Linux-audio-user May 2007

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by Mysth-R

Hi ! Recently I bought an expressCard with firewire extension for my laptop. But when I launch qjackctl, I get this error : 00:57:42.374 Startup script terminated with exit status=256. 00:57:42.374 JACK is starting... 00:57:42.375 jackd -R -P89 -dfreebob -dhw:0 -r48000 -p1024 -n3 -D 00:57:42.386 JACK was started with PID=30313 (0x7669). jackd 0.103.0 Copyright 2001-2005 Paul Davis and others. jackd comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details JACK compiled with System V SHM support. loading driver .. SSE2 detected Freebob using Firewire port 0, node -1 00:57:43.157 MIDI connection graph change. libiec61883 warning: Established connection on channel 0. You may need to manually set the channel on the receiving node. libiec61883 warning: Established connection on channel 1. You may need to manually set the channel on the transmitting node. 00:57:43.242 MIDI connection change. 00:57:43.452 Server configuration saved to "/home/mysthr/.jackdrc". 00:57:43.453 Statistics reset. 00:57:43.460 Client activated. 00:57:43.461 Audio connection change. 00:57:43.469 Audio connection graph change. JACK tmpdir identified as [/dev/shm] SSE2 detected 00:57:47.189 MIDI connection graph change. zombified - calling shutdown handler 00:57:47.191 Shutdown notification. 00:57:47.194 Client deactivated. 00:57:47.195 JACK was stopped successfully. 00:57:47.195 Post-shutdown script... 00:57:47.197 killall jackd cannot send request type 7 to server cannot read result for request type 7 from server (Relais brisÃ(c) (pipe)) cannot send request type 7 to server cannot read result for request type 7 from server (Relais brisÃ(c) (pipe)) jackd: aucun processus tuÃ(c) 00:57:47.415 Post-shutdown script terminated with exit status=256. I have a Firebox Presonus on a Dell Inspiron 9400 ; The expressCard got a Texas Instrument chip ; and I am running with fedora Core 6 and planet CCRMA the rtirq script is started : rtirq: start [rtc] irq=8 pid=372 prio=95: OK. rtirq: start [ohci1394] irq=18 pid=1139 prio=90: OK. rtirq: start [snd] irq=20 pid=467 prio=85: OK. I don't know what the problem is. so if someone could help me it should be great :) Thank you best, Erwan -- {^_^} Mysth-R {^_^} http://mysthr.oldiblog.com

18 years, 1 month

USB has power even when PC is shut down?

by Florin Andrei

I upgraded my home PC to AMD64 dual core and the motherboard is ASUS M2N-E Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 Ultra: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813131022 I've an M-Audio Midisport 4x4 MIDI box connected to the PC via USB. On my old system (AthlonXP 2000, I forgot what kind of motherboard), when the system was turned off, everything went dark. But on the new system, the Midisport stays powered up even after the PC is turned off. I can tell it's up because the green LED is still blinking. The PC really is off, the disks are stopped, no moving parts move, everything is cold. Well, I guess this is more of a hardware question, but still, what's the deal with USB on these new motherboards? Is the bus still powered even after the system is turned off? -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/

18 years, 1 month

qmidiarp??

by James Stone

I am having some trouble getting qmidiarp working. The log displays a lot of "unmatched event" messages, and if I select "discard unmatched event" nothing seems to go through, if I deselect this option, the midi seems to pass through, but no arpeggiator :( Any clues? James

18 years, 1 month

Re: [LAU] USB has power even when PC is shut down?

by Thomas Ilnseher

Yes, usb power may be supplied via +5VSB (5V Standby power), even when the PC is powered down. This is in order to support "Power On By Keyboard" (when one is using a USB keyboard). All Mobos i came across that support that feature had some jumper(s) to select wether power is supplied by +5VSB or by the normal +5V rail. if that power is a concrn to you, RTFM to find this jumper. -- "Feel free" - 10 GB Mailbox, 100 FreeSMS/Monat ... Jetzt GMX TopMail testen: http://www.gmx.net/de/go/topmail

18 years, 1 month

A program to chop up samples?

