Hi, list!
Just so you know, there's a new solution in town for producers who want
to showcase their work: Peertube <http://joinpeertube.org>.
It's a FLOSS initiative from a guy on Github
<https://github.com/Chocobozzz/PeerTube> (quickly backed up by
Framasoft, a non-profit already quite active on that front
<https://degooglisons-internet.org/liste>) who wanted to build a
decentralized video hosting platform by leveraging the brand new web
torrent uh, protocol <https://webrtc.org>. Right now it's in beta, and
boy it really is, please don't tell me you have troubles playing my
videos <https://exode.me/videos/search?search=yphil>, I kinda know.
Also I do understand that mp4 is not entirely free, and the boys seem to
know about that.
To test it, just create an account on any instance that allows it
<http://instances.joinpeertube.org>, and start uploading your videos ;
they'll be available on all federated instances. Exactly how that works
is still quite a mystery to me ; After that they're supposed to be
partially streamed from the hard drives of people that have the file in
their browser's cache. Or something like that.
The thing is, My video "No Sister"
<https://peertube.video/videos/watch/fed67262-6edb-4d1c-833b-daa9085c71d7>
is the *25th in the list of the most played videos* on /all/ federated
instances!! Can you believe that?
See, on Youtube we're nothing, but here, we can exist! Into the little
smelly shop that's just set up in front of the big obnoxious mall, we
can expect a reasonable amount of exposure and visibility :) Another
reason why I'm telling you guys that is because I simply find there's
not enough good music on there. I mean, the best music you can find is
mine, and that can't be good ;) My next album is going to be released
exclusively on Peertube.
Cheers,
yPhil
PS - That works for tutorial videos
<https://exode.me/videos/watch/2795111d-0cba-4c0d-b3de-b1bebf8d3d1e> and
stuff, too :)
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Philippe Coatmeur
+212 (0)6 59 10 92 73
+212 (0)6 10 64 73 72
Hello, I'm looking to install the standalone application of x42-autotune ( http://x42-plugins.com/x42/x42-autotune ) on a Mac running the latest OS X.
However, it appears this depends on installing JACK, and unfortunately the x42 README gives no further info. on what to do. For example, should I install JACK1 or JACK2? And once the best version of JACK is installed, what are the next steps?
I know this is a bit off-topic, since I'm on a Mac and not using Linux. But I tried first contacting someone at x42, and have not heard back yet.... So I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask here, just in case the steps are the same (or someone here has done this on a Mac).
Basically, I'm not a programmer, but do use computers frequently and should be fine with just a little more guidance than the nothing that I'm finding elsewhere!
Thanks,
Jim
... and one thing I do not get, as a simple user, is that after
upgrading firefox to version 59 from the distro's repository (Linux
Mint 17, ubuntu-based) firefox cannot render audio on youtube and
soundcloud.
Have they abandoned QA testing in 2018 ?
Cheers.
Call me crazy, but the past several days, I've been trying to get Turtle
Beach SampleVision working on Linux. Yes, I know, I'm crazy. It's
because it has support for a lot of old hardware samplers that more
modern apps don't care about, and also there are lots of other DOS and
Windows 3.1 Midi apps from that era that would be interesting to use as
well if I could get this working. When you use old hardware, you end up
using old software I suppose.
I actually have had very good luck with straight WIN32 apps and Midi
under Wine, since these days, Wine just picks up all your Alsa devices
and presents them to emulated Windows as though they were in the Control
Panel. You can usually even choose which device you want in your
application's own GUI as though you had a Windows setup.
But SampleVision is a WIN16 app, which means it's just a stone's throw
away from DOS. For Midi purposes, it practically is DOS. Which means a
lot of the configuration for this is going to happen through DOS drivers
(real mode), CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT, yadda yadda. Wine seems to be
really bad at that, and seems to prefer pure Windows programs. Hence
the adventures in DOSemu, which can actually run Windows 3.1 with SVGA
graphics in X. I've even heard of people running Windows 95 under
DOSemu, which means while I'm crazy, apparently I'm not as crazy as
some people are. :)
I've read Dave Phillips' articles and posts (lots of them...all of
them...all over the Internet...google google google...) about setting up
symlinks in ~/.dosemu/run/ to point device nodes in /dev/snd for virtual
midi devices. I've been able to test from the Linux side that sending a
sysex dump through these virtual devices actually does produce data on
the hardware interface, provided the virtual devices have been connected
with aconnect beforehand. In other words, the devices are doing what
they're supposed to do natively, and we've got no Midi problem in Linux.
Inside the DOS emulation though, nothing seems to be able to find an
interface, and I've tried lots of IRQ's. I've run dosemu with strace,
and I do see it doing filehandle opens on my symlinks, which seem to
succeed, but at the DOS prompt, I'm still not able to find any Midi
interface.
