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[LAU] octaver (plugin) for bass

by rosea grammostola

Hi, Quite a few e-bass players here, seems to use an octaver pedal. Is there some plugin for it on Linux? Regards, ~r

11 years, 8 months

[LAU] Gentoo mpd overlay?

by Grant

Can I contact someone in charge of the Gentoo mpd overlay here? If not, any idea where to do so? I'm running into this: https://github.com/musicpd/mpd-overlay/issues/3 - Grant

11 years, 8 months

[LAU] John Option: the source code of the music

by Massimo Barbieri

Hi! A few months ago I started with a friend of mine a musical project that has particular similarities to the philosophy of free software. I would like to tell you about it in this post and I'd love to read your feedback. With our band John Option[1] we published our first single My monkey some week ago. Of course the song is published under the terms of the Creative Commons License (CC-BY-SA) and it's completely produced only with free software: Ardour, Hydrogen, Jack, Qsynth, CALF, and many other great free audio software that we used under a GNU/Linux system. Here you can listen the single: http://youtu.be/GdsyGlPkfEg But with the project of John Option we have done a little more in the direction of freedom. As for the free software the source code is accessible for the users, we decided to do the same thing for our music. So we published the single recording tracks of the song My monkey and the complete Ardour session. All this material is published in our official website[1] under the CC-BY-SA license so that anyone can use our tracks to produce a remix of our song or even a new song that have to be published under the same license. You can find all about our project here: http://johnoption.org I hope that you like our choice of freedom. If you feel like I'd love to read your feedback, because the encouragement of the people who listen to us and appreciate the philosophy of our project is a fuel for us to continue. Ciao, Max-B [1] Official site: http://johnoption.org -- XMPP: massimo(a)jabber.fsfe.org OpenPGP Key-Id: 0x5D168FC1

11 years, 8 months

Re: [LAU] An appeal to famous artists?

