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[linux-audio-user] Looking for howto to control audioplayer with footswitch

by Jürgen Schöneberg

hej! I 'm looking for a linux software to play soundfiles controlled by a footswitch on the serial port. (just possible to control start, rewind, stop) . Usually I'm using jack/ardour but haven't seen the possibility to use a footswitch to control the software. Even a howto for using a footswitch as an input device for a perl script would be very helpful. Any ideas? thank you very much for help cheers Jürgen

21 years, 3 months

[linux-audio-user] Linux music notation editor criteria

by Dave Phillips

Greetings: As promised, here's a set of test criteria used by Alan Belkin in his 1994 review of notation programs for the Macintosh. I hope that the authors of Linux music notation software will consider this list against the features of their own efforts. I'm not interested in comparing "ours against theirs". The Mac programs tested were all WYSIWYG notation editors, including Finale, Composer's Mosaic, Encore, Lime, and Nightingale, while some of the best Linux music notation software is devoid of any GUI. Nevertheless, the criteria seem adequate as base requirements for any music notation software, and I'm very interested in the opinions and evaluations of the Linux developers of such software. I know that the authors of NoteEdit, LilyPond, MusE/Musescore, Denemo, Rosegarden, Common Music Notation, and perhaps other significant notation editors are represented on the LAD/LAU lists, and I hope they will respond on-list to the criteria presented here. I also welcome comments from users regarding the presence or absence of the listed features in their favorite Linux notation program. I have only slightly altered Mr Belkin's original criteria where it was Mac-specific. The evaluations in his original article were either qualitative (good, bad, ugly, etc), quantitative, (1, 4, 12, etc), or affirmative/negative (yes/no). So, here we go: Note entry: mouse & keyboard MIDI step-time MIDI realtime w. flexible quantization audition other saves while recording retain performance data for playback number of independent rhythmic layers per staff maximum number of staves per system Entry of slurs, articulations, dynamics, etc.: intelligent default placement apply to multiple staves at once Selection in regional edits: vertical, horizontal slices within and across measures, staves, system, pages, etc. non-contiguous conditional selection Editing: click & drag positioning of symbols transposition (note, staff, selection, etc) enharmonic change by region rhythm: change note values (ease of use) rhythm: auto-rebar cut/copy/paste: music cut/copy/paste: non-musical items, formats, etc. mirroring (intelligent copies) Special/custom notation: unusual staves simultaneous key signatures unconventional time signatures additive time signatures simultaneous different time signatures drawing tool user-created symbols user-selectable fonts for all elements chord notation: graphic, playback, learn via MIDI fretboard notation figured-bass notation unusual note heads (slashes, harmonics, etc) easily adjustable cross-staff beaming Lyrics: mass create create on page import from text editor auto layout multiple fonts flexible placement MIDI playback: ALSA or OSS support channel support playback includes modifiers (crescendi, dynamics, etc) direct editing of MIDI data import patch lists (GM, GS, etc) scrolling playback edit during playback Entry layout: flexible engraver spacing within measure account for dynamics, slurs, annotative text, etc. Page layout: auto layout with engraver spacing reduce or enlarge symbols, staves, text, systems, by any percent, locally or globally full control of measures per system full control of systems per page remove empty staves within systems flexible spacing of staves within systems Part extraction: automatic with new layout dynamic links to master score File operations: follow Linux standards (?) simultaneous multiple files open printed output: PS, PDF, DVI, etc. Interface/overall ease of use: undo/redo any operation user-defined key bindings user control over notational defaults views: scroll, page, template, any percent, multiple simultaeous views priorities clear logical organization simple language and icons overall speed on-line help documentation ease of learning general solidity and stability In his article Mr Belkin also addressed the problem of tuplets, noting that at that time only Finale realized anything other than triplets when converting from MIDI input (file or realtime). I should also note that this list is hardly meant to be a complete set of expected features: after all, it's from an article published ten years ago. I'm sure we've advanced well beyond the state of the art in 1994... right ? :) Best regards, Dave Phillips

