After 10 years with my ASUS M2N-E motherboard
and my AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core 2.5 Ghz, I feel the
need to upgrade.
In the past, I have preferred AMD processors as they
are just less expensive than Intel, and my preference
existed before the meltdown/spectre flaws of recent
news.
I would like to continue to use my M-Audio 2496
PCI card, hence the need for a PCI slot.
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I did follow the "Christmas present for self"
thread on this list.
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The two motherboards I am considering both have the
AM4 socket, that is, they accommodate the AMD RYZEN
processor. Those motherboards:
(1) ASUS PRIME B350-PLUS MB
https://www.asus.com/us/Motherboards/PRIME-B350-PLUS/specifications/
It does have integrated graphics processor, though. Does anyone
have an opinion about the onboard AMD Radeon R Series Graphics ?
(2) Gigabyte GA-A320-DS3
https://www.gigabyte.com/Motherboard/GA-A320-DS3-rev-10#kf
This one also has integrated graphics, which is called
"2-Way CrossFire™ Multi-Graphics Support"
I suppose if the onboard graphics do not work out I
could go with a PCI-express graphics card.
And then, for a processor, I was thinking of going with
the AMD RYZEN 3 1200 4-Core 3.1 GHz.
Yes, it is is not as fast and has fewer cores
than RYZEN 7, but it is only $110 US. For $220 US,
I could go with a RYZEN 5 six core though.
Has anybody any opinions on this hardware?
Thank you for your help.
I used to try to keep my software as stable as possible by avoiding
upgrades for as long as possible, but it ended up being troublesome,
because then you have to compile your own libraries, and things tend
to go out of hand when you want to receive bug fixes from later
versions.
My question is: How do you people keep an updated system stable? Do
you wipe your drive clean and start over every ubuntu LTS release?
If you are not on a debian based distro, how do you handle the lack of
a kxstudio repo?
Thanks to all!
Probably just to add to the confusion, I admit to not having followed this
thread in detail and this comment may be totally superfluous...I'll throw
this out there:
I found when I was using AVLinux that it was a really stable and great for
upgrading when the time came. And the RT kernel it uses was great even on
slower PC's.
(Full disclosure: I use Ubuntu Studio almost exclusively at the moment.
Nothing against AVL, just switched temporarily a while back and haven't
gotten around to going back.)
http://www.bandshed.net/avlinux/
On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 11:45 AM, Peter Lutek <peter(a)peterlutek.com> wrote:
> thanks, len!
>
> i'm used to that whole drill, having done it many times with various
> distributions. i'm more interested in specifics of achieving a stable,
> low-latency audio workstation * within the Arch ecology * -- i.e. are there
> any particular caveats or helpful configuration tools to be aware of in
> that distribution?
>
> cheers!
> .pltk.
>
> On 2018-01-08 11:23 AM, Len Ovens wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 8 Jan 2018, Peter Lutek wrote:
>>
>> would you be kind enough to outline your "conversion" procedure?
>>>
>>
>> In general, this means back up what you have, install new OS, restore at
>> least your home directories, then install any binaries you have of specific
>> software (Ardour, plugins, synths) if you choose (though I think Arch has
>> most things you would need as packages) and go. Be aware that you would
>> either choose to install the same DE as you were using before or get used
>> to another. XFCE is quite a stable and versitile DE (Gnome2 like) that
>> doesn't get in the way of audio or video production. If you happened to be
>> using Unity as your DE (what were you thinking!?) you would have to learn
>> to use a new DE (but then Ubuntu has given up on Unity too so the same
>> either way)
>>
>> A common method in Linux is to use two partitions (or more), One small
>> one 40G for the OS and a big partition for /home. I actually have a number
>> of 20G partitions to try various OS but in the last while have been finding
>> that cramped which is why I am suggesting 40G :) This makes it easy to
>> install a new OS to try out without disturbing your data.
>>
>> On 2018-01-08 08:01 AM, Jonathan E. Brickman wrote:
>>>
>>>> ... I just converted a heavily-used Manjaro/XFCE4 desktop, two years in
>>>> use and regularly updated, into a Linux audio testing machine, without
>>>> glitches.
>>>>
>>>
>
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> http://peterlutek.com
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Hi,
I consider buying a M-Track Eight. All my workstations running Linux.
So, is the M-Track Eight working on Linux, e.g. ubuntu 16.04, out of the
box.
Or are there some drivers, settings, experiences for and with that device?
Best regards.
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Hey hey,
a raunchy, if slightly dated, song to get the year started:
http://juliencoder.de/nama/not_that_innocent-instrumental.mp3http://juliencoder.de/nama/not_that_innocent-instrumental.ogg
This song has been around for a while, and yet is still unfinished. I just
can't perform the vocals for it. This is the second song from the project "The
essence of". The intention is to condense and extract all kinds of elements
from certain songs and mix them into small "essential" songs, capturing the
heart and soul of particular subgenres or song types. This is a very personal
undertaking.
Though, I believe that this piece is a very loud and obvious curtsey. I leave
it to you to find out at whose shrine I've been revelling. :)
For the techs: used synths included fluidsynth (electric bass), LinuxSampler
(Rhodes, FX), Yoshimi (one choir) and Ecasound/Nama/Csound for sampling and
processing the FX. It got really physical. :) The hardware wouldn't be of
particular interest here, unless anyone is curious,...