by Ken Restivo

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I remember stumbling across a tool-- or maybe it was a script in Python or one of the music languages-- that would take a WAV file and chop it up into a bunch of individual samples, with a way to adjust the hysteresis for threshold and length. I have used jSamp for making soundfonts, but it assumes that its input files have long silence between them. And that they have pitches to be assigned to note numbers. What I stumbled on, and am trying to find again, is one that did something similar but for shorter, noiser, percussive samples. Haven't been able to narrow down a Google search to anything useful. Anyone know of a program or script which does this? I suppose I could write it, but I'd rather not reinvent the wheel. - -ken -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGPjiWe8HF+6xeOIcRAi5fAKCABJbFGgnK1stv0FQC87iDOwIw2gCfQyGK ckZN9WMFvKSSKBog8W4Zad0= =Xuob -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

18 years, 1 month

ANNOUNCE: PHASEX v0.10.0

by William Weston

Announcing the latest release of the Phase Harmonic Advanced Synthesis EXperiment (first release featuring a GUI), available for download (source tarball and FC6 RPMs) at: http://sysex.net/phasex/ PHASEX is an experimental softsynth for Linux/ALSA/JACK systems with a good mix of standard and experimental features. Here's a quick overview of what PHASEX offers: * GTK GUI: Every paramater is available through the GUI, with parameter names right-clickable for on-the-fly MIDI controller mapping and middle-clickable for parameter help. * 4 Osc / 4 LFO: Oscs and LFOs support multiple sources: MIDI key, tempo, envelopes, and inputs, all with selectable unipolar/bipolar scaling. Wavetable includes the basic wave shapes, both bandlimited and non-bandlimited. Per-osc and per-LFO transpose, pitchbend, and init phase. * Modulations: Full AM, FM, and PM (in this case, modulation of phase offset between left and right channels) routing with per-osc controls. Each osc can be modulated by any osc or LFO for AM, FM, of PM. Wave select modulation by LFO modulators is alsa available. * Filter: Modified Chamberlin filter with LP, HP, BP, BS, LP+BP, HP+BP, LP+HP, and BS+BP modes, distortion and retro (clean) types, keyfollow modes, ADSR envelope, and LFO cutoff modulation. * ADSR Envelope: Standard ADSR envelopes for amplifier and filter. * Chorus: Stereo crossover chorus with builtin phaser. * Delay: Stereo crossover delay with LFO modulation capability. * Key Modes: Mono smooth, mono retrigger, mono multikey (round-robin mapping of MIDI keys to individual oscs), and full poly modes are available. * Input Processing: Inputs may be routed to any combination of oscs and LFOs. Input boost allows weaker sources to be brought up to level of oscs. Envelope follower applies input envelope to output. * Sampling Modes: Supports undersampling and oversampling, giving control over the ever present quality vs. CPU tradeoff. Since this is the first public release of PHASEX with a GUI, feedback is highly encouraged. The project goal is to provide a synthesizer to experimental and professional musicians alike that is as easy and enjoyable to use as it is powerful. The next batch of new parameters and features will be a result of feedback from the community, so please, don't be shy. Cheers! --ww -- /* William Weston <weston(a)sysex.net> */

18 years, 1 month

Re: [LAU] ANNOUNCE: PHASEX v0.10.0

by Nigel Henry

On Friday 04 May 2007 22:39, William Weston wrote: > On Fri, 4 May 2007, Nigel Henry wrote: > > On Friday 04 May 2007 05:42, William Weston wrote: > > > Could you let me know how that FC5 and Debian builds go? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > --ww > > > > It builds ok on Debian Etch, using v0.10.1, but segfaults after a few > > seconds, even without touching anything on the GUI. If I try to load a > > patch, or open the file menu, it segfaults immediately. GTK version on > > Etch is libgtk2.0-0 installed 2.8.20-7. Output from starting Phasex on > > the CLI below. > > Now this is really weird. I started Phasex from FC2, and the GUI opened > > in FC2, and I'm waiting for it to segfault. A minute later, and it's > > still running. So I play around with the file menu, load one of the > > patches, play a bit, and I cannot get it to segfault. > > > > Close it on FC2, and no problems showing on the CLI on FC2, as below. > ww > Weird. I have a patch below for the knob code... will most likely make > older gtk versions happier. Otherwise, I have no clue without putting gdb > on it to catch the segfault. > This change was given to me and I forgot to put it into 0.10.1: > > --- phasex-0.10.0/src/gtkknob.c 2007-04-30 21:45:13.000000000 -0700 > +++ phasex/src/gtkknob.c 2007-05-04 01:29:50.000000000 -0700 > @@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ > attributes_mask = GDK_WA_X | GDK_WA_Y | GDK_WA_VISUAL | > GDK_WA_COLORMAP; widget->window = gdk_window_new(widget->parent->window, > &attributes, attributes_mask); > > - widget->style = gtk_style_attach(widget->parent->style, > widget->window); + widget->style = gtk_style_attach(widget->style, > widget->window); > > gdk_window_set_user_data(widget->window, widget); > > If this fixes your proplem, then this patch is definitely going into > 0.10.2. > > Thanks for the troubleshooting. You've been a great help! > --ww Apologies for the delay in replying. I havn't used "patch" before, and have just edited the gtkknob.c file by hand, after doing a make uninstall for phasex. I don't know whether I needed to do a ./configure, and make again after patching the file, but I did, and after a make install, Phasex is working ok. No crashes. That's on Debian Etch, but as the change to that line has fixed the problem, it no doubt will fix it on FC5 as well. I don't think the problem was machine related, as I had the same problem with Phasex crashing when built on FC5 on the other machine. It would crash on the machine it was built on, but again, if I ssh into that machine from Etch, it works fine. The rpm for FC6 works fine, but jack-audio-connection-kit from Fedora extras appeared to be broken. I had to get an update from planetccrma for jack, before I could try Phasex on FC6. I've also got Kubuntu (breezy), and Slackware 10.0 on the same machine as Etch, which I've just put back onto testing/lenny. I suspect though there may be the same GTK problems as on FC2 with them. As I'm watching snooker at the moment, I'll have to check that out later. Nigel.

