Hi LAU and LAD,
It seems that (FLOSS) audio editors (not DAWs) are all either
dead/obsolate (mhwaveditor, rezound), in strange development states
(Audacity, Tenacity).
Tenacity, the most promising (albeit with its audacity-inherited
idiosyncrasies) has a really annoying bug [1] which makes it take ages
to load [1] - IMHO a no go for an audio editor IMHO (plus its
multi-track-ness like Audacity makes it overload for a few use cases).
The only more-or-less usable one at the moment is ocenaudio which is not
free software (and also has some UI quirks, but that's maybe personal).
I've been a fan of mhWaveEdit for its mix of simplicity and
configurability, but as an abandoned GTK2 application it shows its problems.
Is this kind of software not interesting any more? Are people using DAWs
for everything?
Are people even using, or interested / committed in using Linux Audio
any more?
As LAC approaches (unfortunately I won't be able to attend, even though
it's in Europe), why not try to spark some debate :-P
Lorenzo
[1] https://codeberg.org/tenacityteam/tenacity/issues/549
Hey hey,
I would like to share a new song: When You Smile
https://youtu.be/TdJ6H01q5XI
This is a love song, an electronic ballad, heavily influenced by the likes of Imogen Heap. This means interesting and self-made sound design. In this case this involves field recordings, mixed and processed samples, completely synthesized material, using soft- and hardware synthesizers. A Csound specific note follows at the end.
Used hardware:
Behringer Neutron
Make Noise 0-Coast
Used software:
Csound (synthesis, sample editing, FX)
LinuxSampler (Csound samples, further drums, piano, guitar and strings)
Yoshimi (Pads and various)
Midish MIDI sequencing and arrangement
Nama Recording, mixing and mastering
I tried to use Csound in multiple ways, so I loaded in several drum samples, both from free libraries and my own making and edited and mixed them to export as new samles. There is the first version of the Mbria like physical modelling instrument. I used it as a vocoder, to process live audio with other custom effects and to synthesize other drum sounds from first principles. Csound is also responsible for the harp-like sound.
Share and enjoy!
Best wishes,
Jeanette
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* GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c
Do you even know what I like
Just what I'm living for,
What I adore <3
(Britney Spears)
Ratatouille is a Neural Model loader and mixer for Linux/Windows.
New in this release:
* allow to build as clap plugin
* allow to build as vst2 plugin
Ratatouille allow to load up to two neural model files and mix there
output. Those models could be *.nam files <https://tonehunt.org/all> or
*.json or .aidax files <https://cloud.aida-x.cc/all>. So you could blend
from clean to crunch for example, or, go wild and mix different amp
models, or mix a amp with a pedal simulation.
Ratatouille using parallel processing to process the second neural model
and the second IR-File to reduce the dsp load.
Ratatouille allow to compensate phasing issues between the loaded Models.
The "Delay" control could add a small delay to add some color/reverb to
the sound.
To round up the sound it allow to load up to two Impulse Response files
and mix there output as well. You could try the wildest combinations,
or, be conservative and load just your single preferred IR-File.
Each neural model may have a different expected Sample Rate, Ratatouille
will resample the buffer to match that.
Impulse Response Files will be resampled on the fly to match the session
Sample Rate.
Release Page (binaries):
https://github.com/brummer10/Ratatouille.lv2/releases/tag/v0.9.11
Project Page (source code):
https://github.com/brummer10/Ratatouille.lv2
regards
hermann
There are lots of guitar to USB audio devices out there and it seems they
have all done them wrong. I modified one of them and it actually sounds
very good. Perhaps better than plugging into the "high impedance" input of
many audio interfaces or using a DI box into a mic input. The result is a
much more open sound in particular with single coil pickups (or tapped as
I happen to have).
Why do I think they have likely all done them wrong? The Application notes
say: "Please follow the reference schematic for microphone section
design." So not only is it easy but it is recomended. I am sure it works
well for a computer mic.
Anyway, for those who want a good quility direct to usb guitar cable here
is my journey to fix a toy into something better.
https://www.ovenwerks.net/hardware/GuitarUSBhack/index.html
I find it amazing that the manufactures would not reduce their parts count
while making a better product.
Len
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Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net
We’ve Got the Beat—in Our Genes
How much we enjoy music, and in what ways, is heritable
By Charles Digges May 19, 2025
https://nautil.us/weve-got-the-beat-in-our-genes-1211821/
Wouldn't surprise me. My parents both played instruments. Three of my
four grandparents played instruments, too. I suppose me playing
instruments was inevitable!
How about the rest of you?
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David W. Jones
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
http://dancingtreefrog.com
"My password is the last 8 digits of π."
Nobody in my family played any instrument... my father loved operas though...
my own musical - äh, lets say: "wakening" was exclusively driven by Merceybeat and, who else: the BEATLES :-)
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Turn up the noise: Why distortion in music is growing in popularity
by Ethan Kung, University of California, Los Angeles
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-noise-distortion-music-popularity.html
I guess I did my little bit part in the 1970s, running my Hammond organ
output through a wahwah pedal > volume control pedal chain to an amp and
making Hendrix guitar sounds.
Anyone else?
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David W. Jones
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
http://dancingtreefrog.com
"My password is the last 8 digits of π."
There are a lot of "guitar" to USB "cables" out there. I picked one up
just for practice purposes: plug it in to my laptop and run it through
Guitarix.
My findings:
The board inside is a standard phones and mic usb dongle. So pipewire
will try to make the phones jack (which doesn't exist on these things)
the default output. Lucky for me there is an input only "profile" I can
set pipewire to.
Next thing I noticed was that my volume pot was scatchy... I just bought
this guitar and it is not scratchy on the amp or through pedals. Yeah,
the volt meter says 3vdc going to the guitar. The chip inside says it is
a C-Media HS-100B. The board inside is like I mentioned, meant for a
"computer" mic and seems to have followed exactly the schematic snip
in the c-media application notes:
Input has a varister and .1uf cap to ground and then goes through two 8.2k
resisters, one then goes through another .1uf to micin... so far ok.
However, the other 8.2k is followed by 47uf cap to ground (effectively
making the input 8.2k) and then through a 2.2k to vbias.
NOT a good input setup for a guitar at all. I could not find out what the
inout impedance is of micin is but if I can get the case open (enter the
dremmel) and remove the R12 to vbias, my input impedance will at least
double. I'll let people know how that goes.
So, 1/4inch to USB cable are not Guitar to USB cables.... put a preamp in
front.... a looper for practice in cludes an aways on buffer.
Len
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Len Ovens
www.ovenwerks.net