Should I just give up on this? I've seen lots of howto's that say it
should be possible to get Voyetra Sequencer Plus Gold for DOS working,
so in principle, I'm thinking this might work, if I can just get an Alsa
Midi device visible from DOS. Is there any way from the DOS side to
scan for one to see if it's showing up anywhere?
--
- Brent Busby + ===============================================
+ "The introduction of a new kind of music must
-- Studio -- + be shunned as imperiling the whole state, for
-- Amadeus/ -- + styles of music are never disturbed without
-- Keycorner -- + without affecting the most important political
-- Recording -- + institutions." --Plato, "Republic"
----------------+ ===============================================
Hi,
A tutorial on using the multichannel version of the AVL Drumkits LV2
Audio plugin in Ardour 5.12 DAW demonstrating effects on individual
tracks, all effects used are free and included in AV Linux 2018.
*Please note there are literally hundreds of plugins that could
potentially be used in this example, I simply handpicked a few.
https://youtu.be/iUSdXmlu8UQ [1]
Glen
Links:
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[1] https://youtu.be/iUSdXmlu8UQ
Hello,
I took a number and waited in this Kafkaesque office.
A somewhat surreal atmosphere is given by the acoustic drums and
harmonies flanked by a stubborn bass and wrapped in environmental
noise.
Mixed without any plugins in Mixbus32C (derived from Ardour)
https://soundcloud.com/nominal6/took-a-number
Enjoy !
Cheers.
I did an upgrade (debian testing) a couple of weeks ago, and found xfce could
no longer automout USB sticks and drives (pmount still works).
On Monday, I decided to do some work on an Arduino, and it seems that also can
no longer recognise boards plugged in via usb.
Also just today another guy at work tells me he now has the same problem.
The weird thing is I can't seem to find any recent references on-line to such
issues.
Anyone got any suggestions?
--
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.
AV Linux 2018.4.12 has been Released!!
*BUGFIXES
-Updated 4.9.76 RT Kernel with KPTI 'Meltdown' security patch (64bit
AVL Only) - Thanks Trulan Martin!
*KPTI can be disabled at boot, see Manual page 76, Be aware no 32bit
KPTI patch exists!
-Numerous important fixes to compatibility with KXStudio Repos -
Thanks falkTX!
-Updated and fixed outdated Cin 5.1 and Spotify Repositories.
-WineASIO now works properly.
-Removed Grub-Customizer because it doesn't work on UEFI installs.
*NEW ADDITIONS
-ISO files now have accompanying MD5 and SHA256 files, verify your
downloads! (Manual page 5)
-Optional 'lowlatency' Kernels (Required for Proprietary Video
Drivers) - Thanks Trulan Martin!
-Optional 'SGFXI' Proprietary Video Driver Install (Requires
'lowlatency' Kernel).
-UEFI install (64bit AVL only) *So far only tested in VBox! - Thanks
korakios and arjepsen!
-Wine-Staging replaces Debian's Wine packaging and WineHQ Repos have
been added.
-Added firmware for Echo Audio devices
-Dynamic CPU Frequency adjustment (in 'Settings' menu) - Thanks
korakios!
-Realtime Quick Config scan to check system tuning - Thanks raboof!
-Standalone AV Linux DD LiveUSB Writer to create ISOHybrid LiveUSB
keys - Thanks Tony Brijeski!
-Simple Killswitch Utility to shut down unwanted processes.
-Kdenlive is back on the menu!
-Yoshimi comes back! - Thanks Will Godfrey!
-Xhip Synth and Plugins http://xhip.net/ [1] - Thanks acidose!
-LinVST (64bit AVL only) - Thanks osxmidi!
-SFZero SFZ Instrument Plugin - Thanks osxmidi!
-Noise Repellent Noise Reduction Plugin - Thanks lucianodato!
-Added new Shuriken Beat Slicer Repositories - Thanks rockhopper!
-Added Dragonfly Reverb plugins - Thanks Michael Willis, rghvdberg!
-Cool Retro Terminal... it's just for fun!
*NOTEWORTHY UPDATES
-AVL User Manual is now 130 pages with numerous additions, expanded
content and clarifications.
-Official bundled builds of Ardour 5.12, ArdourVST 5.12 (32bit AVL
only) - Thanks Paul Davis, Robin Gareus et al!
-Harrison Mixbus 4.3 and Plugin Demos- Thanks Ben Loftis, Robin
Gareus!
-All Applications and Plugins from the KXStudio Repos are synced and
updated - Thanks falkTX and all FOSS developers!
-AVL Drumkits LV2 0.2.3 - Thanks Robin Gareus!
-Cinelerra 'Cin 5.1' Video Editor (SO many improvements!!) - Thanks
Goodguy, Phyllis!