Recording: Midish for all MIDI tracks (all except one instrument), Nama for
recording, processing, mixing and mastering and lots of LADSPA/LV2 effects,
including - but not limited to -: TAP plugins (limiter, stereo echo/delay,
- possibly some tube saturation), Invada (compressor), FIL plugin
(Fons Adriaensen's parametric 4-band EQ), G2Reverb, CAPS (chorus, plate
reverb, probably amp simulation) and lots of GLAME high- and lowpass
filtering. :)
I hope you enjoy and look forward to any feedback.
Best wishes,
Jeanette
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* website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound
* SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/jeanette_c
And when you say those words
It's the sweetest thing I've ever heard <3
(Britney Spears)
With Cadence and JACK2 running and working, I tried "jack_control asd
loopback", and it said it couldn't do this to a running server. Then I
shut JACK down and ran that command, it said it was successful, but then
JACK froze at run and I had to undo it for JACK to work. Anyone know
how to do this?
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/Music of compassion; fire, and life!!!/
Hi everyone,
hoping to ask this question without too much confusion.
I am seeking a headphone focused site where I can either entre
specification details, i. e. frequency range, sensitivity etc., and get
headphone options, or that provides all of the specification details
themselves. There used to be a place head zone for this years back, is
headphones.org still around?
because I use many different things in various ways, with the
specifications rather the key, my focus is on using this data.
Unfortunately because headphones are also a fashion statement these days,
getting clear numbers can be a challenge.
Any good resources?
Thanks,
MusE 3.0.0 released January 6, 2018
Hello all,
Can you hear it? No? Well, let me tell you, it’s that time again, more than
three years has passed (unfortunately) since the last MusE release. Finally
it’s time for a new one. And high time it is, the last stable release seems
to not even start on many modern systems…
A selection of sorts, changes since the last stable release 2.2.1 are as
follows (sorry it’s long):
* Switched to Qt5
* New Plugin Path editor in Global Settings:
* System-wide move to double precision of all audio paths
* LV2 fix for very slow right-click synth 'presets' ex. amsynth
* LV2 support PowerOf2BlockLength
* LV2 support FixedBlockLength
* Mixer makeover with lots of fixes
* Arranger Track Info panel complete makeover
* New: Persistent routes jack audio and midi routes.
* Multi-channel Audio Track routing
* Improved automation editing, no multi-point editing yet though
* Audio automation graphs undo support
* New wave drawing mode in arranger with a tiny outline of the wave file
* Added Native VST FX support (synths were already supported)
* Added support to resize notes and parts to the left with pencil tool
* Added live update of wave parts while recording
* Added Native VST shell plugins support
* Added recording restart function (CTRL+Space and SHIFT+space keeping the
old)
* Auto resample imported wave files to project's sample rate
* Graphical Routing dialog redone and enhanced
* Routing popup menus for midi now allow Jack Midi routing
* Device List added to midi configuration, with 'Delete' button.
* Added multichannel support for SimpleDrums (+routing ability)
* Added lots of instrument definition files
* CPU and Audio DSP usage metering
* Midi transformer support for for randomizing events
* Added sample-rate change according to song file when using RtAudio
* Midi device processing implementation greatly improved
* External midi clock sync reworked
* Large System Exclusive (sysex) message support for ALSA
* Added support for RtAudio audio backend - primarily Pulse is supported
* Synths can now be selected as a midi input route.
* Much improved monitoring functionality
* ALSA support is now optional, can run in pure jack mode.
* Timer improvements, ALSA timer now first choice.
* Fluidsynth MESS synth plugin now propagates drum names using libinstpatch
to drum editor
* Midi file export: Added missing Aftertouch, PolyAftertouch support
* Several host improvements to better support various plugin variants for
LV2 and VST
* More LV2 extensions supported
* Lots of GUI Widget changes, several widgets switchable between knob and
slider
* Various improvements to midi engine
* Greatly reduced CPU usage while playing and automation graph(s) showing.
* Some track arranger properties, like track channel can now be manipulated
with multiple tracks
* Mixer strip order now rearrangeable
* Persistent routes for Jack
* Multi-channel Audio Track routing.
* Routing popup menus redone.
* Song file version handling improved
* Midi config dialog reworked
* "Normalize wave part" menu item for wave track parts
* Many new keyboard shortcuts, for instance mute and solo and operate mixer
* Bug #526 fixed: Crash on cut with scissors while master open
* Added instrument files for:
** Classic Cantabile SP-250
** Medeli SP4200
** Korg Krome (Bank Map KORG)
** Korg Krome (Bank Map GM2)
** Roland-MT32
** Lexicon-MX200
** Yamaha-Rex50
** Yamaha-Motif XS
And lots and lots of internal changes
For the complete list of changes see:
https://github.com/muse-sequencer/muse/blob/muse_3_0_0/muse3/ChangeLog
News section:
http://muse-sequencer.org/index.php/News
Download:
http://muse-sequencer.org/index.php/Download
Demos page:
http://muse-sequencer.org/index.php/Demos
Forum is dead - use mailing list:
http://muse-sequencer.org/index.php/Support#Mailing_Lists
Some known issues that aren't dealt with yet:
* Add measure does not take automation into account, use Structure add
instead.
* Unmuting a track during playback sometimes causes wierd sound offset
issues, cured by stop/start
* Note on the first tick in a loop is not played
* Ctrl+C sometimes does not work for copying a part in the arranger, menu
alternative works
* Automation edit db cue is wrong when editing
Keep on Rocking!
The MusE Team
Hi, is this soundcard compatible?
I am ready to buy it but I should know if it would work fine under GNU/Linux
Any tips are welcomed
Thanks!
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Marcos Guglielmetti
www.huertasurbanas.comwww.bosquedealimentos.org
