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Re: [linux-audio-user] Easy question about a single app workstation

by linuxmedia4＠netscape.net

>> WLCraig <wendell1(a)anncrman.com> wrote: >> >> I use fvwm2 all day every day; ready to go in approx >> .75 seconds. Does everything I want a wm to do. No bells. >> No whistles. Perfect! > Rocco <linuxmedia4(a)netscape.net> wrote: > You said *exactly* what I (originally) wanted to say about > fvwm2.... Rocco <linuxmedia4(a)netscape.net> wrote: Oh yea... I forget to mention... The reason it would be good for a dedicated PC Music Workstation is that (even though) you can strip fvwm2 down to just the grey mesh background, you can still have tons of functionality. If you left click on the backdrop, you get the (user defined) pop-up menu with all your favorite scipts, programs, utilities. And if you right click, you get a pop-up menu of all programs that are currently running (click on one to go to that program). Imagine your multitrack recorder on one desktop, then you activate the pop-up menu and choose the mixer to go to your mixer. And that's why you dont need a task bar. Just move from modual to module without pesky task bars, panals or icons lying around taking up valuable space and resources. You can have icons in the pop-up menu if you want to make this more intuitive. Rocco __________________________________________________________________ The NEW Netscape 7.0 browser is now available. Upgrade now! http://channels.netscape.com/ns/browsers/download.jsp Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/

22 years, 9 months

[linux-audio-user] Advice for new users?

by Sage

Hello, everyone, I'm new to the list, and to linux audio in general. I tried Linux on my desktop about a year ago, but found it so frustrating that I gave up after a few weeks and reinstalled Windows. But now that Red Hat 8 is out, I'm anxious to try again. The only problem is, I don't know what kind of audio production applications are able to provide me with the functionality that I've been enjoying in Windows with Cubase SX. I have a small home studio with hardware that is fully Linux compatible (bless you, M-Audio). I know Ardour seems to be the best choice for multitrack recording, and I'm sure it would suffice since my plugin needs are limited. Unfortunately, I rely heavily on midi and synth plugins (in my current case, Cubase's VST Instruments) to handle various keyboards. I don't do loops or anything particularly complicated. I just have a simple midi controller that I use to record keyboard tracks. I'd like to hear some suggestions as to what software someone like me could use to retain the same basic functionality when switching to Linux. Does anybody have any suggestions? If people are in general agreement as to what the "best" apps out there are, it might be useful to have a webpage dedicated to recommendations from the list, eh? Just a thought. :) Thanks, everyone. I look forward to hearing your opinions! Sage

22 years, 9 months

[linux-audio-user] Easy question about a single app workstation

by Andy Main

This is my first post on this list, so here goes!...... I've had ardour running on my system for a while now and I really like it. I've now got hold of a second PC which I am gonna dedicate to running only ardour (on a debian system). Now once I have all set up and working well, how would I go about booting directly into ardour? Ie no logins, no fancy window manager just switch on the pc and it boot into it (and mount some drives on a network). I'd for obvious reasons have a dual boot config in order to debug and apt update ;) Thanks for any help given. Andy.

22 years, 9 months

Re: [linux-audio-user] Easy question about a single app workstation

by Andy Main

I use blackbox anyway because I like the minimal approach to things (I use openwindows at work not cde for example). As for the RADAR - I always loved that system, BeOS is my favourite (no flames please!) OS anyway for audio. As for the network drive - its because I have two workstations, I need to transfer data across. I only started this up because I wanted a multitrack only PC - so just to be able to switch on PC and after 20s see ardour without touching anything else would be great! Thanks for the advice anyhoo guys. Andy.

