Thank you all so much for your input! The information is really
appreciated. Sorry to be vague and lead us off onto mics (although that info
too was much appreciated.) I'll be recording a wide range of things (taiko
drums, stringed instruments, singing, found sound) so will eventually need a
number of microphones. Right now I've only got a Shure SM57 due to lack of
funds. Hopefully this will change. :)
I'm glad to hear that people think a setup or something similar would do the
trick. Brian brought up the Midiman soundcard, saying it's easy to setup.
And I'm always happy to support companies who put a Penguin on their box. RME
has been a little stand-offish.
Does anyone have any thoughts about the Hammerfall card vs the Midiman card?
It looks to me like the Hammerfall card is a little more high end but if you
have an external AD/DA converter, maybe it doesn't matter? Maybe ease of
setup is more important than the few extra bells and whistles? I'll admit
that I don't know what a lot of the specs mean for either card. Paul Davis of
Ardour fame strongly recommended the Hammerfall cards but listening to Brian's
music at his homepage, it sounds like he's getting great results with the
MidiMan setup he's using too. Here are some links I've found:
http://www.rme-audio.de/english/hammer/index.htmhttp://www.midiman.com/products/m-audio/dio2496.php
Anyway, any thoughts from Hammerfall and MidiMan users out there?
Thanks again everyone!
Kris Bergstrom
P.S. Brian, are you the same Brian I met at the LA LUG meeting a few weeks
ago? If so I've been trying to track down your e-mail. There aren't too many
Linux DJs out there and I'd love to hear more of what you've been doing.
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Hi!
Are there any drivers, no matter if OSS or ALSA for the Portman 2x4?
The only thing I found on the web was that somebody posted to alsa-dev, that
he almost has finished writing a driver for it. That was a year ago. But on
the alsa matrix the device is marked grey and unfortunately the author's
email address protected.
Thanks in advance
Christian
I'm looking for recommendations for reliable interface components for
getting 8-channel AES/EBU input into Ardour for HDR. (I'll be using
external A/D converters.)
--
Roger Williams <raw(a)qux.com>
Qux Tool & Die, Middleborough, Massachusetts
// Omne tulit punctum qui misquit utile dulci //
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 07:13:45PM -0600, Jack O'Quin wrote:
> Darn! I wish we had some way to collect all this information about
> noise, low latency and other system configuration issues somewhere.
> Finding what works and what doesn't from searching mailing list
> archives is difficult and frustrating.
I could set up a wiki with almost no effort.
Would that do the trick?
I started a wiki to replace the ancient Audio Quality HOWTO
a long time ago, but I wasn't really happy with the wiki
way of doing things so i abandoned it, thinking "I'll make this
better later"... but, well, you know how later goes. :-\
you can browse and search it (but not add stuff) at:
http://www.slinkp.com/LiLAQ/FrontPage
> I'm imagining some sort of web database of system hardware and
> software configurations with some indication of associated latency,
> reliability, and noise levels. It would be interesting to look for
> patterns in the data.
>
a wiki wouldn't be as smooth as what you're describing
but it would at least provide a way that users could add comments
on various hardware. could have a page for each soundcard,
a page for each video card, etc. Adding pages is easy.
If a wiki would not do, let's figure out the requirements
and i could maybe throw something else together.
--
Paul Winkler
http://www.slinkp.com
"Welcome to Muppet Labs, where the future is made - today!"
Jack O'Quin wrote:
>
> Darn! I wish we had some way to collect all this information about
> noise, low latency and other system configuration issues somewhere.
> Finding what works and what doesn't from searching mailing list
> archives is difficult and frustrating.
>
> I'm imagining some sort of web database of system hardware and
> software configurations with some indication of associated latency,
> reliability, and noise levels. It would be interesting to look for
> patterns in the data.
>
> I wonder if the Bugzilla bug tracking software recently discussed on
> ardour-dev could be adapted to collect this kind of information? Or,
> maybe it would be better to just put up a custom form on the web.
>
I imagine that at some stage someone is going to start going through the
archives and collating this information. I am in the process of adding a
rating system to the alsa soundcard matrix which could serve as the
place to display it.