21 years, 3 months

[linux-audio-user] Timidity patches -- one per track?

by Mark Wilson

I've tried to find in the timidity manpage how to accomplish this, but no luck so far: I generated a three-voice file with the old Rosegarden, and exported it as a MIDI file. The three voices each take one staff, to which I assigned different patches. When I play the file on CLI, just as basic and straightforward as you please, I hear the three parts with different instruments, no problem. The feedback I get from the prompt lists Track 1, Track2, Track 3, logically enough. If I specify a different patch with the -P option, all three voices (in the polyphonic sense) have the same timbre-- the one I specified with the P switch. The burning question: How can I specify a different patch for different tracks? If it's in the manual, tell me where? Thanks! Cheers, Mark ===== -- Seek professional help! Ask a librarian. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - 100MB free storage! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail

21 years, 3 months

[linux-audio-user] Re: linux-audio-user Digest, Vol 10, Issue 55

by Brian Redfern

2.6 on suse is also different than 2.6 fedora, because suse has a couple of audio programmers who work to make sure their kernel works with audio, so I can use all my audio apps out of the box with 9.2, and the 2.6 kernel, without latency problems, and without needing a kernel recompile. On Tue, 13 Jul 2004 linux-audio-user-request(a)music.columbia.edu wrote: > Send linux-audio-user mailing list submissions to > linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > linux-audio-user-request(a)music.columbia.edu > > You can reach the person managing the list at > linux-audio-user-owner(a)music.columbia.edu > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of linux-audio-user digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Note tuning and quantizer in audio files (Paul Winkler) > 2. Re: distros (Steve Harris) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 10:51:13 -0400 > From: Paul Winkler <pw_lists(a)slinkp.com> > Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Note tuning and quantizer in audio > files > To: A list for linux audio users <linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu> > Message-ID: <20040713145112.GA2313(a)slinkp.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > In case anyone's interested, I just found an interesting > closely related thread on rec.audio.pro: > > http://groups.google.com/groups?th=e1a8a02e65f3da0c&seekm=jmtpe0t9ru3q4qst7… > > -- > > Paul Winkler > http://www.slinkp.com > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 13 Jul 2004 16:02:53 +0100 > From: Steve Harris <S.W.Harris(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk> > Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] distros > To: A list for linux audio users <linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu> > Message-ID: <20040713150253.GH31552(a)login.ecs.soton.ac.uk> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 03:50:52PM +0100, tim hall wrote: > > Last Tuesday 13 July 2004 13:11, kmd was like: > > > can i use the 2.6 kernel or should i use > > > the special compiled multimedia 2.4 kernel (for mandrake, via contrib > > > sources). and i have trouble as well to play with jack without being > > > root, > > > > General consensus seems to be that a 2.4 multimedia kernel is the 'stable' > > approach. You won't have to run Jack as root if you run a patched multimedia > > kernel. You probably won't need to do a lot of tweaking. Best approach is > > probably to get a working system with 2.4 and then upgrade to 2.6 only if > > you're really not happy with results. Personally, I will be happy to wait > > until 2.6 is more stable. > > Agreed, I would only go to 2.6 is you really need some features in it - > its basicly stopped one of my machines from being a useful audio box. > > - Steve > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > linux-audio-user mailing list > linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > > End of linux-audio-user Digest, Vol 10, Issue 55 > ************************************************ >

21 years, 3 months

[linux-audio-user] jack and xfs

by Ciccolella Lazzaro Nicolò

hi, for the first time I have put my slackware on a disc with xfs file-system. It is still advisable or necessary to create the temp-filesystem /mnt/ramfs and to compile --with-default-tmpdir=/mnt/ramfs option (as advice the README file of jack source package) ? thanks -- Lazzaro

