15 Jan
2004
15 Jan
'04
12:30 a.m.
>This only audio *and* midi program I used was muse.
The midi part of the
>program is wonderful and even has "built-in" softsynths. I've never had
>success with the "live" (audio) recording capabilities.
I'm sure you have said what the problem was
earlier but I'd be happy for a
refresh of memory. Getting old, my memory isn't what it used to be ;)
From what I remember, recording was really "noisy". There was static
sounds. I also couldn't get a good volume level no matter what I did.
And this next thing isn't (as) important, but it just seemed very
(un)intuitive. I can't remember how I recorded audio. It just (all
around) didn't seem to work very well.
I just figured out how to create WAV's with ecasound (and use a preset
that plays a metronome track while you record) and then import the WAV
file into Muse. The WAV file that was created in ecasound synced up with
Muse's metronome *perfectly* (I know becaue I recorded ecasound's
metronome to a WAV file and played it along with the metronome in Muse).
The "beeps" on the WAV file ran in *perfect* sync with Muse's metronome
for 4 minutes!!! It didn't slip for a second. I then recorded a guitar
and vocal track in ecasound (using ecasound's metronome as a timing
guide) then imported them into muse and it ran in perfect sync with
Muse's metronome.
I have a bunch of linux/audio projects like this one going at the time.
I (almost) posted the step-by-step approach I used, but I ran out of
time tonight and have to get back to it tomarrow. Besides, it wasn't
complete anyways.
>And the newest
>version just wouldn't compile on my computer.
Do you know what the error is/was ?
Man... I'm so confused. It seems to me that I *did* have it
running. Because I remember being affected by the qt3 bug
(WAV files would play thru once and not play again). So I must
have had it installed at some point. Because the version that
came with SuSE 9.0 (Professional) doesn't have that bug
(version 0.6.1). So I must have had the latest version installed
at some point. I ended up intalled SuSE's version of muse. And
I'm glad I did because of the "work-around" that I mentioned
(in the above message).
While were on the subject... I'm courious why none of the built in
synths in muse allow for panning? I mean, each soft synth can be panned
with the mixer. But *no* individual instruments on *any* of the
softsynths can be panned seperatly. It's a shame because the built-in
synth called "Fluid" (not "FluidSynth"... just "Fluid")
sounds a lot
better than FluidSynth *or* timidity. I'd really like to use "Fluid" but
just can't see not being able to have control over each instruments
volume and planning. I even started up Muse and connected SoundFontCombi
(SoftSynth mixer) up to "Fluid" and had no control over the panning of
instruments.
Rocco