I have the basic page ready now (learnt how to do php classes properly
last night too :). I need access to the mysql server on the alsa site
before I will start working on the code for the system.
I appreciate if people would give me some ideas on what they would like
to see represented.
[He says while finally being able to listen to Roni Size in Crystal
clear ALSA+ASIO]
--
Patrick Shirkey - Boost Hardware Ltd.
For the discerning hardware connoisseur
Http://www.boosthardware.comHttp://www.djcj.org - The Linux Audio Users guide
========================================
Being on stage with the band in front of crowds shouting, "Get off! No!
We want normal music!", I think that was more like acting than anything
I've ever done.
Goldie, 8 Nov, 2002
The Scotsman
I couldn't find any information on the web about burning DVD-A
(DVD-Audio) discs. Does somebody know if that is possible? What programs
and hardware are required?
-M
PS.: I am not thinking about copying commercial DVD's but making my own
24/96 recordings and play them in my living room - if that makes any
difference.
Moved to LAU please continue this thread there.
On 11/7/2002 - 03:58:38, Joshua N Pritikin said:
>
> i wish "The ALSA Soundcard Matrix" was more specific. Both the
> CMI8738 (not working) and the Audiophile appear to have the same
> level of alsa support. :-(
>
Saying this is one thing but actioning it is a different matter. We have a
bugs section for the alsadocs and it is becoming obvious that it should be
more prominently represented. I have started looking into it this past
week but have no solid game plan.
However, It still requires user contributions to make it work. Until now
this has been very low on my priorities list along with most other people
round here I think. But it seems that we have mostly covered everything
else and it is becoming the next majorly requested thing.
The only other way I can think of having more information about the level
of support for cards instantly accesible is for someone to start doing a
Linux audio hardware benchmarks site. Currently the information is covered
in many places.
alsa-devel
alsa-users
LAU
LAD
jackit-devel
ardour-users
to name a few. If you have time to read all these sites and a couple of
years up your sleeve to get aquainted with the info then you will be fine.
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Hello everyone. I'm hoping to invest in a Linux-based (debian) system to do
high-quality recording of live sources (mics, turntable mixer out, etc) and
playback of multichannel (4 channel, maybe more someday) computer music. I
have made music with CLM but am excited to try using Csound, as well as
Ecasound and Ardour for recording and editing. I've been looking around and
asking questions to vendors and have heard the following suggestion for
hardware: a Hammerfall soundcard and an external ADI-8AE AD/DA converter. I
wanted to see if anyone had any thoughts on such a setup. As far as I can
tell, the ALSA drivers support this, although one vendor said that there are
only drivers for the older Hammerfall card. Any thoughts on these things?
Thank you very much in advance!
Kris Bergstrom
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Hi,
here is a mirror for vsound:
http://www.xenoclast.org/vsound/
Anyway I don't think that an app that reroutes audio to disk can
be regarded as illegal.
If you think that way even a stereo patch cable must be outlawed since
it allows you to make analogue copies of copyrighted works.
<SARCASM ON>
BTW: since JACK can route audio too, I expect it will soon be illegal too
and jack's developers extradited to Australia and tried before and australian
court. :-)
<SARCASM OFF>
cheers,
Benno
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http://linuxsampler.sourceforge.net
Building a professional grade software sampler for Linux.
Please help us designing and developing it.
Hi all,
It is with regret that I have to inform you that I will not longer be
maintaining Vsound.
>From the web page ( http://www.zip.com.au/~erikd/vsound/ )
October 27th, 2002
Although I have maintained vsound for nearly three years, I can no
longer do so, nor can I continue to make it available from this web
site.
I live in Australia which has a law (Digital Agenda Bill 2000) which
is similar to the DCMA in the US in that it makes the distribution
of a devices for circumventing copyright protection illegal. I have
neither the time, money or inclination to make myself a possible
target for such legal action by companies with endless legal and
financial resources.
However, vsound is probaly available from other web sites. If you
want a copy, you should search the web. Do not email me as I cannot
and will not provide you with a copy.
I will however continue working on other Linux audio software such as
libsndfile and Secret Rabbit Code.
Erik
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Humans are over 90% water. It's only a matter of time.