The school bought against my recommendation the tascam us-366 because it
came in a bundle offer with a microphone.
Any chance that I will get this model to run at all or is it a brick on
linux?
https://duckduckgo.com/?q=tascam+us-366&ia=images
Hi (to the old hands in particular),
just wanting to say: Hi there, I'm back, if a little changed. As some might
guess, I've been quietly active all the time, just wanting to stay hidden.
Best wishes,
Jeanette
On Sep 17, 2016 02:45, jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com wrote:
>
> On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 10:03:41 +0100
> Bill Purvis <bill(a)billp.org> wrote:
>
> > I tried using Yoshimi because it got frequent mentions on this list,
> > and was available from the
> > Mint repositories. I've since downloaded and compiled the latest
> > version and think that it's a
> > nice piece of work. If I ever get time to try out Zyn I may switch to
> > preferring that, but for
> > the moment, Yoshimi sound good, though I also use the Calf plugins as
> > they support a decent
> > General Midi patches.
>
> I compiled yoshimi because I thought zyn was no longer supported. So I
> tried zyn yesterday. First of all I must say I do not program synth
> sounds, at least not yet. I will adjust some parameters to fit a piece
> but I'm certainly not creating sounds. I use synths as in using a
> guitar. I am not making guitars, I am playing instead.
>
> Because of this, I found the sound selections provided with zyn quite
> interesting. Especially the Italian sounds, but also others. The rest
> I find is identical to yoshimi. So because of this broader choice of
> sounds I will use zyn.Â
>
> It also seems they are working on a major 3.0 update, which brings the
> next two comments. Yesterday I played zyn for about 45 minutes,
> improvising. During those times I might record ideas as they
> spontaneously happen, or I might just forget about then and enjoy the
> spur of the moment. This means I run the synth inside a host, Bitwig
> or Ardour (Mixbus 32C) (1). The keyboard can be any, this time it was a
> Novation mini Launchkey.
>
> While playing it happened about 3 times that the audio output simply
> vanished. I look at Ardour's screen, nothing happens, move the mouse
> here and there, and then the sound comes back. In those times what I
> described yesterday using yoshimi happened: when the audio came back,
> the track's VU meter did not show anything while the master bus VU
> showed the audio. Then it came back to normal, with all VUs showing
> the audio being played.
>
> The other thing is that by 2-3 times I recorded some audio. This went
> fine but, when the recording was stopped and I wanted to quickly get rid
> of what was just recorded - as I always do using other synths in Ardour
> - by pressing spacebar to stop the recording, then quickly pressing
> Ctrl-z to get rid of the recorded region, followed by quickly hitting
> the 'home' key to get back at the beginning, ready to record again,
> Ardour stalled, for seconds.
>
> This means that zyn has the ability to stall Ardour, for any reason.
> Which is not looking good. Such an application should not have the
> capability to do this by any means. Having recently lost a complex
> project in Bitwig due to Bitwig crashing, I am wary about this kind of
> suspicious interaction.
>
> The last time the audio stopped was because Ardour has vanished from
> CPU existence.
>
> All in all, zyn has a nice set of sounds, which makes me prefer it
> but, it has problems at the systemic level which I hope will be
> addressed in the upcoming major version. Strange thing though, to know
> about this upcoming version one has to register on the web site. Why
> isn't it public ?
>
> (1) When improvising, one nice feature I found was in Pianoteq's
> ability to memorize the keys being played at all times, available for
> recall if one wishes it. I see that zyn has a record option that
> surely 'sounds' the same, although it has to be enabled and it asks for
> a wav file which means it is not about recording MIDI data. Using MIDI
> data would be lightweight.
Yoshimi can record audio, too. I prefer to record MIDI in Rosegarden, tho.
My experience was first with Zyn. Years ago. Zyn and RT didn't get along. Yoshimi did from the first time I used it.
I have both installed. Yoshi can use Zyn's sounds.
I think both need a UI overhaul. ;)
David W. Jones
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
http://dancingtreefrog.com
Hello,
The INSTALL file is straightforward. ccmake isn't. What it does is
that it shows a screen with options. Options seems OK, so what is the
next step to go on with the compilation ? ENTER does not do it as it
toggles a selected option. (On the side: why is configuring/making
like this - wasn't the plain ol' configure all right ?)
Cheers.
On Sep 18, 2016 21:32, Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy(a)autostatic.com> wrote:
>
> On 09/18/2016 09:32 PM, Jeremy Jongepier wrote:
> > On 09/18/2016 07:58 AM, david wrote:
> >> Is it still limited to the rigid fixed size windows, or are the windows
> >> resizable?
>
> Sorry, should've been more clear. The window of ZynAddSubFX will be
> resizable.
>
> Jeremy
About time. Zyn/Yoshimi are both tiny things at modern resolutions.
And I hope the controls within it will similarly be freed of their pixel constraints.
David W. Jones
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
http://dancingtreefrog.com
On Sep 18, 2016 06:00, jonetsu(a)teksavvy.com wrote:
>
> On Sun, 18 Sep 2016 10:04:59 +0100
> Will Godfrey <willgodfrey(a)musically.me.uk> wrote:
>
> > On Sat, 17 Sep 2016 20:01:57 -1000
> > david <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > > I like the multiple windows. It's a very Linux way of doing things.
> > > I hate trying to crowd everything into one window where I can't see
> > > two different windows of the UI at the same time.
>
> > This is also my preference for almost everything. With most apps I
> > keep the 'home' window pinned for all screens and spread the others
> > across all four. It makes for a very uncluttered workplace with no
> > distractions and everything in context.
>
> I use Linux for both work code development and at home for years and do
> not have a single application that has multiple windows, with main
> windows to be pinned down while others are opened. Libreoffice has an
> option for a floating navigation window but then it can also be
> incorporated into the main window.
>
> Of course, I use multiple desktops. I use them since maybe 15 years
> now. One console has the email client, another one has Mixbus 32C. A
> synth in Mixbus will be moved to its own desktop so that it's easy to
> switch between the synth and the DAW. Renoise will be on its own
> desktop, Bitwig also, so on so forth.
>
> So I do not see what your "almost everything" would be.
>
> > Whoever thought that a tabbed
> > filer window was a good idea can't make much use of them :(
>
> The tabbed options in Zebra2, for one, are certainly very useful and
> easy to access.
Except that you cannot see the contents of 2 different tabs simultaneously.
David W. Jones
gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com
authenticity, honesty, community
http://dancingtreefrog.com
Hi all,
Does anyone have access to an easy to implement (as in code)
dereverberation algorithm assuming one has access to the room impulse
response? I am looking for a way to clean-up recorded audio signal in
order to improve signal clarity (e.g. speech). Any info on this topic is
most appreciated.
Best,
--
Ivica Ico Bukvic, D.M.A.
Associate Professor
Creative Technologies in Music
ICAT Senior Fellow
Director -- DISIS, L2Ork
Virginia Tech
School of Performing Arts – 0141
Blacksburg, VA 24061
(540) 231-6139
www.performingarts.vt.edudisis.music.vt.edul2ork.music.vt.eduico.bukvic.net
