Linux-audio-user November 2009

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[Fwd] reminder: Music and Science Fiction CD: deadline approaching

by Robin Gareus

I only just stumbled over this... Only one day left! Too bad that this has not been announced on the linuxaudio.org lists before. ----- Forwarded message ----- Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:34:29 +0100 From: Honor Harger <honor(a)va.com.au> To: Recipient List Suppressed: ; Subject: reminder: Music and Science Fiction CD: deadline approaching Hi there, I just wanted to remind you that the deadline for entries to the Music and Science Fiction CD is rapidly approaching. If you would like to submit something, and have not done so already, please email your piece to: science.fiction.music.cd(a)gmail.com as per the below guidelines by 25 November 2009. We really look forward to hearing from you. best wishes, Honor Harger PS. Please don't email your submissions to my personal email address. They should go to science.fiction.music.cd(a)gmail.com Music and Science Fiction: call for submissions A new music compilation CD, produced by Maison d'Ailleurs (museum of Science Fiction in Switzerland), is now accepting submissions. The CD will be produced in 5600 copies, distributed for free with the music magazine Vibrations in March 2010, to accompany a Music and Science Fiction exhibition at the museum. The submission deadline is 25 November 2009. About the exhibition Maison d'Ailleurs is staging an exhibition about Music and Science Fiction from March 6th to August 1st 2010, which will explore the way that Science Fiction has permeated music genres. Not only has Science Fiction been linked to technological innovation in musical instruments since the theremin, but thanks to its metaphorical potential, Science Fiction narratives and images have been widely used by musicians, from Sun Ra to Magma, Kraftwerk to Carl Craig, Louis and Bebe Barron to Hawkwind... About the CD We thought it was high time to reflect on the many contemporary connections between music and Science Fiction, by asking musicians to come up with new projects inspired by the aesthetics, narratives or sounds of the genre. Submissions can relate to the field in many ways, including but not limited to. - works which use Science Fiction related instruments (such as the theremin, moog, mellotron) - works which include sonic interpretation of ideas or sounds from Science Fiction - works which relate to Science Fiction narratives Notes on the producers Maison d'Ailleurs (House of Elsewhere) is a museum dedicated to Science Fiction, Utopia and Extraordinary Journeys. It was founded in 1976 in Yverdon- les-Bains (Switzerland) by French encyclopedist Pierre Versins. It is a non-profit foundation functioning both as a public museum and a specialized research center. -> http://www.ailleurs.ch Vibrations is an independent Swiss music magazine published in French and widely distributed in Switzerland and France: -> http://vibrationsmusic.com/ This record is curated by Honor Harger (r a d i o q u a l i a), Patrick J. Gyger (Maison d'Ailleurs), Horace Perret (O Musique) and Joel Vacheron (Vibrations). Specifications and info * The submission deadline is 25 November, 2009. * All genres accepted. * We ask each band/performer to submit 1 song only for review. Only finalized tracks, please (no demos, unfinished, work in progress, etc.). * Only previously unreleased tracks. * Submissions should ideally be no longer than 8 minutes, and shorter tracks are encouraged. * If your submission is accepted, we'll send you a contract granting us the use of the track for the 5600 CD print run. Once the CD is no longer available (probably around the end of the exhibition, in August 2010), all rights of the tracks revert to you. * The CD will be distributed free with 4600 copies of the Vibrations Magazine in Switzerland. A further 1000 copies of the magazine with the CDs will be produced to be sold in the museum during the show. * Each band/performer appearing on the CD will receive 20 copies of the CD to sell or distribute free. * Each band/performer appearing on the CD will be paid 100 Euros for their track. No other royalties will be paid on the sale of the CD. * If your submission is accepted, you'll be asked to send us an AIF file of the tracks and all the relevant information (title, composer, etc.) before January 10th, 2010. If you fail to do so, we won't be able to include your contribution. Timeline 7th October 2009: call for submission launched 25 November 2009: deadline for submissions 10 December 2009: notification from selection panel sent to accepted musicians 10 January 2010: final deadline to receive mastered tracks and all relevant information, as well as signed contract. 15 January 2010: CD production launched 6th March 2010: opening of the exhibition and release of the CD with the magazine How To Submit Your Entries * We will only accept submission via the internet. The email address to send your submission to is: science.fiction.music.cd(a)gmail.com * Please put the word "Submission" in your email header, along with your last name and the title of your song. * We prefer submissions in the MP3 audio format * If you have MP3 files which are too large to send by email, we suggest starting a free MP3 hosting account at: http://last.fm and email us the link to your file. * No hard copies (CDs, etc.), please. Contact MAISON D'AILLEURS Museum of science fiction, utopia and extraordinary journeys PO Box, CH-1401 Yverdon-les-Bains, Switzerland ph: +41 24.425.64.38, fax: +41 24.425.65.75 www.ailleurs.ch maison(a)ailleurs.ch -- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . honor harger present location: berlin .de email: honor(a)va.com.au phone: +49 1744500718 -> w e b bio: http://www.radioqualia.net/honor -> w o r k guest curator of transmediale.10: http://www.transmediale.de - > a r t r a d i o q u a l i a: http://www.radioqualia.net -> l i s t e n radio astronomy: http://www.radio-astronomy.net -> r e s e a r c h mphil at z-node, ch: http://www.z-node.net/ ----- End forwarded message -----

15 years, 4 months

Re: [LAU] best FLAC player?

by Aaron L.