21 years, 3 months

Re: [linux-audio-user] remapping midi notes

by Joey Reid

On Jul 13, 2004, at 8:02 PM, Joachim Schiele wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday 13 July 2004 20:49, Joey Reid wrote: > > You could write a midi filter for that. > Read this: > http://www.suse.de/~mana/alsa090_howto.html > well, i was hoping i wouldn't have to learn C to do this, but I suppose I can't expect ot not get my hands dirty with this, can I ;-) -- Joey Reid aka Dr.Whiz-Bang Geek, musician, and friend of God http://www.joeyreid.com

21 years, 3 months

[linux-audio-user] in trouble with rme digi96/8 pad

by kmd

maybe this is a question for alsa, but if you don't mind i rather put my problem here as well. i'm in continious trouble with my sound card. i spent a lot of money on this rme digi96-8/pad. when i bought the card it immediately worked like a charm with mdk 9.2. unbelievable. the trouble started with mdk 10.0. i managed to make it work after several days of searching. don't ask me how, i woke up, booted and to my surprise it worked. never change a winning configuration you would say. indeed. today i reenabled the onboard audio chip in the bios, booted windows, booted back linux and yes trouble happened. just like the first time of troubles, everything seems to be working fine and configured as it should be, but i hear *no* sound at all. it's driving me insane. i mean, i run xmms, mplayer, aplay.. they all do seem to play sound without any error, only i can't hear anything at all. but alsamixer displays a 100% volume output (with this card there is only 1 mixer, DAC) and when i boot windows i hear sound, so it's not a cable prob. am i missing here anything obvious? is there another volume mixer that i should try? i remember playing with a console program to set mixer volumes, but can't remember which one. please help. kmd alsa 1.0.2c mandrake 10 official, standard 2.6 kernel [root@bazz kmd]# aplay -D default /usr/share/sounds/KDE_Logout_new.wav Playing WAVE '/usr/share/sounds/KDE_Logout_new.wav' : Signed 16 bit Little Endian, Rate 22050 Hz, Stereo .asoundrc pcm.!default { type hw card 0 } ctl.!default { type hw card 0 } pcm.rme96 { type hw card 0 } ctl.rme96 { type hw card 0 } etc/modules.conf probeall scsi_hostadapter ata_piix above snd-rme96 snd-pcm-oss probeall usb-interface usb-uhci ehci-hcd alias eth0 sk98lin alias sound-slot-0 snd-rme96 ################# alsa kmd ## ALSA portion alias char-major-116 snd alias snd-card-0 snd-rme96 ## module options should go here ## OSS/Free portion alias char-major-14 soundcore alias sound-slot-0 snd-rme96 # card #1 alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss lsmod snd-seq-oss 33568 0 snd-seq-midi-event 8704 1 snd-seq-oss snd-seq 55696 4 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq-device 9032 2 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq snd-pcm-oss 53316 0 snd-mixer-oss 19008 1 snd-pcm-oss snd-rme96 26244 0 snd-pcm 97440 2 snd-pcm-oss,snd-rme96 snd-page-alloc 12996 1 snd-pcm snd-timer 26660 2 snd-seq,snd-pcm snd 55492 9 snd-seq-oss,snd-seq-midi-event,snd-seq,snd-seq-device,snd-pcm-oss,snd-mixer-oss,snd-rme96,snd-pcm,snd-timer soundcore 10560 1 snd

21 years, 4 months

Re: [linux-audio-user] problems with the realtime-lsm patch

by David Baron

There is a realtime-lsm module that is simply applied by a startup script. Jackd works realtime with this applied. It is applied with a gjd=29 which is for the audio group.

21 years, 4 months

[linux-audio-user] GS soundfont set...

by Russell Hanaghan

ANyone know of a complete soundfont set in the GS format that can be loaded into Qsynth or fluid synth? By complete, I mean all 128 standard instruments plus preferably the GS or even XG instruments. Thanks R~

21 years, 4 months

[linux-audio-user] Ardour named Project Of The Year by LJ

by Dave Phillips

Greetings Earthlings: Just a quick note to say that the August 2004 issue of the Linux Journal has selected Ardour as Project Of The Year for its 2004 Editors Choice awards. Congratulations to Paul and everyone on the team ! Best regards, dp

21 years, 4 months

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