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[linux-audio-user] Updating GTK2 on RH 8.0

by Adam King

Hi all, New LAU member here. I'm having a problem with terminatorX 3.81 on my Red hat 8.0 box and Alex (tX author) has suggested upgrading GTK2 to the latest available version. I've downloaded gtk2, gtk2-devel and gtk-engines from Red hat's website - but the dependencies are driving me crazy. Does anyone know a good apt repository with up to date GTK2 packages? Cheers - Adam

22 years, 4 months

[linux-audio-user] Sound Library?

by Juhana Sadeharju

Hello. Regarding the recent discussion, would anyone else be interested in creating a free sound library? Both the instrumental sounds and the sound effects. How to organize such a project? From my experience the most difficult part is in getting the equipment together. We need to match the people who have the equipment (or money) and the people who are willing to record the sounds. (I'm only in the second group, unfortunately.) We need -Microphone -Portable recorder and/or a sound-proof recording studio -Music instruments Microphone could be of any quality if that is only what we have. The portable recorder as well need not be a quality device if that is all we have. This is so because it is better to get the project started now. I have a cheap stereo microphone. Anyone could borrow me a portable MiniDisc recorder? Anything which has stereo microphone input? We need recording guides for how and what to record. I have already sound effect catalogs of Sound Ideas so the "what" should not be a problem. We archive the raw recordings even for the instrument sounds, because different group of people can then make proper synth sound files out of the raw recordings. For sound effects we take the modern approach by assuming that the effects can be postprocessed: for example, we don't arrange and mix "horses, men, swords, fighting" sound effects, but instead, we assume the end-users are cabable of arranging the fight scenes theirself. Similarly we assume the end-users have full environmental acoustics processing tools: for example, a passing car can be made with doppler and suitable acoustics. So, with the sound library we could provide a 3D geometry editing software with 3D acoustics: 3D scene + animation. Best regards, Juhana

22 years, 4 months

Re: [linux-audio-user] Greetings from a newcomer(and something about shaketracker and gcc 3.2=)

by alderamin＠jippii.fi

Heya, > I would love to download your patch. I would love it even more, if it > was incorporated into the shaketracker distribution proper, so that > Shaketracker finally can become C++ standard compliant again. The patch is available here: http://www.cc.jyu.fi/~savu/stgcc3.patch The patch is done against Shaketracker 0.4.6. If you use it in Shaketracker's directory, please use patch with -p1 parameter. I'm not a c++ guru so this may be far from optimal(the hash_map thing isn't as beautiful as it could be :). I'm open to comments. Most of all, I hope it works for you =) SampoV __ Ota itsellesi luotettava kotimainen email http://www.jippii.fi/ Tutustu samalla netin parhaaseen pelipaikkaan JIPPIIGAMESIIN.

22 years, 4 months

[linux-audio-user] [ANN] ametro - ALSA MIDI Metronome 0.4

by Pedro Lopez-Cabanillas

ametro 0.4 - ALSA MIDI Metronome ******************************** This program is a little, simple MIDI Metronome using the ALSA sequencer, made in Kylix (Object Pascal) and using ALSAPAS: ALSA Library Bindings for Pascal. Bug reports and comments are welcome. Sources, binary and RPM packages for Mandrake 9.1 are available here: http://perso.wanadoo.es/plcl/ametro/ametro-en.html http://alsapas.alturl.com Enjoy!

22 years, 4 months

[linux-audio-user] The dreaded .ape

by S. Massy

Hi, Anyone knows whether there is any way to decode .ape files in Linux? I believe there is an xmms plugin lying around somewhere: any other decoder one might use? Thanks, S.M.

22 years, 4 months

[linux-audio-user] Lumpy sound from a Soundblaster mp3+

by william henry roberts

A question from a newbie: I have a Soundbalster mp3+ usb sound card attached to my HP laptop running Redhat 9. It works great and I was amazed at how easy it was to get it going, worth a look for those after a USB sound card. However I have discovered problems when I record with it. Any recording I make is full of little skips, more skips if I record at higher qualities. I am using sox to both play and record. Any insights? Will

22 years, 4 months

[linux-audio-user] Greetings from a newcomer(and something about shaketracker and gcc 3.2=)

by alderamin＠jippii.fi

Hello! Like the subject line says, I'm a newcomer, this is my first post on this list. So, hiyall =) Also, forgive my faulty English. (and the long rant, possibly even a bit OT too) When I found Shaketracker I was bouncing with the joy, until I tried to compile it. There aren't so many good music apps for linux and especially not too many tracker-like midi apps. I really like the tracker UI but I can't seem to find good 'classical' instruments(samples) for trackers. I have good midi instruments, but I dearly hate the input system almost all midi composing tools have adopted. So Shaketracker was what I had been looking for some time... and like I said, I couldn't get it to compile. At this point I didn't try to fix it myself, because usually with some googling you'll find out someone else has made a patch or there is actually a new version of the software which compiles etc. So, after googling, I had only found other people who had the same problems. I took a hammer and began fixing it myself with not-so-optimistic feelings. I got it working though, it was mostly namespace problems, some code changes here and there. I still gives warnings but compiles and runs(works) on my RedHat 9.0 system. So, someone still struggling with this problem, I have got a patch for you to try out =) - SampoV __ Ota itsellesi luotettava kotimainen email http://www.jippii.fi/ Tutustu samalla netin parhaaseen pelipaikkaan JIPPIIGAMESIIN.

