Hi!
Found another strange behavior with pipewire:
During my latest issue playing some audio to a certain channel, I took
pw-play to do the job.
In parallel, audacity should play some background music for the audience.
The two apps cause an interaction I just didn't expect:
Altering the output volume of audacity also altered the output of pw-play!
My steps (to reproduce):
* Configure a command-cue in "linux-show-player"(LiSP) with pw-play as
the main actor (as shown in my first "pipewire, wtf?" post.
* Open "audacious", play a track, set the volume to, let's say, 30%.
* Open "pavucontrol", go to "playback" rider and watch!
If I run the command-cue in LiSP, pavucontrol shows, that the output of
pw-play is also reduced to 30%. Raise audacious' volume to 50% and hit
the command-cue, again: pw-play's output is also raised to 50%.
I don't think this should happen…
Is this a bug or a feature?
Instead of using the command-cue in LiSP, you can also use that command,
directly.
I'm glad, the audio-cues of LiSP are not affected… I also haven't seen
more applications that interact in that way, but audacious and pw-play
will not be the only two where this behavior is shown…
Greets!
Mitsch
As a life-long (and annoying) improviser, this was interesting. I annoyed the lead guitarist in my old church band, because he'd practice and perfect things for hours. He never improvised, while I would show up and improvise my way through it.
And I wouldn't necessarily play a song the same way twice - different instrumentation, style, etc. Maybe piano, then maybe contrapuntal synthesizer or flute or violin lines the next, or add a 'cello line for the bass. A few times, even change something verse-to-verse. (Keyboards can make so many different sounds, why not use them?)
Maybe that's why he's happy I'm NOT in the church's current band! ;-)
<https://nautil.us/heres-whats-happening-in-the-brain-when-youre-improvising…>
Anyway, what do you think? Do you improvise or 'play it as written'?
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I am working on a recorder that priorities simple keyboard control, it has very little gui. This is what I need, but one important use is for people who cannot look at a gui (me, I cannot be bothered, I find GUI displays usually very distracting, and at best inconvenient)
I do want to have peak indicator, a warning if the level is too high and data loss is occurring.
This is a new journey for me, and some concepts might be a bit fuzzy in my head, forgive me.
How can I have a warnings in my software that will play nice with accessibility software?
Should I output lines on stdout that screen readers can process and then do whatever they are configured for?
I want to get this right from the very start. I though this might be a good place to ask
I am sorry if this is a bit off topic for Linux audio
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Could someone explain what's going on here and how to fix that?
Since pipewire is here, the jack output plugin of linux-show-player
(LiSP) doesn't work anymore. Try to help myself getting an output on
the 3./4. channel of my Focusrite Scarlet 2i4 and created a 4-channel
audio file with audacity, empty at channel 1,2, signal at 3,4.
What happens?
In "Direct Scarlet 2i4 USB"-mode: LiSP creates a 4-channel-output
(output_[FL,FR,FC,LFE]), where the signal comes out at 1,2 (*_[FL,FR])
In "Pro Audio"-mode: LiSP only creates 2 outputs. Signal's also routed
to those.
Shouldn't multichannel stay multi with pipewire?
I don't know, why everything's just down-/upmixed to stereo…
(In case a mono track is streamed, it's also thrown at FL/FR - which in
that case is fortunaltely what I want…)
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As a completion, here's my workaround:
Using LiSP's "command-cue" I can use a combination of pw-play and pw-
link to start the stream and redirect it to the desired output. "sleep"
adds a little delay so the audio-stream is established and can be
modified.
pw-play 4-ch-audio.wav &sleep .1&& pw-link pw-play:output_FL
alsa_output.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_2i4_USB-00.pro-output-
0:playback_AUX3 && pw-link pw-play:output_FR alsa_output.usb-
Focusrite_Scarlett_2i4_USB-00.pro-output-0:playback_AUX4 && pw-link -d
pw-play:output_FR alsa_output.usb-Focusrite_Scarlett_2i4_USB-00.pro-
output-0:playback_AUX1 && pw-link -d pw-play:output_FL alsa_output.usb-
Focusrite_Scarlett_2i4_USB-00.pro-output-0:playback_AUX2
Would be easier if pw-play could handle output-advises directly…
Greets!
Mitsch
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-Command-line options for the standalone version:
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- -r, --rate <value> — set ALSA sample rate
- -s, --scaling <value> — GUI scaling factor (default: 1)
- New Wasp-style filter
- New TB-303 filter
- New Tone control
- Bug fixes for CLAP and VST2 (thanks to the reporters!)
Alongside these updates, Loopino continues to offer its full feature
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Project Page:
https://github.com/brummer10/Loopino
Release Page:
https://github.com/brummer10/Loopino/releases/tag/v0.2.0
Thank you for your continued support and feedback.
Happy holidays and happy looping! 🎶❄️
Hi, there!
Everything's just easy with pipewire, isn't it?
Well, since pipewire's here I have some problems with it using my
beloved linux-show-player (LiSP) in combination with jack-output.
So, I'd like to use a workaround using console-commands…
I have a build-in audio device and a bluetooth connection, pw-top lists
these devices:
Dummy-Driver
Freewheel-Driver
[…]
alsa-output.pci-0000_00_1b.0.analog-stereo
[…]
bluez_output.[bluetooth-adress].1
[…]
How do I send a stereo or mono audio stream to the bluez-output with a
console command? Can I use aplay? (Because aplay -L doesn't list the
bluetooth speaker…)
Any ideas?
Thank you!
Mitsch
**Loopino — New Release: Expressive Control, Classic Filters, and
Improved Standalone Support**
This new Loopino release focuses on expressiveness, classic
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**Highlights of this Release**
- MIDI Pitch Wheel support for expressive performance
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## Availability
- Linux: Standalone application, CLAP plugin, VST2 plugin
- Windows: CLAP plugin, VST2 plugin
Project Page:
https://github.com/brummer10/Loopino
Release Page:
https://github.com/brummer10/Loopino/releases/tag/v0.1.0
