Linux-audio-user April 2009

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[LAU] Join the Debian Multimedia Team! (to improve the state of Linux audio)

by Grammostola Rosea

Hi, Many of the people of the Linux audio community uses Debian or a Debian based distro (Ubuntu (Studio), 64Studio, Musix, Sidux, Mepis etc. etc.). Most of those distro's uses and rebuild the packages of Debian (unstable). There are a lot of audio packages build by the Debian Multimedia Team, but there are also a lot which are not in Debian yet (and so also not in Ubuntu (Studio), Sidux, 64studio etc.) So there is a need for more people who wants to contribute to the Debian Multimedia Team. Again, you don't have to be a plain Debian user to contribute or to take advantage of it. You will help to improve the state of Linux audio in general (at least the Debian based distro's and their community), which will be good for us all, but also for newbies who are not able yet to build all the packages themselves to enjoy all the nice things Linux audio has to offer. Also note that it is possible to build Debian unstable packages on other distro's then Debian itself (search for Pbuilder on the Internet for instance)! It will also be good for the Linux audio developers and their software. It would be more easy to install, use, test and enjoy the software by the Linux audio community! There are a lot of people these day who has an own (PPA) repo. This is ok, (and maybe it will be a good thing if the Linux audio developers make their packages available as much as possible in a Debian unstable repo/package, so it can be used on Debian and it is easy to rebuild it for Debian based distro's), But to bundle forces and to get safe, stable and quality packages, joining the Debian Multimedia Team will get much better quality packages and you will help far more people then having your solo private repo... *Why the Debian Multimedia Team? * 1) Because they want to improve Debian for music production! 2) Debian has an flexible, fast and easy package management 3) A lot of people use Debian (based) distro's, Debian itself, Ubuntu (Studio), 64studio, Sidux, Mepis etc. 4) You will learn to build quality packages 5) You don't have to become a Debian developer (DD), you can just become and stay a package maintainer. *What can I do?* 1) Build or improve packages for the Debian Multimedia Team. It's recommended to maintain packages you use yourself often. 2) Report bugs and wishes 3) Join the Debian multimedia team mailing list: http://lists.debian.org/debian-multimedia/ *Where can I find more info?* Wiki: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia Packaging: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianMultimedia/DevelopPackaging Existing packages which needs help: http://wnpp.debian.net/ Debian New Maintainers' guide: http://www.debian.org/doc/maint-guide/ (!) Bugs: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?which=maint&data=debian-multim… It would be great if you choose one package which you uses a lot and maintain it for the Debian Multimedia Team! It would improve the quality of Linux audio and it will help the whole community! Kind regards, \r ps. If you like to join, please subscribe to the Debian Multimedia Team mailinglist and ask for more information: http://lists.debian.org/debian-multimedia/

16 years, 9 months

Re: [LAU] Newer USB audio interfaces

by Bill Allen

Interesting and helpful. Probably a stupid question but is the Fast Track Pro USB 1 or 2? I couldn't find any indication on the MAudio site. Regards, Bill On Apr 29, 2009 2:42 AM, "Dan S" <danstowell+lxau(a)gmail.com<danstowell%2Blxau(a)gmail.com>> wrote: Hi - I too use an M-Audio FastTrack Pro with an Eee-PC (pic: http://www.flickr.com/photos/danstowell/2402517009/ :) It works out of the box and is in many respects great. However you only get TWO audio outputs, not the full four. Big warning there if you ever want four outputs (which I do quite a lot these days). Dan 2009/4/29, Bill Allen <bill(a)k2bea.org>: > I noticed in the discussion on Ken Restivo's EEE-PC that he is using the > MAudio FastTrack Pro. I... > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-us... -- http://www.mcld.co.uk _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@lists...

16 years, 9 months

[LAU] Newer USB audio interfaces

by Bill Allen

I noticed in the discussion on Ken Restivo's EEE-PC that he is using the MAudio FastTrack Pro. I had looked at that device, but when I looked at the Alsa soundcard matrix, it wasn't listed. Is it working out of the box? Another USB device that I thought looked good was the E-Mu 0404 USB. It is listed as not implemented yet. Is anybody using that out of the box yet? Any other ideas? I'm looking to replace my venerable Edirol UA-20 with something a little more modern since I've never been able to get its midi and audio working together. In advanced mode, midi works but no audio and vice-versa. Best regards, Bill

16 years, 9 months

[LAU] whither Phasex ?

by Dave Phillips

Greetings, The Phasex site is now a porn list. The author of this neat synth seems to have disappeared. I suggest that someone put the last source code on a public ftp site. Best, dp