22 years, 4 months

[linux-audio-user] noise from soundcard

by Joshua Haberman

This is a little off-topic, but I hope you don't mind. I get quite a lot of noise from my soundcard. There is a pulsing that sounds something like a very fast morse code at a consistent pitch, and it's unacceptably loud. I notice variations in this noise based on how I move my mouse. At first I thought this was just because of my shoddy 5-year-old Soundblaster Live, but I have a new Audiophile 2496 and it does the same thing. Today I tried removing the stereo mini plug from my soundcard and touching it to the metal on my case. The sound was nearly identical. >From the little that I know about electronics, I conclude that the problem is voltage fluctuations in the metal of the case. Does this mean my case needs to be grounded somehow? What can I do to fix this problem? Josh

22 years, 4 months

RE: [linux-audio-user] noise from soundcard

by Reuben Martin

>> I suggest that you take your electricity for the computer and amplifier >> and all that get's physically connected to them from one grounded outlet. >> And beware if you have antennas connected to the system, they give ground >> loop humming also. > >I tried putting everything on the same power strip and I still get the >noise. I have a mixer and an amplifier that the signal is going >through, and I get the same noise going: Just because you are plugged into a three prong outlet doesn't mean it's grounded. Sometimes when electrical outlets are wired, the ground connection isn't actually grounded and is useless. Sometimes power strips have a little light on it to show if it is actually grounded or not. Also, cheap power conditioners can help alot. (Rack Rider for instance)

22 years, 4 months

Re: [linux-audio-user] That whole mp3 vs. ogg vs. wma vs. yomamma thing

by ricktaylor＠speakeasy.net

Self, > From: Mark Knecht [mailto:mknecht@controlnet.com] > > > > Sorry. Not clear. I listen a lot to jazz fusion, like John > > Scofield or John > > > McLaughlin, or then a lot of prog rock stuff like Spock's Beard or > > > > Sorry. > > You're sorry I listen to Spock's Beard? ;-) > (Sometimes I am. I'm such a dinosaur...) :} I'm not much on fusion... McLaughlin's alright. Most of it just strikes me as too dense, overly complex ...somewhat masturbatory on the part of the artist. It's not always bad... some folk do it well. To tell you the truth... I've not actually heard Spocks Beard. > > Are you seeing "legacy" as bad? ...Somehow limiting? > > No, not at all. Sometimes I think the way folk today constantly reference {borrow from} the past is a bit detrimental. ...Keeps them stuck in the past. I always figured the past was something to be learned from and left behind. > > I tend to wonder why folk reference past movements that way. > > {Like Billy Ray Cyrus, or whoever happens to be todays twang pop > > superstar, calling themselves a "country" singer or whatever...} > > I don't know, but this sort of issue is out there all over the place. Not > just in music. (Look at the media today with the labels 'left' and 'right') > People here in the U.S. seem interested, or at least comfortable, aligning > themselves with names of things, and far less interested or comfortable at > just looking or listening and deciding how they feel about someone's work. I wonder why folk want to live within labels. Labels are so you can organize you cd collection. Not that I've not adopted a few myself. It's just that... take country, for instance... why do artists tend to drag that whole thing out rather than taking it upon themselves to deviate from it as much as the folk who made "country" {the core folk} managed to deviate from what was around at the time? Why are they content with simply mimicking the earlier or defining aspects of whatever movement? Do they actually think that country or metal or punk or whatever else came about that way? Back to your point... I like lots of different movements... I may borrow from lots of different movements... no way in hell I'd ever create within or for a specific movement. Why do people do this? > > > I hope this helps explain my point of view a bit, even if it is out of > > > touch. > > > > :} Not really... > > Not really explaining my point of view, or not really out of touch? ;-) Your point of view could have used a bit of clarification. > > These days I think it might be the ideations of > > the producer that matters. It would seem that some sort of late > > seventies nostalgia has grasped us by the sensibilities in the > > past few years. > > Interesting observation. Not sure I agree, but certainly worth some thought. Technophiles and disco kiddies... :} they're all around us. > > Maybe it's a pre-revolutionary sphincter convulsion sort of > > thing... maybe it's the result of some secretive neo-conservative > > underground... who knows? > > > > Not exactly a Bush-Chaney support I'd guess. ;-) Not exactly. I don't really have a problem with Bush... He's not done all that badly given what he's had to deal with. I think he's gotten a bit hawkish of late. I wouldn't rule out voting for him.

22 years, 4 months

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