You know what's weird? Every player I've tried so far (Songbird, Amarok, MPlayer, Aqualung) reads the FLAC file's length incorrectly. Why is this? I'm willing to bet this could be part of the reason that all the players I've tried cannot reliable play a FLAC playlist. Hmmmmm. On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 11:21 PM, Aaron L. <elmastero74(a)gmail.com> wrote: > You know what's weird? > > Every player I've tried so far (Songbird, Amarok, MPlayer, Aqualung) reads > the FLAC file's length incorrectly. > > Why is this? > > I'm willing to bet this could be part of the reason that all the players > I've tried cannot reliable play a FLAC playlist. > > Hmmmmm. > > > On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 6:22 AM, Sean Corbett <seanbutnotheard(a)gmail.com>wrote: > >> Ah, the usual Linux music player run-around... Lately I've found >> myself enjoying the simplicity of MOC (http://moc.daper.net/). It >> automatically uses Jack if it's running, and if not goes directly for >> ALSA. It's terminal/curses based, very simple and lightweight with a >> Midnight-Commander-like interface. Being able to ssh to it without >> X-forwarding is nice. >> >> Sean >> _______________________________________________ >> Linux-audio-user mailing list >> Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org >> http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user >> > >

15 years, 4 months

props to Atte!

by Josh Lawrence

hello list, glancing over my rss feeds this morning, reading over one of my favorite sites (www.createdigitalmusic.com), I see one of our own getting props from Peter Kirn. link: http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/11/20/tracker-tracks-winners-of-the-effi… quote: "It did (rightfully) make it near the top of the competition, but it’s worth mentioning that Atte André Jensen’s Længere væk (“further away”) made exquisite use of vocals on Renoise – even if vocal production is not normally associated with trackers or netbooks." track link (actually, forum link): http://www.renoise.com/competitions/indamixx/#l_22207 I think this is extremely awesome, not only for Atte but for the Linux audio community at large. congrats Atte!!! -- Josh Lawrence http://www.hardbop200.com

15 years, 4 months

Linux audio distros and accessibility

by Vedran Vucic

Hello, I have friends who are persons with disabilities and they would like to use Linux audio distros if they would have accessibility support built in. GNOME and KDE do have accessibility features. I Think that it may be useful if developers will build in all accessibility packages by default so persons with disabilities can use Linux audio distros instantly. Regards, Vedran

15 years, 4 months

Community Conference Room

by Esben Stien

Well, as I now have a lot more bandwidth, I'd like to again inform you of the GNU SIP Audio User and Developer Conference Room[0]. The conference room should also support video, but I haven't played much with this. Still waiting for JACK VIDEO to save the day.. The URL is: sip:gnu_audio@esben-stien.name Dial in at any time and talk, get help, play your music, jam, learn, etc. Some free software projects has started to use a conference room and I think the LAD/LAU community should be on the forefront of this. Some projects use an IRC bot to advertise presence in the conference room. Maybe we also could do that. Some projects also organize a BoF at saturday nights. Last time I advertised this, several people asked about SIP clients with native JACK support. This has not yet happened and I really know them all, in and out. You can however use any pulseaudio aware client, which again can exit through JACK. I use sflphone at the moment, which works great with pulseaudio and JACK. I've also recently tested ekiga-GIT and it also works pretty well with pulseaudio/JACK, if you need video. If you aim for ekiga, only the most recent GIT version supports pulseaudio/JACK. Sflphone has a core/UI separation, which is really great, but no non interactive interface has been made yet. [0]http://irc.esben-stien.name/mediawiki/index.php/GNU_Audio_User_and_Developer_Conference_Room -- Esben Stien is b0ef@e s a http://www. s t n m irc://irc. b - i . e/%23contact sip:b0ef@ e e jid:b0ef@ n n

15 years, 4 months

Assigning M-audio oxygen 61 transport controls to rosegarden and/or jackd transport?

by Andrew C

Hey all, Has anyone managed to assign externel midi controllers to control rosegarden or JACK transport controls? Thanks, Andrew Coughlan.