by Aurélien Leblond

> My question/answer: "How much are you willing to do to make it happen?" Well I'm not exactly sure anymore to be honest, I didn't think my message would start such a rant! But after reading all the answered, two things seem to stand out: 1. A lot of the FOSS music software are not for the general public. I wouldn't agree myself (I mean, Ardour, Hydrogen or Yoshimi are as straight forward as a music software can be)... And for that, nothing much I/we can do but participate to the code (which I do when I can), make donations (which I do every year), provide feedback, provide bug reports, etc, etc, etc... And obvisouly use the software and produce some tunes! Which I do too: http://soundcloud.com/a-violent-whisper (Although now I realise that nowhere I say that it's completely recorded/produced with only FOSS softwares!) 2. More interrestingly, the "appeal to famous artists" didn't seem to be well received... What seems to come out though is that although the FOSS community seems to be good to produce software, we don't seem to be good at advertising it :) - Ardour has...49 followers on facebook... Nothing on the wall... - Hydrogen...94...and one entry on the wall... - Couldn't find a # tag for any of these on Twitter... I know I know, we are not advertisers, we are developers! But what if a small group of us (and yeah, including me :)) would do that? How do we go about that? We have loads of website/tools to share code and software (sourceforge, svn, git, etc..), but none to organise ourself into a community to create some kind of organised campagn of advertisement on social networks (or other tools)! What I have in mind is what was done by ThisOneIsOnUs... what they did for their production is exacty what we do every day for FOSS software... Any ideas? > -Mike Mazarick > > PS - sorry for the top posting, but I thought it better in this instance > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Aurélien Leblond [mailto:blablack@gmail.com] >> Sent: Monday, August 01, 2011 11:07 AM >> To: linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org >> Subject: [LAU] An appeal to famous artists? >> >> I'm writing this post because of a few experiences I had over the >> years into world of amateur music production (but I'm sure it does >> applies to every artistic domains). >> >> I'm an amateur musician and a Linux enthusiast, and even though I work >> as a developer, my professional activity doesn't directly have >> anything to do with both these >> domains (although in the case of Linux this is quite a shame, but >> that's another subject). But one thing I am surrounded with at work is >> fellow musicians. >> >> I have setup a pretty nice home studio in my flat: electronic drumkit, >> alright USB sound-card, good quality speakers, electric guitar, pretty >> big guitar fx board, USB >> keyboard with a lot of knobs, few synthesizers and......a laptop >> running Ubuntu, Ardour, Hydrogen, AlsaModularSynth, Yoshimi, LV2, etc, >> etc and etc... >> >> A few of these colleagues came to my place to play music, and all of >> them were impressed by the level of investment, and invariably the >> first question that comes >> up is the price of all the hardware and software... So when I >> explained that I gathered the hardware over the last few years and >> that the software is free, I always get >> that little wink and smile: >> - “haaaa 'free'? Bittorent yeah?” >> - “no no no...not THAT free... I'm using Linux, and I'm trying to make >> a point of using only free software in my music production... Actually >> it's not free as you think it is, >> I do try to make some donations every year, blablabla...” >> And invariably, I get “the look” (you all know which one I'm talking >> about)... >> >> As the sessions go on and my colleagues see the different software in >> actions, they always start to make the comparison with what they use >> in other OS: “Wouah I >> can't do that with my drum machine! And this software Ardour is pretty >> cool, and I really like the sound of this synthesizer! What is it? >> AlsaModularMix you say? >> Well it looks weird but I like it!”... >> >> Then as the conversation goes on on gears and software, it generally >> goes like this “oh, I bought this synth because Trent Reznor from Nine >> Inch Nails is using it >> and I wanted to get that sound...”, “this guitar fx? Bought it because >> the guys in Slayer are using it and I love” (yes all my mates and >> myself are metal heads!). >> >> So I started to think... And I thought a little bit more... All the >> people I know in the music world, we always use references to known >> artist: “Trent Reznor uses this, >> The Edge uses that, Brian Eno has this synth, etc”. There is even a >> website that list the gears used by famous guitar players. >> >> I have a couple of friends back in my home country who are trying to >> build up a recording studio... They work 100 hours a week recording >> and promoting local bands, >> they eat pasta because the money is tight.......but they spent I don't >> know how much into brand new Macs and software licenses... >> >> I can hear you from here already “WHY DID YOU NOT TELL THEM ABOUT >> LINUX???” >> >> Well......I did: >> - “Yeah RIGHT! Every known musicians use Macs! They are designed for >> artists!” >> Really? Who decided that? Aaaaaaahhhhh yeah I forgot, Apple is very >> good at advertisement... See that little illuminated apple at the back >> of every of their laptops? >> That sticks out well when Trent Reznor posts pictures of his studio, >> or when you see pictures of ?uestLove on stage... >> >> - “Linux and stuff... It's for free... It must sucks... I mean you >> need loads of research and money to create the software to play >> music...” >> Really? >> >> - “It's not stable enough...” >> Ok, I give you that... But we have come a long way... And I bet that a >> good Ubuntu setup without alpha or beta versions of any software would >> be stable... >> And obviously the user base on proprietary software is bigger, so more >> testers, more feedbacks... But hey, look at my laptop, pretty stable >> no? >> >> - “It's too complicated... with these command lines and all...” >> Hmmm yes and no there... Yes setting up a Linux machine with a low >> latency kernel is quite complicated... But remind me how much did you >> spent to setup your >> Mac? And yeah you are right, we used command lines in Linux... But YOU >> don't have to! When was the last time you saw a Linux machine? Ah >> yeah, when I >> show you my Mandrake machine 10 years ago... Well we came a long way >> since that time, you should check it again! I mean playing, recording >> and producing >> music on a computer IS a complicated business, whatever OS you use. >> >> - “And when it doesn't work, who do I ask?” >> Hmmmm, when Cubase doesn't work, what do you do? Oh yeah, you google >> your issue and you browse around forums to find a solutions... >> Actually when you have an issue with your mac in general, is it Apple >> or a dude on some forums who gives you the solution? >> >> So I thought a little bit more... In the world of artists (I thinking >> here especially about music, but it is probably right in other >> artistic domains), brands are created >> because artists use them, no? >> >> And SERIOUSLY, in the world of music, the Open Source world certainly >> have brilliant tools! And the Open Source certainly has to speak to a >> lot of artist if they >> knew about it? The sense of freedom, the sense of sharing? Isn't it >> what Bob Marley or Rage Against the Machine were singing about? >> >> Trent Reznor (yes, I am a big fan) has been releasing music under >> Creative Common licenses... He let the people decide how much they >> wanted to pay for >> some of his albums (remind you of something? Donations?). He let fans >> record all the concerts of his last tour, let them mix it, cut it, >> produce it, package it and >> sale it (check out ThisOneIsOnUs). He even provided the tracks of some >> songs for the fan to have fun and mix them differently... Surely a guy >> like that would >> understand the value of Free Software. And where there is one, there >> might be others... >> >> (Sorry for the long introduction but) What I am getting at is this: >> Should we make an appeal to artists to produce something using only >> Open Source software? >> What do you guys think? Isn't it the best time to promulgate such a >> message, with the social media and all? And if yes, what would be the >> best way? >> >> Or am I completely wrong? And there is something in the big picture I >> didn't see? > > >

