Greetings everyone, my first post to LAU for about 15 years :)
I'm looking for a USB interface for use with my Lenovo G500 laptop running Slackware 14.1.At this stage I'm primarily interested in backing up some old tracks that were originally mastered on metal cassette tape. I have no immediate plans for doing any serious audio production using this machine (although that might be a possibility in the future). I haven't bought a sound card since 2003 so I'm a bit out of touch with what is available these days, and what is supported on linux.
A few people have recommended RME to me. After a very quick look around the web the cheapest option I've found is an RME Digiface for £320.
So I guess the questions are: Is it worth forking out for an RME device, or is there something else out there that is a bit cheaper that will serve my current purpose? How about the M-Audio M-Track 2x2M? (approx £90)
tbh I'm asking all this based on the assumption that the on board device isn't great without actually testing it :)
many thanks,
Jordan
V 1.5.10 Redwing
Command Line access is now virtually complete.
The graphic interface has had a minor makeover. Also, very occasional
corruption of this has been resolved.
All inactive controls are now shown as such - there were a number that
previously weren't, thus causing considerable confusion for new users.
There is an improved pseudo-random number system, which does not rely on
external libraries anymore.
The 'Yoshimi Advanced User Manual' has had considerable revision and extension.
Further details can be found in /doc/Yoshimi_1.5.10_features.txt
By default, Yoshimi is supplied with 710 instruments spread across 23 banks.
Yoshimi source code is available from either:
https://sourceforge.net/projects/yoshimi
Or:
https://github.com/Yoshimi/yoshimi
Full build instructions are in 'INSTALL'.
Our list archive is at:
https://www.freelists.org/archive/yoshimi
To post, email to:
yoshimi(a)freelists.org
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Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
Greetings !
https://youtu.be/c2fzgobYjbk
Another self-generating ambient music patch from VCV Rack. See the YT
notes for details.
Good for any hour of the day or night, but especially appropriate for
late night/early morning meditations.
Comments welcome, as always.
Best regards,
dp
I told some friends to come over tomorrow to make a recording ... and, of
course, I can't get things to work on the computer. Hope someone can set me
straight.
I'm using pulse and audacity ... yeah, I know someone will tell me that
will never work, but it's worked just fine in the past. So, lets continue :)
I'm using a Audiobox USB interface with a single mic. I have tried
different mics and cables, so I'm pretty sure that's not the problem.
In the pavucontrol program the audiobox shows and I select
Analog Stereo Output + Digital Stereo (IEC958) Input
Now, when I bring up audacity I have 3 inputs available. Well, this time
... sometimes I have a list as long as my arm. But, for now lets use the
short list:
HDA Intel ...
Pulse
Default
Both Pulse and Default appear to work as recording devices. Funny, though
is that at other times I've gotten a raft of HDA lines, USB lines, etc.
Doesn't seem to make sense to me.
First off, lets test playback of a track in audacity to phones. Great ...
perfect. Audacity (and everything else on the system)plays though the
device into the phones. I'm happy.
Now, I will record. I get the waveform. I speak into the mic ... and then I
play back ... and it is just awful, scratchy crap.
So, if you've read this far my problem is that I am getting crappy, very
crappy, recording quality with the audiobox interface and audacity.
Suggestions?
I should add this output as well:
arecord -l
**** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices ****
card 0: USB [AudioBox USB], device 0: USB Audio [USB Audio]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 0: ALC887-VD Analog [ALC887-VD Analog]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 2: PCH [HDA Intel PCH], device 2: ALC887-VD Alt Analog [ALC887-VD Alt
Analog]
Subdevices: 1/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
card 4: U0x46d0x802 [USB Device 0x46d:0x802], device 0: USB Audio [USB
Audio]
Subdevices: 0/1
Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
Thanks to all.
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Bob van der Poel ** Wynndel, British Columbia, CANADA **
EMAIL: bob(a)mellowood.ca
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Hey everyone!
It's been a while since I've announced anything project "droning" related.
I am going to announce something very special in a week or so, but for now
a new release!
The tune is called "Higher Dimensions" and is available for free on
Bandcamp:
https://louigi.bandcamp.com/album/higher-dimensions
Some of the tune was made with FL Studio, but the end result was mixed with
Qtractor, and a lot of additional effects work made with Kluppe and
Rakarrack.
Enjoy!
Louigi Verona
https://louigiverona.com/
Hello everyone!
Is there an app that is good for beat slicing that is currently maintained? At one time I used Freecycle (http://freecycle.redsteamrecords.com/), but it's no longer in the Debian repos. I'm looking for a tool that will allow me to load up a loop of some length and auto-detect slices based on transients (or some other condition) and export those slices to wav files. Doing this manually works fine, but having something to shave a little time off the process would be nice.
Thank you!
Josh