18 years, 1 month

Re: [Freepats] Breaking silence and the road to free musical instruments

by Marcos Guglielmetti

El Sáb 05 May 2007 22:53, Roberto Gordo Saez escribió: | On Fri, May 04, 2007 at 03:49:34AM +1000, Mark Constable wrote: | > Wow, this is exciting news. Well, any news is good, as it's been | > very quiet on this list, but this is particularly good news. | | Indeed, it's been very quiet on this list. There are only few | contributions and based on the responses I usually get, I know that main | offenders are all those "semi-free" soundfonts out there. They are the | real evil. People do not feel urged to contribute. They are discouraged | to produce real free soundfonts. Why bother? | | Creating instruments takes a lot of time, and is difficult to do. It is | a lot easier to download one of those General MIDI soundfonts available | everywhere. But it turns out that those soundfonts are also loaded with | unlicensed samples. It is very common to recognize samples from Emu, | Roland and others inside them. | | There are many people who cares about free software, being very picky | about licenses and imposed restrictions when using software; but | surprisingly enough, this same people usually chooses to ignore the | nasty restrictions, ugly agreements and the whole copyright law for | sounds or other works beside software, turning a blind eye, just like | if the problem had never existed. I've had some strong words with some | people at Debian for this reason. | | Months ago, Mark told me about an interesting orchestral sample | collection: | http://www.soundsonline.com/EWQLSO-Platinum-Bundle-pr-EW-155PROB1.html | | For those corrupted souls like myself who have cowardly installed the | proprietary flash plugin, please hit the play button to listen the | example. This is how a high end, good digital sample collection is | supposed to sound nowadays. The first time I've listened to it, I felt a | need to cry. | | Could be possible that we ever manage to build something similar with | free samples? And even if we get the opportunity, how many years could | we need to carefully record, process, balance and fine tune such an | enormous amount of samples? Maybe 10 years, 20 years... never? I'm | unable to answer those questions, but I can say what I will do. | | I was tempted to purchase those instruments, and still I am. I've | already purchased other proprietary samples in the past. While a price | about $3000 may seem a bit high, it is not uncommon for me to spend very | high quantities of money on hobbies, toys or other recreational | activities that are much less useful than a good sample collection. It | may be not a problem for me, just I need to buy those instruments, | possibly together with other sets like the GM kit from the same site, | and I will be happy. No need for spending lots of time making free | instruments, no need to care about fine tuning, and no need to wait | forever. | | But they are NOT FREE. And I'm not referring to the PRICE, I'm referring | to the FREEDOM. And yes, this is an annoyance for me, much more than the | price. They come with a license agreement: | | "you are NOT obtaining OWNERSHIP of the sound samples - you are in fact | purchasing a LICENSE to use the sound samples within your musical | composition" [...] | | I can only use them on the operating system imposed by the manufacturer. | I can't share modifications. My own compositions are a derived product, | so they are also infected, there is also a list of conditions which are | passed to my own compositions, I'm required to use loops "in a musical | context with at least two other instruments that contribute | significantly to the composition", just to mention one particular | condition. I can't publish my compositions under certain free licenses | of my choice, because they may be incompatible with the requirements. | | The requirements themselves are common to proprietary sample collections | and digital instruments (including hardware instruments). Some of them | may have additional clauses, and may even require to pay royalties when | distributing your music commercially. They are developed to produce | proprietary music according to current commercial practices, and they | work well in this context. | | It means that composers and music enthusiasts with less resources will | be condemned to produce music that sounds poor, or to violate licenses. | Many people choose between both options, but this way things would never | change. I choose neither. | | I may purchase those samples in the future, depending on my mood; time | is a finite resource for humans. But I will always continue searching | for free instruments anyway, or I will never be completely happy. No | matter how much time will take. No matter how much of an idiot I will | look to the eyes of those people who do not see any problem, or who are | completely happy with their semi-free soundfonts or proprietary | products. I will continue to support free instruments. I'm grateful with | people who has contributed (currently only a few, it seems). Even the | simpler things like testing a soundfont or giving an opinion does | matter. Thanks to all who are interested. | | | PS: Sorry for such a political kind of email. I just had a depressing | day today... | _______________________________________________ | Freepats mailing list | Freepats(a)opensrc.org | http://opensrc.org/listinfo/freepats I liked your mail, it's one of the best I had ever readed (sorry again about my fucking english) Look: as more people uses Free Software as in freedom, there are more chances that they think about freedom I was testing you freedom piano soundfont yesterday, and I LIKE IT, we just have to include some more layers, maybe only the bright one!! (and retouch some things). I am too busy on making Musix GNU/Linux for now, but maybe I could help. And, then, we must search for students at university, artistic schools, etc., that could study and make soundfonts as a part of their studies... this would be the best I think, so , experiences like Gustavo Chico in Spain should be an example about how we can make it if we collaborate: we need more people thinking about freedom, and, this issue needs some work and time. -- Marcos Guglielmetti * Director del desarrollo de Musix GNU+Linux, 100% Software Libre * Colabora: http://www.musix.org.ar/wiki/index.php/Musix1.0tasks * CD Download: (http://www.musix.org.ar/en/) * Videos, programas, etc.: ftp://musix.ourproject.org/pub/musix/ * Reporte de errores: https://www.musix.org.ar/wiki/index.php?title=Problemas-Bugs *IRC: #musix channel on freenode * http://autosus.wordpress.com/ «No te tomes en serio nada que no te haga reír» [un amigo de E. Galeano] ... tampoco sigas al pie de la letra ninguna de estas frases...

