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[linux-audio-user] midifiles - software only

by Atte André Jensen

Hi Let me start by saying that I'm running debian/unstable... I suddenly needed to play a midi file for the first time in a looong time. But it seems that the timidity-patches are not in unstable anymore... What's the best and or easiest way to play midifiles (software only) in high quality under debian? -- peace, love & harmony Atte http://www.atte.dk

21 years, 7 months

[linux-audio-user] Intellectual Property

by Juhana Sadeharju

>> I'm thinking some not very nice thoughts about Luminousity right now... Well. After this case I don't want release anything under GPL. We need GPL3 which requires the license and copyright info to be available prior purchase or download. Then people could search for the original software from the original author (the one who has the copyright because the license and copyright cannot be modified). Also, the source code should be made available without an extra request. Now GPL requires that either source is made available or it can be sent upon request. The latter condition should be removed. Also, the original name should be preserved. The names of the borrowed or modified software should be available prior purchasing. For example, Audacity customers should know that Audacity is using free software such as allegro, dlcompat, expat, iAVC, id3lib, libflac, libid3tag, libmad, libnyquist, libogg, libresample, libsamplerate, libsndfile, libvorbis, portaudio, portmixer, soundtouch, and wave++. The guy should list the name Audacity and the whole above list beside his own name. The intellectual property should be respected! Like any scientific paper lists the references, should the free software as well have a "references" section. It could be enough that all copyrights are kept intact, but I would like to see a "references" listing which lists the URLs to the original and other software as well. Everyone of us should also start referencing where we pick up the ideas: journal papers, magazines, webpage, other software, told by a friend, etc. Too many times I see that features are copied from other software, but the software is not credited. E.g., I have invented the "b" feature in Audacity, and if somebody copies the feature to the Sound Forge or elsewhere, I would like to read that the feature was copied from Audacity. Patents are good in this context but they are too expensive for me. We should respect IP some other way, like via good manners. BTW, the guy did not edit the source code, but changed the name in the screenshots with the image editor. This is considered as bad both by advertising officials and by consumer officials because one cannot advertise another product and sell other ("Audacity"). This case shows (from the feedback) that consumers are not able to request good products and are easily fooled. Sad. It also shows people don't think security issues at all. Who want to buy software, executables, from a dishonest person? Regards, Juhana

21 years, 7 months

[linux-audio-user] Midiox for Linux ?

by Geoff Beasley

Is there an equivelent app to this Windows program ? Are there any apps under Linux that do smpte ot MTC reliabl yet ? I know that Muse sequencer has a low grade implementation, but are there any others ? Thanks.

21 years, 7 months

[linux-audio-user] Re: USB, what's the story? (was: Firewire,

by Andrew Burgess

>Is this fixed-time vs. fixed-size usb issue addressed in the 2.6 kernel >(or is it alsa or is it something else)? AFAIK its part of the USB spec. We are stuck with it :-)

21 years, 7 months

[linux-audio-user] Firewire, what's the story?

by Robert Jonsson

Hi, I recently read about the new MotU 828mkII (Firewire 8in/8out interface). This sparked a enewed interest in Firewire and I looked around for other interfaces. I found the Presonus Firestation (among others), it that seemed to be very good value for money. (the MotU ain't bad either, but a bit on the expensive side.) A laptop + such an interface would in may opinion make a great pair! So, does anyone have a clue if any of these are likely to work under linux anytime soon? The Firestation seems to use mLAN, I know I've seen talk about it here before. I have no idea whether mLAN would make the chances better or worse ;). /Robert

21 years, 7 months

RE: [linux-audio-user] more specifics

by Matthew Allen

> -----Original Message----- > From: Chris Cannam [mailto:cannam@all-day-breakfast.com] > > I can't comment on running either of those under Knoppix, except to > say that I'm quite certain Knoppix 3.3 uses ALSA. Actually by default (with a hd install) it doesn't. http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2173#10717 There are a number of threads at knoppix.net talking about setting up Alsa correctly after installing it yo your hard drive. My experience (yours obviously will vary) suggests you may be better off going with one of the really nice sound distros instead of knoppix (planet ccrma, http://www-ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/software/ and Agnula, http://www.agnula.org are the 2 I tried, I ended up with Agnula (debian) for a bunch of little reasons) Knoppix is great (My wife uses it on her laptop and I use it on an old laptop without a harddrive, as an X client to my sound machine) but its not very realtime sound app friendly, and I don't know enough super geek stuff to make it so (not yet at least) m.