11 years, 8 months

[LAU] linux powered spatial audio concert for viol ensemble

by Giso Grimm

Dear Linux Audio enthusiasts! I would like to announce a concert with contemporary and early music, performed on five viola da gamba and life electronics: Harmony of the Spheres June 14th, 2014 7.30pm Malory/Santana/Stockhausen/Lawes/Cage/Tye 10pm Palestrina/Picforth/Stockhausen/Bach/?/Strogers 11.30pm Picforth/Santana/Stockhausen/Cage/Bach The concert is part of a contemporary music festival (Long night of music) in Oldenburg, Germany. Free admission. In the concert the acoustic instruments are spatially processed in real-time. Sounds of the street are analysed to control real-time composition in one piece. The tools involved are ambdec, ardour, jconvolver, tetraproc, and a bunch of tools developed specifically for this concert (partly presented at LAC2012): https://github.com/gisogrimm/hos-toolbox (completely undocumented) https://github.com/gisogrimm/tascar (very limited documentation) More infos on the programme can be found here: http://hos.orlandoviols.de/ -- Giso

11 years, 8 months

[LAU] Open Source Audio Meeting in Cologne, Germany (User Group)

by Nils

Dear musicians, programmers and normal people, I plan to create a user group, a regular meeting, in my home town Cologne, in Germany. The first meeting ever will be already on June 18th, 19:00. After that every two month or so. There are more dates on the website (see below). Here is a brief website with all the necessary information. http://cologne.linuxaudio.org/ (Any language is welcome but the chances are that most people will be from the area and therefore speak German. So the page is in German) If you intend to come you can put your name on this etherpad, but this is not required. Anybody can show up. http://yourpart.eu/p/linuxaudio-cologne Topics will be unorganized Q&A, showing off programs and music, sharing knowledge and tips and hopefully one day shorter or longer presentations, tutorials, workshops etc. I expect most people to use Linux but any OS is welcome, therefore I named it just "Open Source Audio" and not Linux Audio. So if you are in the area please join us! If you are not in the area but know people in the area, please tell them. Greetings, Nils http://cologne.linuxaudio.org/ http://www.nilsgey.de P.S. Despite the domain saying linuxaudio.org this is an independently and privately organized event. It is not intended to replace or get in conflict with the Linux Audio Conference.

11 years, 8 months

Re: [LAU] [LAD] Standalone resources browser - mockup, near of publishing, need discussion

by Paul Davis

On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 7:25 AM, Zlobin Nikita <cook60020tmp(a)mail.ru> wrote: > > As for plugins: currently each audio application has own plugin browser. In > some cases it is very handy (ingen, carla), sometimes awful (audacity, may > be > more). My hope is to make it external with filemanager-like workflow. > then you'd better be considering cases where the host has its own reasons to filter the list presented to the user. > Dragging to jack patchbay canvas may be used to load plugin in single host > (not sure, what about instrument, since there is usually separate sampler > engine, usually managing all instruments). > indeed. > Not implemented: > Just have to learn VAMP and somehow try VST - for some completeness. > VAMP is not a realtime plugin API. VAMP plugins are for feature analysis not audio processing.

11 years, 8 months

[LAU] Session Management

by Aurélien Leblond

Hi guys, I was wondering something these days. What's the "good/right" session management these days? (disclaimer: I know I know... good/right... not the right words... but you all know what I mean!) I can see that ladish has not been developed for a while... Last commit on the SVN is almost a year old... the website ladish.org is gone... Is that considered a dead project with no future? Is there some other format/protocol more recent to use? I'm asking because I can't really find any recent info to enlighten me. Last thing I found is this: http://lwn.net/Articles/533594/ but it actually confuses me more than anything else. As usual, thanks in advance for the info! Aurélien

11 years, 8 months

[LAU] Women in Computer Music - SuperCollider Workshop Scholarship

by Bruno Ruviaro

Application deadline is June 10. Please spread the word if you know anyone who might be interested. https://ccrma.stanford.edu/women-in-computer-music-supercollider-workshop-s… This scholarship was created to encourage young women to engage with the field of computer music through SuperCollider. The workshop itself is open to all genders of course: https://ccrma.stanford.edu/workshops/supercollider-101 Best, Bruno

11 years, 8 months

[LAU] HDMI connected small system with multi-ch outputs?

by Chris Caudle

Do any of you working with the small (typically ARM) systems that have HDMI output know of such a system which has ALSA supported multi-channel HDMI output? All I have found so far have two channel ("stereo") HDMI output only. Bare assembly or packaged in a case is OK, I'm not picky. I'm not planning on using the video for much, so closed source video is OK as long as the HDMI audio is at least 6 channels and has an ALSA driver. -- Chris Caudle

11 years, 8 months

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