Hello everyone!
Because a friend of mine had real trouble play9ng oggs, here it is:
http://juliencoder.de/the_vision.mp3
Again, feedback is welcome. If you're looking for lyrics and other details
see my earlier posting titled:
New raggae from Germany... :-)
Kindest regards
Julien
--------
Music was my first love and it will be my last (John Miles)
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On Wed, 8 Jul 2009 21:21:58 +0200, Roberto Gordo Saez <
roberto.gordo(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On Mon, Jul 06, 2009 at 12:21:27PM -0500, Aaron Johnson wrote:
> > Linux since the old days of 1997, when the only real distro out there
> worth
> > installing was Slackware!!!!
>
> o_O
>
> I wonder why do you think that Debian was not a real distro worth
> installing on 1997??? I was a very happy user of Debian since 1996 and
> I liked both Red Hat and Slackware before that. Slackware was nice, but
> I definitely don't agree that it was "the only real distro out there
> worth installing".
>
>
> --
>
Hmm....didn't mean to start YADW (yet another distro war)...FWIW, I no
longer hold either Debian or Slackware in high esteem, and prefer Arch! ;)
Actually, what I remember at the time was that Slackware was big, and I
wasn't aware really of Debian. Ret Hat was in infancy.
But anyway, my point was to share my music with people, and the fact that
it's all made with Linux:
http://www.akjmusic.com/works.html
Cheers,
Aaron.
A friend of mine who runs Debian Lenny (same as I do on this laptop),
Qsynth/fluidsynth (0.2.5-2.2) and JACK (0.109.2.5) that I have. I start
things this way:
1. Start JACK.
2. Start QSynth.
3. Connect QSynth to System output.
4. Connect my MIDI player to Qsynth.
5. Play MIDI - it works fine.
He does the same thing, and gets no sound whatsoever. But if he tells
QSynth to use ALSA or OSS, it works fine ...
Any ideas?
Basically, he's looking for a way to play MIDI versions of hymns from
websites (he's a priest). I don't suppose he really needs JACK for that,
but he also likes Aeolus ...
--
David
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
Hi,
VLC 1.0 has been released a few days ago. Congratulations, and big kudos to
the VLC team!
http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
VLC plays MIDI files, with the help of the FluidSynth MIDI synthesizer
library. This is optional at compile time, so please install FluidSynth
before compiling VLC. Here are the sources:
http://download.savannah.gnu.org/releases/fluid
If you want to play MIDI files, you need also a good SF2 SoundFont. Choose one
matching your taste and the requirements of your MIDI file collection. I like
this one: General User GS, by S. Christian Collins (30Mb)
http://www.schristiancollins.com/generaluser.php
Once you downloaded the SF2 file into /usr/share/soundfonts or any other
suitable place, you should tell VLC about it. It is a bit hidden, but I can
provide you a detailed map:
Tools -> Preferences (Ctrl+P). VLC shows the preferences dialog.
At the botton left, Show Settings: All (radio button).
The left side icons have changed into a tree with more options.
Select: Input/Codecs -> Audio Codecs -> FluidSynth.
Sound fonts (required): Here you can set the path to the GeneralUser font, or
whatever other SF2 font you like.
You can play now your MIDI files. From the Open File dialog you should select
the filter "all files". You may want to use the playlist (menu: View ->
Playlist, Ctrl+L) to organize and enjoy your MIDI collection.
You can encode your MIDI files in other formats, in a similar way you use VLC
to convert your video clips from one encoding/container to another. You can
easily create MP3, OGG, FLAC, WAV and other types from your MIDI files.
There was once a time when men were men and wrote their own SMF parsers and
sequencers. Like the brave VLC's people. FluidSynth is used only as a MIDI
synthesizer. Also, they don't use FluidSynth's output audio drivers, so you
won't find Jack or PulseAudio output.
It is amazing that a lot of VLC features are available in so many platforms.
Of course there may be bugs. The ticket#35 says "World Domination", showing
currently a work status of 20%. Maybe all together can help to fulfill the
goal.
Regards,
Pedro
Greetings,
Thanks to everyone for their comments. Some listeners pointed out that
it sounded "flat", not in pitch but in surface quality (IIUC). I agree.
The guitar was recorded direct, with no acoustic feed, unlike what I've
been doing on other recent recordings, and the voice was recorded with a
single mic instead of the usual pair. I sang in a different room than I
normally use, with a different preamp too. The differences add up. :)
Best,
dp
Greetings,
I'm looking to buy a low-cost camcorder with FireWire out. Do any of you
LAUyers have a recommendation ? I'd like to stay under $200US if possible.
Btw, I've just finished a review of the latest LiVES. It's got JACK
transport control now, and it is cool.
Marked OT to avoid the topic patrol. :)
Best,
dp
Over on the kara-moon website there is a quarterly review where a theme
is set and we develop ideas based on that, and what comments we get
from participants.
The spring theme was 'time' and I produced a quite short tune that I
thought reflected this quite well. However, I was working on some other
unrelated snippets at the time, some of which seemed to fit. Instead of
just one tune, I ended up creating a suite of five tunes!