21 years, 7 months

Re: [linux-audio-user] Timidity

by Gerrit Niestijl

OK, thanks, i will try this tonight. > > When i use timidity in alsa seq mode with a sequencer like muse or > > seq24, the timing is not very good. If i use fluidsynth the > > timing is much better. I would like to use timidity though, because > > of its support for the Midi Tuning Standard. > > > > Are others seeing this too? Are there any options or > > other ways to improve the timing for timidity? > > For me it's the other way around, I can't use fluidsynth on my > old AMD 1.2Ghtz machine whereas the Timidity from debian/unstable > works fine. Perhaps you need a -B2,8 arg, makes all the difference > for me and my SBlive card. -- Gerrit

21 years, 7 months

[linux-audio-user] Timidity

by Gerrit Niestijl

Hi, When i use timidity in alsa seq mode with a sequencer like muse or seq24, the timing is not very good. If i use fluidsynth the timing is much better. I would like to use timidity though, because of its support for the Midi Tuning Standard. Are others seeing this too? Are there any options or other ways to improve the timing for timidity? -- Gerrit

21 years, 7 months

RE: Is the Linux desktop really here ? was: Re: [linux-audio-user] ebayguy: looks like he figured it out

by eviltwin69＠cableone.net

Dave, The one thing that I would do (I had to do this for my wife because she has to have Excel for her job) is to buy Crossover Office and Crossover plugin so that you can load Micro$oft Orifice and some nice browser plugins. It's well worth the 70 bucks and then they don't have to worry about format problems. Of course, you do have to own a copy of Micro$oft Orifice first ;-) Do you get the feeling that I'm not a big fan of Micro$oft ;-D Jan -----Original Message----- From: "linux-audio-user-bounces(a)music.columbia.edu" <linux-audio-user-bounces(a)music.columbia.edu> on behalf of "Dave Phillips" <dlphilp(a)bright.net> Sent: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 08:39:40 -0500 To: "A list for linux audio users" <linux-audio-user(a)music.columbia.edu> Subject: Is the Linux desktop really here ? was: Re: [linux-audio-user] ebayguy: looks like he figured it out tim hall wrote: >PS: Watching my nine-year old and various friends use my system, I'd say the >Linux Desktop for casual users is here, given the availability of technical >support. IMX it's the configuration that is difficult, not the installation & >usage. > > Hi Tim: A few days ago I wrote to the list and recounted a story about setting up a Windows 2000 system for some very non-computer-savvy friends of mine. Well, that saga knows no end: I had to go to their house yesterday and get it going for them again. It's true that they are *really* in the dark about their machine, but it's got so ridiculous that I've decided on a new plan. I'm going to set up a Linux box for them and see how they do with it. These people do very little else but use a Web browser (what they call "the computer") so I want to see just how hard or easy it would be for them to use a modern Linux system. It'll be an interesting experiment, and if I have to deal with the system at least it will be a real OS with real tools and the real possibility of actually fixing it if it breaks. Win2K is nice, but what a vacant system ! I can't believe people have paid so much and received so little in return for their money. Anyway, if this experiment works I'll report back to this group. The folks using this box aren't music/sound people, but I do plan on setting up XMMS, RealPlayer, and possibly xine or Mplayer for on-line video feeds. Let me know if you have any suggestions for making it as easy as possible for them to use. Best regards, Dave Phillips

21 years, 7 months

[linux-audio-user] more specifics

by Kevin Ryan

Ok I need to give more specifics with my question... I am using Knoppix 3.3, with an ALS-100 soundcard. Knoppix autoconfigures the soundcard so I have no idea if the soundcard is using ALSA or OSS drivers. I tried running the Rosegarden sequencer, but its midiport was set up as /dev/null so it apparently didn't locate the midiport. I am pretty sure the midiport has been autoconfigured, so how do I find what device (/dev/????) to set the midi port to? thanks! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/

21 years, 7 months

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