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drum synth

by James Morris

Hi, Are there any floss synths for linux dedicated to drum synthesis? James.

11 years, 3 months

Linux Poetry: X-run blues

by Kees van Veen

Hi, See below for my contribution to Linux audio poetry, reflections of personal struggle ;-) Thanks to all Linux audio developers and supporters for all the great software, I hope no one feels offended or ridiculed by the lyrics. Thanks, Kees X-run blues (battle hymn of Linux audio newbies) ---------------- I woke up early one morning, I got me the X-run blues I woke up early one morning, I got me the X-run blues Must've missed a couple of warnings, and I don't have any clues I was all set to record, enter the X-run blues I was really ready to record, enter the X-run blues Could be the cpufreq, or them funny IRQs I started googling for advice on lower latency I started googling for advice on lower latency It said 'Compile yourself a realtime kernel, son, and you just wait and see' I switched to Ardour III, I paid my Ardour dues I switched to Ardour III, I paid my Ardour dues Tried all of the Jack flavors, can't lose the X-run blues I developed 'X' paranoia, Xubuntu's where I'm at I developed 'X' paranoia, the worst I ever had Would switching to Fedora get me F-runs instead Lately I don't care too much, though there's lots of things to check Right now I don't care too much, lots of settings still to check I like the vintage pops and crackles, just like a Robert Johnson track

11 years, 3 months

Beta testers required...

by Fons Adriaensen

Anyone interested in beta-testing this please let me know. Zita-njbridge ------------- Command line Jack clients to transmit full quality multichannel audio over a local IP network, with adaptive resampling at the receiver. Main features: * One-to-one (UDP) or one-to-many (multicast). * Sender and receiver(s) can each have their own sample rate and period size. * Up to 64 channels, 16 or 24 bit or float samples. * Receiver(s) can select any combination of channels. * Low latency, optional additional buffering. * High quality jitter-free resampling. * Graceful handling of xruns, skipped cycles, lost packets and freewheeling. * IP6 fully supported. * Requires zita-resampler, no other dependencies. Note that this version is meant for use on a *local* network. It may work or not on the wider internet if receiver(s) are configured for additional buffering, and if you are lucky. The current code will replace any gaps in the audio stream by silence, and does not attempt to re-insert packets that arrive out of order. You will need a fairly recent Jack version, as the code uses jack_get_cycle_times() and no fallback for that is provided. Ciao, -- FA A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia. It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)

11 years, 3 months

Kxstudio RT kernel vs low latency

by Russell Hanaghan

Hey, Is anyone achieving significant audio latency gains or xrun stability using a RT kernel with Kxstudio or similar Ubuntu studio distro's? If so, which kernel / where /do I gotta roll my own? Thanks! ~ Russell

11 years, 3 months

John Option: new song and new Adrour project

by Massimo Barbieri

Hi, today we have published the video of another single of John Option: You fill my soul. Of course the song is published under the terms of the Creative Commons License (CC-BY-SA) and it's completely produced only with free software: Ardour, Hydrogen, Jack, Qsynth, CALF, and many other great free audio software that we used under Debian GNU/Linux. Here you can listen the single: http://youtu.be/0hwTZgo808E As for the previous song we have done a little more in the direction of freedom and we published in our website[1] the single recording tracks and the complete Ardour session. All this material is published under the terms of the Creative Commons license Attribution Share alike so that anyone can use our tracks to produce a remix of our song or even a new song that have to be published under the same license. You can find all about our project here: http://johnoption.org I hope that you like our choice of freedom. If you feel like I'd love to read your feedback, because the encouragement of the people who listen to us and appreciate the philosophy of our project is the only fuel for us to continue. And if you like to be updated about our next release, please subscribe to our YouTube channel or any other social network you like (see link to our profiles on our website[1]). Best regards, Max-B 1. http://johnoption.org -- IM: massimo(a)jabber.fsfe.org - GnuPG Public Key-Id: 0x5D168FC1

11 years, 3 months

S/PDIF - Was: Record from M-Audio 2496 S/PDIF input

by Ralf Mardorf

Hi, since S/PDIF is consumer class people are used to connect S/PDIF devices and I assume everything will work without the need to care about something else. S/PDIF usually isn't used for audio production, this might explain why people tend to forget to set up the clock source. AFAIK there's no need to care about it, when using stand alone consumer devices. I suspect that sync very often is the culprit, when S/PDIF used with prosumer or pro-audio devices doesn't work. Since I'm not using S/PDIF I ask somebody using it, to write a Linux audio Wiki that mentions to set up the master clock manually. 2 Cents, Ralf

