On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 09:14:16AM +0000, Ben Bell wrote:
> I've got an opportunity to pick up a Behringer Wing relatively cheaply if
> I'm quick. So, obvious questions first: Has anyone got experience of the
> Behringer Wing with Linxu and indeed Ardour?
Replying to my own thread for xkcd/979 reasons.
I got the Wing. It shows up as a class-compliant USB audio interface and
seems to support 48 in, 48 out audio without any fiddling. I'm getting a
few xruns which I can reduce but not eliminate by raising buffer sizes.
This is my first USB audio interface so I'm inclined to think it's as likely
to be my machine as the Wing. I'm working through the usual processes of
trying to track down the cause.
One other glitch is that power it off has, a few times, triggered a rapid
descent into hard lock-up in the computer. I'll experiment a bit more but
suspect yanking the USB Audio interface out from underneath jack while
running it with high realtime priority is an unwise thing to do.
Switching it to DAW mode for use asa control surface with Ardour took a bit
of figuring out but once I had spotted there was a "DAW mode" button as well
as the setup screen, it worked reasonably well with Mackie, Mackie + Extender
and Mackie + 2 Extenders modes. The maps aren't 100% and if I keep it I'll
probably want to tweak things. On the Wing itself there's the option of
mapping various user defined buttons to actions, but so far I haven't seen
a way of sending arbitrary MIDI or OSC data. Shame.
Talking of OSC, it seems at a glance to have a comprehensive implementation
which is thoroughly documented (unlike most of the Wing) in an official but
third party document on Behringer's site.
One downside is the sheer physical size: I'm having to completely rebuild
my studio around it. Obviously you can read the specs and measure out on
the desk, but it didn't prepare me for quite how imposing it is and the
extent to which it makes reaching anything else (like a keyboard) a
challenge.
The AES50 extension boxes, its routing UI and actually pretty much
everything else about it is so far impressive. There's no manual to speak
of so the things that aren't intuitive take some figuring out. Once you
know them though the workflow is quick and easy. I'd quite like to have
had the opportunity of a Compact or Rack version but I imagine they'll
come.
In short, after a day's use there's definitely no show stoppers and with a
bit of tweaking it could be great for anyone whose needs match its specs.
If anyone has questions, feel free to contact me. In the mean time I'll
continue digging into it and seeing how it goes.
bjb
Something a little bit different from me this time.
No synths, no MIDI, just a tin whistle, a low whistle, a mandolin and
other assorted instruments and gadgets I have lying around at home.
Recorded on Linux, of course, using Ardour 6, a Scarlett 6i6 interface
and a Rode NT-1A microphone.
https://soundcloud.com/spotlightkid/melodei-nach-zweyerley-maniere
This is my submission for for the Mittelalternativ.de [1] October 2020
challenge. The task was to create an interpretation and/or adaption of a
melody provided by the challenge's host Nils Hilbricht in a "medieval"
style (whatever that means to you).
My piece is rather short, so give it a listen and maybe you'll
Share & Enjoy!
Chris
[1] https://mittelalternativ.de/challenge-2020-10/
Hey hey,
just released a new song called Frankenfunk and dedicated to my good friend
Frank, who has helped and supported me with my music time and again. This song
contains all the instruments that he has in some ways helped me to acquire,
because of inaccessible websites amongst other reasons. :)
https://youtu.be/nUi8UeJe3FY
For those not wishing to use Youtube here is a link to an OGG version which
will disappear in a few weeks:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/po96rychw8jp54k/franken_funk.ogg
The external equipment used was almost completely analogue. Yoshimi makes up
one layer of the strings, simply because it was so spot on!
The production saw heavy use of the TAP TubeWarmth plugin, as well as some
more exposed help from Barry's Satan maximizer and the SWH decimator to help
create the sampled kicked, snare and hihats.
I hope you enjoy some dance music in a time where not much dancing is
happening.
Best wishes,
Jeanette
--
* 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
All I need is time
A moment that is mine
While I'm in between <3
(Britney Spears)
> On Fri, 20 Nov 2020 18:58:04 +0100,
wrote:
> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 2020 18:58:04 +0100 Hermann Meyer <brummer-(a)web.de>
> wrote:
>
> Am 20.11.20 um 17:40 schrieb David Sumbler:
> > In Qtractor I can play the tracks through Timidity. The Track
> > dialogue
> > offers me sounds from the FLuidR3_GM soundfont and also soundbank-
> > emg.
> > But these sound identical, and I think only FluidR3_GM is being
> > used,
> > which I have set as the default in Timidity.
> >
> > I would like to use other sound fonts (e.g. Virtual-Playing-
> > Orchestra3), but I have never worked out how to achieve this.
>
>
> Virtual-Playing-Orchestra3 is in the sfz format, to use it you'll
> something like this:
> https://github.com/sfztools/sfizz
>
> For using other sf2 files you may checkout this one:
> https://github.com/brummer10/Fluida.lv2
Thank you for those suggestions. I have now managed to get Fluida
installed (in addition to WhySynth). I also now have the relevant
directories showing up in Qtractor's View_Options_Plugins window, and
both items show up in the MIDI/Instrument section of Track Properties.
However, even if I select an instrument from one of these, I still do
not hear the appropriate sounds. I assume that I should be able to
connect WhySynth or Fluida to Qtractor in the Connections window; but
as I mentioned in my previous email, they don't show up there.