22 years, 9 months

[linux-audio-user] Sweep 0.5.7 -- now with Ogg Vorbis support

by Conrad Parker

Sweep 0.5.7 Development Release ------------------------------- Sweep is a sound wave editor, and it is now also generally useful as a flexible recording and playback tool. Inside lives a pesky little virtual stylus called Scrubby who enjoys mixing around in your files. This development release is available as a source tarball at: http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/sweep/sweep-0.5.7.tar.gz?download This version includes support for Ogg Vorbis import and export, including both variable and average bitrate encoding modes. There are many other user interface updates, including new input controls for sample rates and channels. There is a new Screenshot tour of Sweep, introducing effects filters, Ogg Vorbis encoding dialogs, and colour schemes: http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/screenshots/ Sweep is designed to be intuitive and to give you full control. It includes almost everything you would expect in a sound editor, and then some: * precise, vinyl like scrubbing * looped, reverse, and pitch-controlled playback * playback mixing of unlimited independent tracks * looped and reverse recording * internationalisation * multichannel and 32 bit floating point file support * LADSPA 1.1 effects support * multiple views, discontinuous selections * easy keybindings, mouse wheel zooming * unlimited undo/redo with fully revertible edit history * multithreaded background processing * shaded peak/mean waveform rendering, multiple colour schemes Sweep is Free Software, available under the GNU General Public License. More information is available at: http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/ Thanks to Pixar Animation Studios and CSIRO Australia for supporting the development of this project. enjoy :) Conrad.

22 years, 9 months

Re: [linux-audio-user] Advice for new users?

by Chris Cannam

matthew yee-king writes: > > and what of rosegarden? can't that use softsynths via an alsa virtual > midi driver? > > http://www.all-day-breakfast.com/rosegarden Yes, although as someone else points out, so can any sequencer that uses ALSA to drive its MIDI devices. I use only softsynths on this machine (a laptop with no hardware MIDI support) and they work very well. Rosegarden-4 is probably the nearest thing you'll find to Cubase on Linux now. I say that with some confidence even though it's not at all close to Cubase in professionalism or scope, just because there are so few other music applications on Linux that are designed to be quite so general-purpose and immediately effective. It's not entirely stable or feature-complete yet and we take a somewhat good-enough attitude to latency and performance issues in a way that's entirely suitable for a home musician but not for studio-quality use. But it's entirely possible already to make real music with it, and we'd love more constructive feedback from people who are trying to do that. Rosegarden-4 does quality MIDI sequencing and editing, multi-track audio via JACK with LADSPA plugins (this stuff is fairly new in RG, could use some knowledgeable testers), and good score editing. We've been demoing it at the London Linux Expo yesterday and today and despite the odd crash we've had (I think) pretty productive results. And of course made a lot of noise, most of it rather unattractive. Hey ho. Chris

22 years, 9 months

[linux-audio-user] Fluid question

by Dave Phillips

Greetings: I've downloaded the Fluid soundfont but am unsure how to unarchive it. The file in question is named "FluidR3 GM.sfArk" which implies some sort of archived filetype I don't know about. Can someone tell me what utility I'll need to unarc it ? TIA ! Best regards, == Dave Phillips The Book Of Linux Music & Sound at http://www.nostarch.com/lms.htm The Linux Soundapps Site at http://linux-sound.org Currently listening to: Sonny Rollins, "'Round Midnight"

22 years, 9 months

[linux-audio-user] Intel 82801BA Sound

by bwc2001＠columbia.edu

Hi, I have an HP 7965 desktop dual-booting between XP and RH Linux 8.0. The standard installation did not get the sound card working, and every time I tried to use XMMS, an error message would pop up saying that the sound card could not be contacted. I installed the ALSA driver, library, and utilities as per the instructions at http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php3?company=Analog%2… and then used insmod to load them, also as per the instructions at that page. Now xmms and the system seem to recognize the module and the sound card-I don't get any error messages-but I don't get any sound. I used alsamixer to unmute the system, but I still get nothing. It works fine in XP, so I don't know what the problem would be. Here is the relevant output from vi /proc/ioports: 0cf8-0cff : PCI conf1 a400-a43f : Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio a400-a43f : Intel 82801BA-ICH2 - Controller a800-a8ff : Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM AC'97 Audio a800-a8ff : Intel 82801BA-ICH2 - AC'97 b000-b01f : Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #2) b000-b01f : usb-uhci b400-b41f : Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub #1) b400-b41f : usb-uhci b800-b80f : Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 b800-b807 : ide0 b808-b80f : ide1 c000-dfff : PCI Bus #02 d000-d0ff : Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem d400-d407 : Lucent Microelectronics LT WinModem d800-d83f : Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet Controller d800-d83f : e100 Thanks for any help you might have. -Brian

22 years, 9 months

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by David Taylor

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22 years, 9 months

[linux-audio-user] New RME HDSP 9652

by Mark Knecht

Hi, I'm wondering if anyone has had the opportunity to look into the new RME HDSP 9652 card that has started shipping. http://www.rme-audio.de/english/hdsp/hdsp9652.htm Will this require new driver development, or is it by chance compatible with some other RME device that is already supported under Linux? Thanks, Mark

22 years, 9 months

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