15 years, 4 months

new songs. Demo of my new baritone guitar and sad song.

by Loki Davison

Hey guys, 2 new tracks. First one is mostly a demo of my new baritone resolectric 7 string guitar and it does contain me singing. Be afraid. The second track is with my singer. Both are initial recordings so I still think they need a little work. I'm quite happy with the style of "Coming in to get you" though. Looking forward to comments. Loki ------------- Sigyn. http://yoyo.its.monash.edu.au/~loki/Loki_Davison-Sigyn.mp3 The light filters through the tall pine trees and falls upon the ground. Your hands in mine by the old big tree as we fool around. I wish I could understand and I wish you could see. I thought I was meant for you and you where meant for me. You sit apon my bed but you never make a sound. Then I thought the rain was pretty, now i'm going to drown. Your hair a tangle In my mouth. You arse so smooth and round. I tried to make a difference, I guess I let you down. Ruby red, lipstick spread I know now what I means. You Watch the kings parade but you'll always be my queen. Entraped by the cherry tree, my tornado of mystique. My doubt with me always, now the certainty complete. A 100 carats easy, perfect clarity and cut. More special than anything I've ever given up. ------------- Coming in to get you. http://yoyo.its.monash.edu.au/~loki/Loki_and_Seraphim-Coming_In_To_Get_You.… You're in a world of pain and fear but I'm coming in, I'm coming in to get you. I'm going to break the door down, I'm going to break the door down this time. Blood spread everywhere society they just don't care, I'm going to get you out, I'm going to get you out this time. Gotta keep you safe, gotta keep you safe this time. I'm going to mix your dreams, mix your dreams, mix your dreams with mine. White dress and scarlet hair. Picture yourself there, (DMaj7 Bm7) your hands in mine. Instrumental 8 bar break You're in a world of pain and fear but I'm coming, I'm coming in to get you. I'm going to break the door down, I'm going to break the door down this time. mix your dreams, mix your dreams, mix your dreams with mine. White dress and scarlet hair. I'm gonna get you out this time, your hands in mine. your hands in mine. -------------

15 years, 4 months

RME Multiface II question

by Giorgio - Audiophilo

Hi, Does anybody have experience with RME Multiface II? Is it all well supported? Do analog/digital (Adat) I/Os work together? Thank you G

15 years, 4 months

midi drum pad project

by andy baxter

hello, I am working on a project to build a position and velocity sensitive midi drum pad. The idea is to make a pad which can tell where you have hit it in two dimensions, as well as how hard, and then use these 3 parameters to synthesise a sound which varies according to the position of the strike on the pad. So far I have built a prototype pad which is looking promising. It consists of a 30 cm square aluminium sheet with piezo transducers under each corner. Each sensor sits on top of a small circle of closed cell plastic foam, which is in turn mounted on a plywood base. The sensors are hooked up to an arduino board, with firmware which detects when a signal has been received, measures the strength of the signal from each piezo, and sends the signals from each piezo to a computer over its USB cable. This part of the project is working well so far - I have found that the total of the signals from each sensor is a good measure of the velocity of the strike, and that the share by which each of the sensors contributes to this total remains pretty stable in a characteristic pattern for different points on the pad, which hardly varies when you hit the pad harder or softer. The next thing to do is find a way to map the series of 4 sensor readings coming in from the pad into midi events representing the position and velocity of each strike. Velocity is easy - it's just the total value from all sensors - but mapping the 4 readings into an x-y position looks harder, and I thought I would ask to see if anyone has any suggestions on how to go about it before I go any further. My thought at the moment is to use an approach based on least-squares curve fitting and lookup tables. I have some ideas about how I would go about this, but it looks complicated (and probably computationally slow), so it would be good to know if anyone has any other suggestions. I have done some preliminary testing and measured the response at a series of 9 points in a square grid on the pad surface. The results from this are in the attached spreadsheet (open office format). The pattern that comes out from this is that each sensor responds strongest when the strike is in its own corner, and weakest in the diagonally opposite corner. But the response of each sensor is different, and doesn't vary in a linear way according to the position of the strike, so I need some kind of mapping algorithm which takes account of this. Thanks, andy

15 years, 4 months

Jamming over WiFi?

by Michal Seta

Hi all, I am working on a project in which I want 5 musicians to walk around a building and play. They will carry netbooks (mics and headphones) and their signals will be sent to a concert hall where it will be broadcasted. Additionally, a "conductor" will decide which individual stream will every one of those 5 musicians listen to. So I need a 2-way communication on each netbook and 5 in and 5 out on the server. The server will be wired. I tried oggcasting but latencies were just unacceptable (10-20 seconds) so I started experimenting with jack.udp. I am getting very promising results with one machine on a wired LAN and the other over WiFi but I get a lot lost packets. I do not mind to loose some quality and some stuttering and I don't mind some latency (although jack wants to pump everything in real time) but the netbook that's on WiFi has a lot of trouble even getting the audio data out or reliably bringing it in, even in areas where WiFi signal is very strong. I also tried NetJack but I cannot even establish a master/slave relationship between 2 machines (if one is on a WiFi). Perhaps it demands a reliable bandwidth? I am not sure, I did not spend much time with it. If anyone has any ideas or experience with something like this I would appreciate any input. I tried ninjam today but somehow client refuses to talk to alsa drivers, I will be investigating that in hope that it will perform better than ices2+pd. Thanks. -- ./MiS 514-344-0726 http://www.creazone.ca

15 years, 4 months

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Linux-audio-user November 2009