These are:
The Clockmakers Workshop (the master of time)
Working For The Machine (a slave of time)
A Music Box Ballerina (frozen in time)
The Clockmakers Apprentice (time thief)
Dreams Of A Grandfather Clock (outside time)
The suggestion has been made that I should find an animator who would
like to create a video based on this. I rather like the idea but have
no idea where to place such an enquiry. Ideas welcome.
The suite is on my website at:
http://www.musically.me.uk/music/Clockworks.ogg
or:
http://www.musically.me.uk/music/Clockworks.mp3
It is just over 11 minutes long.
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Hello everyone.
I'm opening a facebook group to promote Linux Audio in my country, Colombia.
And I need help to get an image to display on facebook, since I'm no visual
artist, and the group is just starting I ask for help here.
Any help will be very much apreciated and of course credited.
Thank you very much.
Saludos from Colombia.
On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 12:55 PM, drew Roberts<zotz(a)100jamz.com> wrote:
> On Friday 10 July 2009 14:30:26 you wrote:
>> And if people were buying
>> the album because Jimi Hendrix's name was on it, the Hendrix estate
>> would have every right to sue for damages. How is this case any
>> different?
>
> I think that is perhaps the key. Were they buying it because of the name.
>
> But what about just naming influences?
>
> all the best,
>
> drew
>
Well, of course, the question of why consumers buy something is going
to be ambiguous, and a fairly speculative matter. Listing someone as a
composer of a track is not really an established way to cite an
influence, and could easily be construed as an attempt to cash in on
their name. Depending on who is citing, and who is being cited, it
could even be called slanderous.
Am 10.07.2009 um 20:30 schrieb Justin Smith <noisesmith(a)gmail.com>:
> On Fri, Jul 10, 2009 at 11:12 AM, drew Roberts<zotz(a)100jamz.com>
> wrote:
>> On Friday 10 July 2009 13:24:57 you wrote:
>>> 2009/7/10 Burkhard Wölfel <versuchsanstalt(a)gmx.de>:
>>>> Am 10.07.2009 um 16:28 schrieb drew Roberts <zotz(a)100jamz.com>:
>>>>> Just for fun:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://classicalconvert.com/2007/07/the-stupidest-music-lawsuit-ever-inf
>>>>> ringing-on-cages-433/
>>>>> http://archives.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/09/23/uk.silence/
>>>>
>>>> Thanks for the links. I am sure Cage would have laughed about the
>>>> lawsuit. Who knows if Ed. Peters would have sued if he were still
>>>> alive.
>>>>
>>>> What the articles are missing, and I think that is an important
>>>> aspect
>>>> of the work, is the various reactions of the audience when 4'33 is
>>>> performed. If you have the chance to listen (sic!) to such a
>>>> performance, don't miss it. Bear in mind that modern audiences are
>>>> usually informed about the nature of the piece and you are not
>>>> likely
>>>> to witness very angry reactions. The grotesque aspect of it gets
>>>> far
>>>> more attention today.
>>>>
>>>> By the way, did you know that all four movements are available on
>>>> iTunes? 0,99€ each, as you would expect.
>>>>
>>>> Again, I am sure he'd have laughed about it, happy about the
>>>> discussion.
>>>>
>>>> Oh yes, and did you know also that Cage did not listen to recorded
>>>> music at all?
>>>>
>>>> - Burkhard
>>>>
>>>>> drew
>>>>>
>>>>> On Friday 10 July 2009 02:13:46 Arnold Krille wrote:
>>>>>> On Thursday 09 July 2009 23:12:09 drew Roberts wrote:
>>>>>>> On Thursday 09 July 2009 13:10:08 you wrote:
>>>>>>>> We could call it 4'33"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Yeah but there could well be copyright issues if one person
>>>>>>> quotes
>>>>>>> another person's nothing.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No, until now citations are allowed if they stay within
>>>>>> reasonable
>>>>>> size
>>>>>> compared to the original. So you aren't allowed to quote the full
>>>>>> silence
>>>>>> but quoting short extracts from empty mails is okay... (*)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Arnold
>>>>>>
>>>>>> (*) Of course, german newspapers are working towards making
>>>>>> citations
>>>>>> non-free of charge. :-/
>>>>>
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>>> The lawsuit was not stupid. They credited Cage as a composer, and
>>> seeing as he had nothing to do with making the piece, they could
>>> have
>>> at least gotten permission to use the composition they were
>>> referencing if they were going to use his name on their work.
>>
>> Seems the proper thing to do might have been to demand that the
>> credit be
>> removed unless the actual silence was indeed sampled... ~;-) Rather
>> than to
>> demand payment as if he was involved with the making of the piece.
>> Or???
>>
>> all the best,
>>
>> drew
>>
>
> IIRC, they did demand the removal of the Cage credit. The damages were
> for the albums sold where Cage was falsely credited / his composition
> was used without prior permission (which of the two occurred is of
> course ambiguous). At no point was the idea of "sampling" an issue.
Oh, I see. Thank you for pointing that out.
>
> If I did a track where I played ten consecutive notes from a Jimi
> Hendrix solo, nobody would notice or care. If I co-credited Jimi
> Hendrix as a composer on the liner notes without arranging (and most
> likely paying for) prior permission, you should expect his estate's
> lawyers would want to talk to me about this. And if people were buying
> the album because Jimi Hendrix's name was on it, the Hendrix estate
> would have every right to sue for damages. How is this case any
> different?
Exactly.
- Burkhard
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