Hey hey,
here's a winterly ballad, which starts quite sad and unfulfilled, but will
have a happy end.
https://youtu.be/kEQMzARj8ks
OGG version:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nxbnkk8aneakbfn/in_the_night.ogg
It's all centred around the piano. I'd like to make another special mention of
Csound for the ticking clock.
Instruments used: LinuxSamler for piano, bass, one guitar, xylophone and the
VPO strings, which are great for performance, DrumGizmo with the Aasimonstr2
kit, which can show so many sonic facettes, and Yoshimi for a few subtle
details. The Behringer Neutron adds a little soft sub bass and the "octave
tremolo" sound.
Comments as ever are welcome. I hope you enjoy it. The lyrics are below.
Best wishes,
Jeanette
I'd rather be your voice, when you wake up in the night.
I'd sooth you with a smile and strive to be your light.
I'd burn alive and fall apart elsewhere.
You'd never see me break and tear my heart.
I'd rather hear you speak of things without import
Than live a life devoid of you
And bear the pain of that finality
And walk that road of misery.
I'd rather brave the bleak, sad lands of autumn hue.
Your kind and tender heart, your quick and ready smile.
Were just two traits of you I fell
In love with, yet uncertain all the while
I did not dare to tell
That I love you.
Thus, unware you shared
The treasures of your heart.
-
Talk with me of books and roses,
Laugh with me 'bout silly jokes.
Don't be scared when I confess that I've fallen for you.
And now you are my voice, in the middle of the night.
All Lies In Shades Of Nacreous blue.
We made a world of wonders unforeseen,
A sea which sparkles with a magic sheen.
Now you gave me the choice, I wander at your site.
--
* Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound
* Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g
* Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c
* GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c
They say, break away - I'm missing out on the fun and games <3
(Britney Spears)
Is anybody out here in LAU land have experience with PISound?
https://www.blokas.io/pisound/
I have just bought one and am having quite sever teething problems with it.
It keeps freezing for ~45 seconds when running X and I cannot get it to
use the full display.
cheers
Worik
--
If not me then who? If not now then when? If not here then where?
So, here I stand, I can do no other
root(a)worik.org 021-1680650, (03) 4821804 Aotearoa (New Zealand)
Someone on the Ardour forums reported very strange zita_a2j behavior recently, where
the signal level is much higher when using zita_a2j or the zalsa_in internal client than it is
when using jackd directly.
I suggested that poster describe the problem on the LAU list, but he was still not able to
get a list join confirmation from attempting to add his address to the list yet.
I have also managed to duplicate the problem, so I will link to the original problem
description, then describe my setup and observed behavior.
Originally posted as "Zita-a2j is way too hot!" here:
https://discourse.ardour.org/t/zita-a2j-is-way-too-hot/108040/6[1]
My setup:
My setup:
Lexicon USB interface as primary
Focusrite Solo (also USB) as second interface
My typical settings for primary interface:
48k sample rate, 1024 frames/period, 3 periods/buffer
Process to duplicate:
Started Lexicon interface with qjackctl, 48k/1024/3 settings.
Using JK meter to measure levels, K20 scale.
Connected both channels of Lexicon to JK meter, set level so that
average from synth note was around 0, peaking around +10.
Stopped jackd on Lexixon, started jackd on Focusrite, and set level so
that single channel of synth connected to Focusrite input was
approximately the same.
After stopping jackd on Focusrite, starting jackd on Lexicon again,
verified that left channel was still at same amplitude as previously verified.
Loaded zalsa_in for Focusrite Solo interface with:
jack_load Solo zalsa_in -i "-d hw:USB -r 48000"
Connecting Focusrite input from zalsa_in to JK Meter showed just idle output
noise level at around -5dB, with peaks around +8 dB. Synth note is still
around 0dB on Lexicon channel, but is now at least +18 dB in zalsa channel.
I verified the same behavior when explicitly giving a period size with:
jack_load Solo zalsa_in -i "-d hw:USB -r 48000 -p 512 -n 3"
I see exactly the same behavior when using zita-a2j as the client with:
zita-a2j -d hw:USB -r 48000 -p 512 -n 3
I have the latest released jackd version:
$ jackd --version
jackdmp version 1.9.21
The jackd build is from the Fedora repository, although they usually do a pretty good job
not breaking anything in the build. The original report was using Ubuntu 22.04. I think
that release of Ubuntu has jackd 1.9.20, which seems to indicate this is not a distribution
specific problem.