18 years, 1 month

Alsa Modular Synthesizer 1.8.8 RC1

by Malte Steiner

You might read this several times, sorry for crossposting. In 2007 Karsten Wiese and Malte Steiner resurrected the AMS project to continue development. Now we proudly present the first release since 2004, the version 1.8.8 RC1. Everything runs fine on our computers but we would like AMS users to try this version and to report, maybe on the ams-user mailing list or bug tracker at sourceforge, when something is broken or patches sound suddenly different. Alsa Modular Synthesizer is a free open source realtime modular software synthesizer for Linux without compromises regarding sound quality. Its Jack compatible and can include LADSPA plugins. More details at http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?forum_id=690658 http://sourceforge.net/projects/alsamodular -- Malte Steiner media art + development -www.block4.com-

18 years, 1 month

Re: Re: Re: Re: [Music] Here a new track

by julien bodd

> > > > Also, I'm not sure what you mean by 'laidback timing', > > but what I think you mean is the first piano loop which has some blanks > > which last too long (1 out of 4)? > > Laid-back as in being slightly behind the beat, something used > in hip hop for a cool, relaxed feeling. Can also emphasize a > weighty, melancholic to depressing mood, so I assumed you did > it quite conciously, just a bit too much. Ok, I see. Well, I don't know if it is intentional. But I'll try to improve this. > The lead tries hard to be dramatic. > > > > > > > I don't understand. You mean that the guitar tries to be sad? > > It's like watching a not particularly skilled actor trying to > convey a strong emotion. Sadly I can't pinpoint why it seems that > way to me. I recognise this propably sounds harsh, but I wouldn't > know how else to express it. Then again, maybe it was just my own > mood being to contrary :/ Haha, no its not harsh. I'm getting used to the way you talk :-) So you mean that the dramatic thing isn't expressed well with the guitar? Do you talk particularily about the guitar solo part? Julien.

18 years, 1 month

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Linux-audio-user May 2007