Using the MIDI tab of Qtractor's Connections window I have "Midi
Through" and "Qtractor" in the Readable column, and "Midi Through",
"Timidity" and "Qtractor" in the Writable column. If I connect
Qtractor to Timidity, I hear the FluidR3_GM sound regardless of which
Instrument I have selected in Track Properties. If I disconnect
Qtractor and Timidity, then I hear nothing at all.
I am sure there must be something very basic I am missing here, but I
have no idea what to do next. How do I get the Instrument I specify
for a track in the Track Properties window actually to sound when I
play the track in Qtractor?
David
Friends
I have a Novation Launchpad X
Has anybody got this device working on Linux?
When I plug it in I cannot detect it with `lsusb`
I am worried it is dead, or requires some different OS....
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)
I am running Ubuntu 18.04, with Qtractor 0.8.5
I have some midi files (generated by Lilypond), which I should like to
edit and improve in Qtractor.
In Qtractor I can play the tracks through Timidity. The Track dialogue
offers me sounds from the FLuidR3_GM soundfont and also soundbank-emg.
But these sound identical, and I think only FluidR3_GM is being used,
which I have set as the default in Timidity.
I would like to use other sound fonts (e.g. Virtual-Playing-
Orchestra3), but I have never worked out how to achieve this.
For instance, I have installed WhySynth (using apt), and after much
trial and error I managed to get it to appear as a plugin in the Track
dialog. I clicked on "Add", and WhySynth then appeared as an
additional option under "MIDI/Instrument". But after selecting a
WhySynth sound, I still hear the FluidR3-GM sound.
This is presumably because I haven't connected WhySynth and Qtractor in
the Connections window (or QJackCtl's Connect window), but WhySynth
doesn't show up there at all.
What do I need to do get Qtractor to use sounds from WhySynth?
David
Hi.
With kernel 5.7, my system finally switched over to snd_sof_pci for the
intenal card. I can use mpv and alike via alsa directly, but
when I try to start JACK I always get the following message:
ALSA: cannot set period size to 1024 frames for playback
Adding the verbose flag to JACK doesn't make it any more informativ
regarding this problem. With the old hda driver, JACK was perfectly
working with a buffer size of 1024 (and less).
Does anyone know what I can do to make JACK work with the internal card?
Or at least how to debug what is actually preventing it from working?
I am using a Lenovo X1 Carbon 7th Gen.
--
CYa
Hey hey,
I have two, quite different songs here. One is a kind of 70s radiophonic
workshop theme (oldschool electro pop) and the other is a hybrid of eurodance
and current EDM.
Alisons Lied is a song for my dear friend and - this time - patron, who helped
me to get my latest hardware instrument:
https://youtu.be/DcAeCH7qC-U
(if you don't go to Youtube at all:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/7gabad2h5srojb9/alisons_lied.ogg )
Dancing on a silverscreen is just exploring my new synth more (tipp: the
working title was Neutron star :) ).
https://youtu.be/ztk2wdHOkgM
(again, if you don't use Youtube:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2mg2aolx9v82ye9/dancing_on_a_silverscreen.ogg )
The dropbox links are temporary, for two or three weeks.
Dancing on a silverscreen saw Yoshimi as one layer of the supersaw and
Linuxsampler providing a few of the drums. Those drums were rendered in
Csound. Beyond that it is the usual - and beloved - list of LADSPA and LV2
plugins, from CAPS chorus and Spice, to TAP stereo delay, Invada compressor,
Fons Adriaensen's parametric 4-band filter, G2verb, Dragonfly and a special
note to Barry's satan maximizer! :)
Also as usual, feedback is welcome. :)
Best wishes and enjoy,
Jeanette
--
* 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
You should take me as I am
'Cause I can promise you
Baby, what you see is what ytou get <3
(Britney Spears)
Sysexy MIDI Librarian :
the sexy sysex librarian that Linux needs
=========================================
Version 0.8.6, November 2020:
{ "Disease and Injustice" }
Sysexy MIDI Librarian is a lightweight, unobtrusive graphical sysex
utility with a lot of features for dealing with idiosyncratic gear
that doesn't play nice with more generic utilities.
Download: https://sourceforge.net/projects/sysexy/http://www.keycorner.org/sysexy.htm
FEATURES:
* Gear attribute database, to teach Sysexy to talk to odd machines.
* Still talks to gear not in database as "generic."
* Config file stores per synth settings for port, channel, preferred
transmit speed, verify retries, etc.
* Recognizes dumps from known synths by size and header, regardless of
filename on disk.
* Per synth setting for verify retries, for individual synths you may
have unreliable communications with. Sysexy can try very hard to
send and receive dumps without corruption.
* "Pseudobank" feature for synths that don't have a bank dump feature...
to make them dump whole patch banks anyway.
* GUI gear database editor, so you can enter sysex attributes for gear
Sysexy doesn't ship with support for without editing config files.
* Handling of various ad hoc extensions that MIDI gear manufacturers
have concocted -- embedded MIDI channels inside the dump, embedded
patch/program numbers, even CC commands prefixed before the dump.
Now you can do sysex dumps from that piece of gear you have that
won't talk to anything that wasn't taylor made for it.
* And a lot more (see the manual...).
This is Sysexy's first release. If you find bugs, I won't be shocked,
so let me know. Also, if you have MIDI specifications for a piece of
gear you'd like Sysexy to support out of the box, that's good too.