My previous experience with Fons's software is that it is pretty bullet proof, so I'm
surprised to see the same strange behavior out of zita-a2j.
I don't see anything unusual in the way the devices are opened, looks like standard format
S243LE for the older Lexicon device and S32LE for the newer Focusrite device:
Card 0 (Lambda):
* Playback Device 0 (USB Audio):
- Subdevice 0 (hw:Lambda,0,0):
used by: jackdbus (PID 121752)
access: MMAP_INTERLEAVED
format: S24_3LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 48000 (48000/1)
period_size: 1024
buffer_size: 3072
* Recording Device 0 (USB Audio):
- Subdevice 0 (hw:Lambda,0,0):
used by: jackdbus (PID 121752)
access: MMAP_INTERLEAVED
format: S24_3LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 48000 (48000/1)
period_size: 1024
buffer_size: 3072
Card 2 (USB):
* Playback Device 0 (USB Audio):
- Subdevice 0 (hw:USB,0,0):
closed
* Recording Device 0 (USB Audio):
- Subdevice 0 (hw:USB,0,0):
used by: zita-a2j (PID 130423)
access: MMAP_INTERLEAVED
format: S32_LE
subformat: STD
channels: 2
rate: 48000 (48000/1)
period_size: 512
buffer_size: 1536
Any thoughts on what is going on, or how to debug?
--
Chris Caudle
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[1] https://discourse.ardour.org/t/zita-a2j-is-way-too-hot/108040/6
It's been an "interesting" year (as the Chinese would say). Lets hope the next
one will be more settled.
Anyway, just for a bit of fun...
https://soundcloud.com/soft-sounds/resolution
A revision of a song from 1 Jan 2009
--
Will J Godfrey {apparently now an 'elderly'}
https://willgodfrey.bandcamp.com/http://yoshimi.github.io
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
Hey hey,
just in time to ring in the new year:
https://youtu.be/bEt5mZ3FMDQ
OGG version:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/25qybs2snpknrvx/wherever_whatever_whenever.ogg
(lyrics at the end of this mail)
This is a symphonic pop/rock song, with perhaps a little musical or flim theme
thrown in. It's a love song and it's about standing by our loved ones. There
may be some Yes in the gene pool of this one. :)
Instruments used: mainly LinuxSampler, with some Yoshimi (thanks Will and the
Yoshimi team), and DrumGizmo (thanks to the DG team!). Two analogue hardware
synths buried in the mix. I could have done without them, but they are there
and so they should be used and played. :)
Best wishes and happy new year,
Jeanette
Sometimes you sky is grey
And clouds are all you see.
And when you lose your way,
Then there I will be.
For you I will brave the dark,
Even if I fail.
With you I'll face the gale!
-
Come, I will walk with you
Wherever the road may lead:
Whatever you're going through,
Whenever you are in need.
I'll be right by your side,
When you stumble and fall.
For you not shame nor pride
Will keep me from standing tall.
For you I'll brave the dark,
Even if I fail.
Not gloom of night, not snow nor hail
Can stay this messenger of love
On her way to you.
On my way to you. (I will be with you)
Whenever, wherever...
I'll be there.
-
Come, I will walk with you
Wherever the road may lead:
Whatever you're going through,
Whenever you are in need.
--
* Website: http://juliencoder.de - for summer is a state of sound
* Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMS4rfGrTwz8W7jhC1Jnv7g
* Audiobombs: https://www.audiobombs.com/users/jeanette_c
* GitHub: https://github.com/jeanette-c
'Cause I don't have to feel the heat of the sun
To know it's shining on me every day <3
(Britney Spears)
I just powered up VLC and played a vid on it. At the end, the road cone icon
showed up as usual... except it was wearing a Santa hat :) :)
Never seen that before.
--
Will J Godfrey {apparently now an 'elderly'}
https://willgodfrey.bandcamp.com/http://yoshimi.github.io
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