-LSP Plugins 1.1.1 - Thanks sadko4u!
-Shuriken Beat Slicer 0.5.1 - Thanks rockhopper!
-Polyphone 1.8.
-Quick Updater Utility cleaned up.
*THANKS!
anahata, ByteMark, and Jeremy Jongepier at linuxaudio.org for Download
facilities!
rockhopper, NUMAflex, drwhat - ISO Testing
jjfro, drwhat, ufug, magicalex and all other Manual Proofreaders!
*KNOWN ISSUES
-KPTI will introduce a performance hit, it's debatable how much it
will impact Audio work but it does have an impact.
*KPTI can be disabled which will restore performance but leave your
machine vulnerable to the 'Meltdown' exploit.
-Booting is slower on UEFI computers and getting to login takes
longer.
-A recent update of Unetbootin no longer works to create bootable
LiveUSB Keys of AV Linux 2018.
-AV Linux contains a new AV Linux DD LiveUSB Writer to write LiveUSB
Keys with DD
-For those on other Deb-based Distros this is packaged here:
http://www.bandshed.net/packages/avl2us ... -1_all.deb [2]
-Otherwise writing to USB Key with DD from commandline will also work.
*NOT SO FAST!!
If you're new to AV Linux or Linux Audio in general you NEED to RTFM!
http://bandshed.net/pdf/AVL2018UserManual.pdf [3]
*OK, GET AV Linux 2018 HERE!:
http://www.bandshed.net/avlinux/ [4]
*PLEASE DONATE IF YOU CAN...
The documentation for AV Linux alone is a time investment of many
hours not to mention curating an entire OS that is convenient to use
and ready for professional grade Audio and Video production at your
fingertips. My sincere and heartfelt thanks to those who have already
donated and supported the project. It is my own choice to share my
time and efforts on making AV Linux available but I think in the
bigger picture communities work best when when there is engagement by
both sides. I would also ask that that people consider donating to
falkTX's KXStudio project which has greatly enriched not only AV Linux
but also all Debian/Ubuntu derivatives..
Please consider hitting the yellow Paypal button on the AV Linux
website, ANY amount is welcomed and appreciated thanks!
Glen MacArthur - AV Linux Maintainer
Links:
------
[1] http://xhip.net/
[2]
http://www.bandshed.net/packages/avl2usb/avl2usb_0.1.1-avlinux8-1_all.deb
[3] http://bandshed.net/pdf/AVL2018UserManual.pdf
[4] http://www.bandshed.net/avlinux/
spectmorph-0.4.0 has been released.
Overview of Changes in spectmorph-0.4.0:
----------------------------------------
* Windows is now supported: provide 64-bit Windows VST plugin
* Plugin UI redesign
- use pugl library for portability (uses GL + cairo) instead of Qt5
- use categories for instruments
- directly support instrument names in linear morphing
- get rid of Qt5 dependency for libspectmorph, smjack, VST and LV2 plugins
- UI now has "Zoom" feature to support higher DPI displays
* Use non-linear configurable new velocity -> volume mapping for midi
* New instrument: French Horn
* Improved tools for building custom instruments
- tools are now installed by default
- sminstbuilder files support new syntax for relative paths
- encoder cache moved to ~/.cache/smenccache, which is created if necessary
- use number of processors as default for jobs
* LPC/LSF support removed
* Some portability fixes for macOS (which however isn't supported yet)
What is SpectMorph?
-------------------
SpectMorph is a free software project which allows to analyze samples of
musical instruments, and to combine them (morphing). It can be used to
construct hybrid sounds, for instance a sound between a trumpet and a flute; or
smooth transitions, for instance a sound that starts as a trumpet and then
gradually changes to a flute.
SpectMorph ships with many ready-to-use instruments which can be combined using
morphing.
SpectMorph is implemented in C++ and licensed under the GNU LGPL version 3
Integrating SpectMorph into your Work
-------------------------------------
SpectMorph is currently available for Linux and Windows users. Here is a quick
overview of how you can make music using SpectMorph.
- VST Plugin, especially for proprietary solutions that don't support LV2.
(Available on Linux and 64-bit Windows)
- LV2 Plugin, for any sequencer that supports it.
- JACK Client.
- BEAST Module, integrating into BEASTs modular environment.
Note that at this point, we may still change the way sound synthesis works, so
newer versions of SpectMorph may sound (slightly) different than the current
version.
Links:
------
Website: http://www.spectmorph.org
Download: http://www.spectmorph.org/downloads/spectmorph-0.4.0.tar.bz2
There are many audio demos on the website, which demonstrate morphing between
instruments.
--
Stefan Westerfeld, Hamburg/Germany, http://space.twc.de/~stefan