16 years, 9 months

Re: [LAU] [LAD] whither Phasex ?

by Dave Phillips

Greetings, I've taken my own advice and put the source tarball on the linux-sound.org site. I've also retrieved and updated the original Web page. It's now here : http://linux-sound.org/phasex/ Please advise if you see anything there that should be changed or added. Like maybe some links to demos ? Best, dp

16 years, 9 months

[LAU] composing live w/ loops

by Josh Lawrence

Hi everyone, I have a good friend who is a rapper, and he wants to get together and do some collaboration and make some jams. I'd like to get everyone's take on how they would do this with Linux. My thought process is this: Find a few drum loops that are tasty prior to the session, and start those playing. Then, maybe record a bassline (synth), some comping (my hardware keyboard), etc. Having the ability to turn these loops on/off to build a track would be nice. My problem is I can't think of the right combination of applications to do this. My synths are dssi...what app could handle the looping portion? Does Ardour support loops yet? Maybe some funky combination of sooperlooper and something else? I don't mind doing some planning/setup prior to the session, but I need to be able to get to things rather quickly so I don't hold my rapper up waiting on me to figure out how to work things. :) Any and all ideas are welcome, as I have never used Linux in a live jam situation before. (FYI, I've read Dave Phillips' great articles on working with loops in Linux, but I need something that lends itself to live composition.) -- Josh Lawrence http://www.hardbop200.com

16 years, 9 months

[LAU] Four outs with M-Audio Fast Track Pro USB

by Nicanor Garcia

Hello. I've been using the M-audio fast track pro USB audio interface for about a month and I have had a very good experience using it, it worked out of the box, it's very easy to configure to do basic operation. But now I want more, I want at least to be able to use the four outs of this interface. All four outs are recognized by linux, but they are recognized as different output devices, and I don't know how to work with both devices at the same time. I specially would like to make both devices appear as output devices in JACK. If anyone can help me it would be very much appreciated, this audio interface seems like a very good option to work audio in linux, especially as it is very portable. Thank you very much.

16 years, 9 months

[LAU] Linux synths used on commercial Rock/Pop CD

by Ken Restivo

I'm happy to report that Linux softsynths have been used on a commercial pop/rock CD called "Lawler Rules". I did some studio work for them over the last year, and the CD is finally out. They produced it on a Mac with ProTools. I played keyboards on it and used exclusively Linux and Linux softsynths. http://www.myspace.com/lawlerrulesvol1 I used AMS for the Moog and ZynAddSubFX for the synthy-string pad on "Cocaine Cowboys", and PHASEX for the ARP-y plinks on "Death". AZR3 is Hammond organ and Fluidsynth for piano on most of the songs, and Fluidsynth is also the bass on "Big Groove". If you like commercial classic rock, enjoy. Higher-resolution versions might end up for sale on Last.fm, Virb, CDBaby, or elsewhere. -ken

16 years, 9 months

[LAU] calf plugins - dssi?

by Josh Lawrence

Hi! I've recently downloaded and played with the calf audio plugins (http://calf.sourceforge.net/), but I am unable startup the synths using jack-dssi-host. I have calf.so available, but when I issue: jack-dssi-host calf.so All I get is the filter app...I cannot figure out how to start the monosynth, organ, etc. All of these work fine using calfjackhost. What am I missing? Thank you, Josh -- Josh Lawrence http://www.hardbop200.com

16 years, 9 months

[LAU] Thinking of getting a Shuttle for audio

by nescivi

Hi all, I'm thinking of getting a Shuttle PC to run sound installations from (I need a portable machine for transport). The particular one I have an eye on is this one: Shuttle KPC K4500 Desktop, 1.8GHz Celeron, 512MB, 80GB, Foresight Linux Desktop Computer probably getting a little bit more memory for it, just to be sure. And I'll build in my Terratec EWS88 as an audio card. (One of the reasons to go for a Shuttle, rather than the also tempting Asus EeeBox, but then I'd need an external soundcard, which doesn't seem to be there in lowcost, but many channels, and probably USB; I need at least 4in-8out for the installation). Does anyone have experience with Shuttle machines for audio work? Does anyone have audio experience with Foresight Linux? or should I just take that off the machine, and put Ubuntu or Debian on it instead? Main apps I need are emacs, SuperCollider, JACK... and the machine should run for a couple of months non-stop. (which generally doesn't seem to be a problem with the particular sound installation; I've done it before, and the only cause for shutdown was power failure in the building). Sincerely, Marije

16 years, 9 months

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Linux-audio-user April 2009