Linux-audio-user October 2009

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by Julien Claassen

Hello to all of you! I've just finished a new song. If I should describe it, I'd say orchestral or symphonic pop. Although the structure of it lacks the symphonic qualities. :-) First of all the link: http://juliencoder.de/moonlight.ogg Ahd this one is for the ogg-deficient :-) http://juliencoder.de/moonlight.mp3 The song was done in Nama, using a few of its new and exciting features. At the moment it's still in testing stage, but as you can hear, it's coming along very well. I used my usual bunch of sounds and effects. Only this time jconv took part in it (the piano and the trumpets). The song is called "Moonlight Cinema", because I wanted to call it "Moonlight music", then realised, that somehow it reminded me of a theatre or musical tune, so I got to the cinema. As ever, feedback is welcome! Enjoy it and have a nice day Julien -------- Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles) ======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ======== http://ltsb.sourceforge.net the Linux TextBased Studio guide ======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: ======= http://www.juliencoder.de

16 years

introducing l2ork

by Ivica Ico Bukvic

Greetings all, I wanted to share with you my latest Linux-based and Linuxaudio.org-related project that has been sucking up most of my time over the past year or so to the point it seemed as if I have disappeared off the face of the Earth. Needless to mention it continues to alter my sleeping/eating patterns with unprecedented aptitude and with no end in sight ;-). http://l2ork.music.vt.edu/ Best wishes, Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A. Composition, Music Technology Director, DISIS Interactive Sound & Intermedia Studio Assistant Co-Director, CCTAD CHCI, CS, and Art (by courtesy) 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/

16 years, 1 month

instructional videos ?

by Dave Phillips

Greetings, As many of you know, the Linux Journal has been running video presentations in lieu of some written articles. They've asked me to make a few, so I thought I'd ask on this list to find out what topics LAU folk might want to see illuminated via video. Feel free to suggest any relevant topic, whether in the production realm or desktop entertainment. FYI: Current systems running here include JAD 1.0, 64 Studio 2.1 and 3.0b, and Ubuntu Jaunty. I finally got a copy of a recent Fedora and will install Planet C on one of these machines too. So, what would you like to see from Studio Dave ? Best, dp

16 years, 1 month

Laptop specs

by laurence alexander

I use Ubunutu Studio for audio - Rosegarden, Hydrogen, AMSynth, Alsamodular synth, audacity, time machine, zynaddsynth etc - on an 8 year old laptop. I am having overheating problems and want to upgrade to a new machine. Any advice for minimum specs to be looking outfor. E.g. is a 7200rpm hard drive necessary? Should I go for dual core? Trying to spend around £300. Thanks

16 years, 1 month

Tascam u-122L

by rosea grammostola

Hi, Does anyone have this device working on Linux? And on Ubuntu? regards, \r

16 years, 1 month

LAM please!

by Garry Ogle

Another suggestion for all you talented linux-using musicians and composers: please consider making an entry on LAM http://lam.fugal.net linking to your work. ( I know some of you do already: Will, Tapani, Ken.) It only takes a minute, and it makes much easier for people to find your work, especially after some time has passed. Plus we end up with a public repository of our best efforts. all the best, G.

16 years, 1 month

Anticipating - a new song from Meditera Production

by Viktor Mastoridis

Well, it's the season of music presenting I guess, so here's my bit: http://mastoridis.co.uk/temp/linux/Anticipating.ogg Anticipating a simple tune with a few challenges set. 1. To make a v simple chord progression interesting for 3 mins 2. To start the collaboration with Richard Miles. Richard is a colleague of mine and a science teacher. Last year he discovered his amazing talent for poetry and already wrote 15 samizdat (self-published) poetry books. I sent him the basic idea, and he returned the lyrics, basically;-] 3. To further learn the art of final production on Linux Audio. This time using the wonderful Linux DSP suite on AVLinux - particulary the Valve Compressor and the Graphic Eq while mastering. The vocals and bouzouki use the Linux DSP Reverb as well. Critical comments (deserved) and praises (undeserved) are welcomed. -- Viktor Mastoridis Music-o-Graph & Educator www.MediTera.Co.Uk