11 years, 3 months

JACK on Pi... almost working

by Ken Restivo

I was playing around with trying to use a Pi as a synth. So far so good except for two problems: 1) I've run into this: http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.audio.jackit/26263 But I'm already using jackd2_1.9.8~dfsg.4+20120529git007cdc37-5+fixed1~raspbian1_armhf.deb which supposedly has Dbus removed/excised/banished/purged/kicked-to-the-curb. And yet, no dice, same error. Haven't had time to investigate it yet. I went back to jackd1 (wow, it's like it's 2007 all over again). 2) The sound coming out of either the built-in audio or an external C-Media USB interface is cracking and nasty, with obvious aliasing distortion. Any ideas why? I've tried 44.1k and 48k. No xruns tho, which is nice, at 44100/512/3 using jackd1 and fluidsynth. I've got it overclocked to 1Ghz, all is well with that (ran the self-test), and using the performance guv'na. I haven't tried with my FastTrack Pro yet because the Pi can't power it at the same time as a MIDI keyboard, and a working power cube for the keyboard has gone missing. The crackling/aliased sound is the big stumbling block though. Any ideas? -ken

11 years, 3 months

Hatsune Miku

by jonetsu＠teksavvy.com

Hi ! Is it possible to use the Hatsune Miku/Megune Luka software in Linux ? Anyone doing this ? Cheers.

11 years, 3 months

Embertone Friedlander Violin on Linux - was Re: Recommended near-realistic strings section generator?

by Aiyumi Moriya

2014-06-11 9:39 GMT-03:00, Aiyumi Moriya <aiyumi.br(a)gmail.com>: > 2014-05-26 1:30 GMT-03:00, Danni Coy <danni.coy(a)gmail.com>: >> I have had some luck with Kontact and festige > > Really? :D That got my hopes up. > > Does the free Kontakt 5 Player also work under Wine? There's this > violin sample library that I'm interested for quite a while now: > > http://embertone.com/instruments/friedlanderviolin.php > > It is a solo violin library, but it also has an "ensemble" mode. I > really liked the sound... But It runs on Kontakt Player. I googled > about Kontakt 5 Player on Linux/Wine and didn't find anything useful. > Also, from what I understood from some reading, it seems to use a > software called Continuata for watermarking and downloading the > library. I've never heard of it before - I'm a beginner in the area of > (proprietary) sample libraries -, but from the forum posts I read, it > seems to require the user to install a "Continuata utility program" > that downloads and extracts the library. The posts I read were this > one: > > http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=5448245 > > and the one directly below it. > > But I googled about it too, and found a post about someone downloading > (not specifically this sample library) normally via the browser > without using the Continuata thing. > > http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=376934 > > Does that mean it isn't required, and only the developers need to use > it to watermark/upload or something? If it's really required, any idea > if that works under Wine? > > The library is on sale right now, costing $99 USD until June 15th > (before, it was $110), and I'm seriously considering buying it. I just > would like some confirmation if it can work under Wine, even if JACK > doesn't work and I have to use an external hardware recorder to > capture the speaker outputs or something. :P Yes, I'm still that desperate after this sample library. I'll trust the message that got my hopes up, hinting that Kontakt works on Wine. I decided to take the risk and bought the library. If all else fails, I can resort to my Windows partition, I guess (though I sincerely hope I won't need to do that. I really wanted to use this string library, and really wanted it to be on Linux :D ). Soon after the purchase, I got an email with the serial code, saying: > You can begin downloading right away. First, please install the latest > version of the Continuata Connect Download utility, our high-speed library > downloader, using the link below. > > http://continuata.net/download_app.php > > Just click the icon for your OS (PC or Mac - 64-bit OSX only). Once you've > downloaded and installed the Connect utility, run it and then copy-paste > your Download Code directly into the download code box, using the Paste > button. So, no download links. Using the app is really required... We have to install the app and paste the serial code into it, which it uses to identify and retrieve the file. I downloaded the Continuata Connect app and installed it through Wine. There was a "couldn't create directory" error at the end of the installation, but the program seems to run okay. I pasted the serial code into the program and it began downloading. The first file part went fine, but from the second part it decided to stop downloading every now and then, corrupting the file, then starting all over again. I don't know if that's supposed to be normal, but I don't believe it to be a Linux or Wine issue. Although I'm still stuck on the second file part, it seems it has chances of working, so I'll keep trying. If (no, "when") I get past the download issue, the next step is trying to install Kontakt Player. I'll post again when I have more news. PS: at the end of the email, they say: > If you can't install for whatever reason, get in touch and we'll get you up > and running as soon as humanly possible. I wonder if the "whatever reason" also includes "because I'm trying to run it on Linux", hahahaha :P. Jokes aside, if it indeed does work on Wine, letting them know might be a good idea too. -- ____________________ Blog: http://aiyumi.warpstar.net/

11 years, 3 months

Piecing together audio files

by jonetsu＠teksavvy.com

Hi ! Thanks for the replies on slowing down audio. I would like to build an audio file using several other audio files, preferably with some 2-4 seconds silence between them. Actually this is to upload to youtube a series of songs as one single file, that does not need the use of a playlist. The files are currently in wav (Ardour export) and ogg. Which tool can be used to construct such a file ? Very quickly I'd think of using Ardour to put all the files one after another and then export the result, but that seems overkill, and possibly taking more time to do. There has to be something more like a 'tool' to do that. Suggestions ? Cheers.

11 years, 3 months

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