12 Dec
2008
12 Dec
'08
8:15 p.m.
On Friday 12 December 2008 18:38:48 Ken Restivo wrote:
drew
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 05:22:15PM -0500, frank
pirrone wrote:
Didn't I just see somewhere this week that youtube is going HD capable?
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Ken Restivo wrote:
They're both soundfonts that I gleaned off of teh internets.
Here are two short clips from last Friday night,
of Linux being played
live in a jazz-oriented context:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuKqzVDR4wA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc5O-esJ8ko
Bass (via fluidsynth) is left hand, Rhodes (fluidsynth going through
CAPS amp simulator LADSPA plugin in ecasound) and AZR3 are right hand.
The sound quality of the video isn't great, buit the Linux Laptop which
is making all the keyboard and bass sounds, is clearly visible in the
videos.
What's that running on my screen?
1) Emacs (with the setlist and changes of the songs)
2) A couple rxvt's
3) Ion3 tiling window manager
4) Xclock so the drummer and I could keep track of our set length
A lot of times I close the latop lid. But, when I leave it open, I'd
like to have something more interesting showing on screen if it's going
to be visible from the audience. Any ideas/suggestions as to what to
run, that would be visually interesting, but not too CPU intensive?
Thanks.
-ken
Kool as always, Ken. You are indeed the Bestivo.
What soundfont have you loaded into fluidsynth? What recording device
did you use? There appears to be some AGC pumping happening,
so I'd mess with that -
probably turn it off if supported - to improve the dynamics of the next
recording.
I understand it's just illustrative, but still a pity that not all the
music's subtlety comes through.
It's not a great video camera. I have a very good Zoom H2 recording, and at
some point I'll sync it up with the high-res version of the video, and post
it to somewhere like Vimeo where the higher quality would actually be
preserved. How about running some nice big VU meters or some
visualization app in a
xterm to produce a more kinetic display for the edification of your
listeners/viewers?
Ah, of course, meterbridge! Thanks.
Alternatively, a scrolling display of the MIDI
events would be cool, no?
Also very easy and lightweight: aseqdump in an xterm with a large font!
Thanks again.
Gotta run...gig tonight at the local Buffalo
Astronomical Association
club's holiday party. A very eclectic mix on tap for the revelers
including my "professional" debut on soprano recorder (Greensleeves duet
with a dude who runs the Buff. State planetarium and another member on
guitar accompaniment)!
Have fun, and post clips!
-ken