I can't remember if I already asked this so here it goes anyway:
Is it just me or does FA-101 put out considerably stronger signal from what
Edirol otherwise advertises to be line-level outputs, so much so that they
actually clip when the mixing board is set to unity?
Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Composition, Music Technology, CCTAD, CHCI, CS and Art (by courtesy)
Director, DISIS Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio
Virginia Tech
Dept. of Music - 0240
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-6139
(540) 231-5034 (fax)
ico(a)vt.edu
http://www.music.vt.edu/faculty/bukvic/
schoappied wrote:
> Which file output give the best sound?
>
> - specimen file
> - soundfont
> - *.gig file
Sheesh, you're asking questions like a 5 year old ;)
You don't get to hear the beaf/sf2/gig, but the samples used and the processing
applied (fading between samples, looping, volume envelope, filter, panning, fx).
--
Thorsten Wilms
Another happy Amarok user here. I always fix the tags with Easytag
before adding them to the collection. With proper tags the search works
perfectly. Easytag can fetch tags from cddb also, and rename files from
tags.
If only Amarok had a replay gain function like fb2k I reckon it would be
perfect. It does take over half an hour to scan my 10000 tracks, but
hey, you only need to do that once.
On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 10:25 PM, Justin Smith <noisesmith(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Sun, Apr 27, 2008 at 9:54 PM, Arthur <arthura(a)cox.net> wrote:
> >
> > Roger E wrote:
> > > Another happy Amarok user here. I always fix the tags with Easytag
> > > before adding them to the collection. With proper tags the search works
> > > perfectly. Easytag can fetch tags from cddb also, and rename files from
> > > tags.
> > > If only Amarok had a replay gain function like fb2k I reckon it would be
> > > perfect. It does take over half an hour to scan my 10000 tracks, but
> > > hey, you only need to do that once.
> > > _______________________________________________
> > > Linux-audio-user mailing list
> > > Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org
> > > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
> > >
> > >
> > I also think that amarok is great, but I have a very fast computer. I
> > don't fix tags with easytag (but I do think that it's a great program),
> > I rip with rubyripper and everything is ready to dump into my music
> > folder as is. If you folks don't know about rubyripper, please check it
> > out. I found out about it when I was running archlinux and I hope that
> > there are binaries for every distro soon. No, I am not affiliated with
> > rubyripper in any way.
> >
> > Enjoy,
> > Arthur
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org
> > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
> >
>
>
> From the wikipedia page for the program:
>
> One has to wonder though: can 3 bytes actually be heard in a wav file
> that produces 180.000 bytes per second?
>
> The answer is a definitive yes, and if you are (un)lucky, they may
> just blow your speakers too. And I presume by 180,000 bytes per second
> they mean 176,400.
>
> Since it is a ruby application, presumably it wouldn't even be
> possible to have a binary for it if you wanted one (or is it mixed
> ruby/c?).
>
> It does look like an interesting application, but their alogorithms
> are either very naively implemented or the wikipedia page explains
> them poorly.
>
oops, meant to send that to the list
Dear List,
does anyone know of an application (or script) to normalize audio-files
from the command line? I have only come across "normalize-audio" which
does compression across multiple files, but i haven't figured out how to
raise the amplitude of a file to +/-1 without altering it's dynamics. I
am sure this could be done using a two-pass sox script, but before i
start writing my own, i wanted to know if a similar solution already exists.
Thanks for any hints,
Peter
Hello everyone.
I'm posting here more out of desperation- I simply cannot find what I'm
looking for anywhere.
Basically I'm looking to replace my Evolution MK-461c midi controller
with something of a little bit better quality, and something capable of
producing it's own sounds (relying on a computer is often quite
inconvenient, especially since I haven't yet managed to find/setup good
enough quality sounds).
The main problem I'm having is finding something portable. My MK is 5
octaves (61 keys), and measures approx 97cm x 23cm x 9cm. The main point
is that this thing is a long rectangle. Every single other 5 octave
keyboard is getting on for square- with the same length, but having a
depth of about 60cm instead of 23cm. What is going on? I know they put
the speakers in there, but seriously? That's hardly portable, and I
*know* the additional electronics doesn't need to take up that much
room. The other serious problem with these is that they aren't even flat
squares - that I might be able to deal with, but all the ones I have
seen are more like wedge shapes and end up being stupidly high at the
back as well (again, well over twice the height of my MK).
The other major problem I have is that I need line out rather than just
a headphones socket. The main problem with the headphones socket (aside
from not really being as good for connecting to a PA system) is that it
mutes the speakers, which isn't very helpful since I'm likely to be
using PA systems without foldback capability. It seems that I have to go
to digital piano before I get line out.
Actually, weighted keys would be nice, but again, I have to go to
digitial piano to get that, and digital piano's are all 7.5-8 octaves,
which doesn't fit in my car. I've considered the possibility of a 6
octave, but I don't think that will fit either.
Does such thing as a "portable keyboard" suitable for live performance
actually exist?
Oh- one other thing- price is a major consideration (I originally bought
the MK because it was cheap).
I like the sound of Yamahas, and I nearly bought a PSR-E403 off ebay,
until I saw a better picture and discovered that it's a stupidly high
wedge, and that it has no line out.
Please, can anybody help me?
Thanks.
Simon
OK if anyone is interested in seeing a solo Linux liveset stuff, I'll be playing Monday, May 12th at the Ivy Room in Albany, CA in the East Bay.
http://www.kingmanscocktails.com/inside-IR.htm
9pm, 21 and over, free show, two other bands (one of which is Kingtone http://kingtone.com).
I hope I get my looper situation squared away well before then then. I hope. :-)
-ken