16 years, 1 month

Re: [LAU] Audigy soundcard silent after upgrade to Ubuntu Studio

by David Morrell

frank pirrone wrote: > David, > > Here's my /var/lib/alsa/asound.state file. You can try moving yours > aside by renaming it, and dropping this in to see if it makes any > difference. I have the Audigy2 card in this ArtistX/Ubuntu 9.10 Dell > Workstation, and it is fully functional. Amazing! Eureka etc. Thanks very much indeed, Frank. I've put about 15 hours into this problem and you've solved it. Now the question is, how did a bad asound.state file get created as a default during installation? Does anyone know where I should go to alert someone who can look at this? Here is a comparison of the good and bad asound.state files. The replacement asound.state file has 227 controls vs 216 for the oroginal. The following 14 switch controls existed only in the good file. The Master Playback Switch only existed in the good file. If it exists on the sound card and is muted by default, there would be no sound output. There are 3 possible duplicated controls. control.1 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Front Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true control.2 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Surround Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true } control.3 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Center Playback Switch' value true } control.4 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'LFE Playback Switch' value true } control.5 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Side Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true control.7 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'CD Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true control.9 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Line Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true control.11 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Mic Playback Switch' value.0 false value.1 false control.12 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Front Mic Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true control.13 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Headphone Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true control.15 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Capture Switch' value.0 true value.1 true control.20 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Switch' value false control.21 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Default PCM Playback Switch' value true control.22 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Master Playback Switch' value true ----------------- The following controls existed in both files. Bad file, Good file Control 29 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Tone Control - Switch' value.0 false value.1 falseiface MIXER Bad file, Good file control.31 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Optical Raw Playback Switch' value.0 false value.1 false Bad file, Good file NB also see control 13, an apparent duplicate control.35 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Headphone Playback Switch' value true Bad file, Good file control.39 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'PC Speaker Playback Switch' value true Bad file, Good file control.41 {There is a file that describes the state of the sound card in /var/lib/alsa/asound.state. When the original (bad) version was replaced with one from a working Audigy2 sound cared (good version) the card started working. The replacement asound.state file has 227 controls vs 216 for the oroginal. The following 14 switch controls existed only in the good file. The Master Playback Switch only existed in the good file. If it exists on the sound card and is muted by default, there would be no sound output. There are 3 possible duplicated controls. control.1 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Front Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true control.2 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Surround Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true } control.3 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Center Playback Switch' value true } control.4 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'LFE Playback Switch' value true } control.5 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Side Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true control.7 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'CD Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true control.9 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Line Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true control.11 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Mic Playback Switch' value.0 false value.1 false control.12 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Front Mic Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true control.13 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Headphone Playback Switch' value.0 true value.1 true control.15 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Capture Switch' value.0 true value.1 true control.20 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Playback Switch' value false control.21 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Default PCM Playback Switch' value true control.22 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Master Playback Switch' value true ----------------- The following controls existed in both files. Bad file, Good file Control 29 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'Tone Control - Switch' value.0 false value.1 falseiface MIXER Bad file, Good file control.31 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 2 iface MIXER name 'IEC958 Optical Raw Playback Switch' value.0 false value.1 false Bad file, Good file NB also see control 13, an apparent duplicate control.35 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Headphone Playback Switch' value true Bad file, Good file control.39 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'PC Speaker Playback Switch' value true Bad file, Good file control.41 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Phone Playback Switch' value true Bad file, Good file NB also see control 9, a possible duplicate control.46 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Line Playback Switch' value true Bad file, Good file NB also see control 7, a possible duplicate. control.48 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'CD Playback Switch' value true Bad file, Good file control.52 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Aux Playback Switch' value true Bad file, Good file control.60 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name '3D Control - Switch' value false comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Phone Playback Switch' value true Bad file, Good file NB also see control 9, a possible duplicate control.46 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Line Playback Switch' value true Bad file, Good file NB also see control 7, a possible duplicate. control.48 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'CD Playback Switch' value true Bad file, Good file control.52 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name 'Aux Playback Switch' value true Bad file, Good file control.60 { comment.access 'read write' comment.type BOOLEAN comment.count 1 iface MIXER name '3D Control - Switch' value false -- David Morrell Web site: www.davidmorrell.ozeweb.net (when I get it on air again :) <http://www.davidmorrell.ozeweb.net> Email: dsmorrell56(a)dodo.com.au <mailto:dsmorrell56@dodo.com.au> Ph: 0408 842 955 / 03 6343 5131

16 years, 1 month

qjackctl gets confused when used through ssh -X

by Jörn Nettingsmeier

hi rui, hi *! two hosts connected via netjack. local host uses qjackctl. now ssh -X into remote host, start qjackctl and hope for a forwarded window. no luck. all that happens is that the *local* qjackctl window pops up. this doesn't happen with other gui apps. i use several xosviews on several hosts frequently without problems. any guesses as to what might be going on? best, jörn

16 years, 1 month

Advice on Multiple Volume Settings

by Kenneth Jacker

I want to ask the "experts" on this mailing list a question I've had for years. It involves "best practices" for the multiple volume settings available on most computer systems ... Say I am playing an audio stream from 'last.fm'. The way I see it, there are *four* different possible volume settings: "line" (e.g., PCM) volume, application (e.g., Rhythmbox, TVTime, ...) volume, mixer "master" volume, and speaker volume. I would guess that the last (speaker) volume should be set (dynamically when needed) to whatever is currently most appropriate for the listener. But what about the other three? Should they all be set at 50%? If not, what other values should be used? Can anyone give some guidelines? Thanks for your comments! -- Prof Kenneth H Jacker khj(a)cs.appstate.edu Computer Science Dept www.cs.appstate.edu/~khj Appalachian State Univ Boone, NC 28608 USA

16 years, 1 month

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Linux-audio-user October 2009