Lansing
MX5021 (2.1) speaker set. As I'm using it with my laptop, I prefer
usb-powered cards. I'm right now seriously looking at Zalman ZM-RSSC
5.1 (~US$55). Does anyone have experience with this card? If it works,
how is the sound quality?
If you don't know this card, what do you recommend? My buget is
US$100. What card works the best so far?
Thanks a lot,
Raymond
