13 Nov
2008
13 Nov
'08
2:27 p.m.
I've got a little gig at the end of the month for which I'll be using
backing tracks. In the past I stuck midi files on my synth and lugged
the beast to the gig. This time I figured it'd be just as good to create
mp3 files of the midi's and play them off my laptop (using the laptop
just because the screen is big enough to read for old guys like me).
Only problem with all this is to find a suitable mp3 player program.
What I really need is a list of the songs (preferably in playlist order,
but that's not critical) and then I want to click a tune, have it play,
and STOP.
Just about every player (noatun, amarok) I've fooled with wants to play
each song in its playlist. Not what I want ... I really do need to
pause. I suppose I could write a little script with a <wait for key>
loop, but there must be something I can use.
Thanks.
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13 Nov
13 Nov
2:31 p.m.
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 1:27 PM, Bob van der Poel <bob(a)mellowood.ca> wrote:
I've got a little gig at the end of the month for
which I'll be using
backing tracks. In the past I stuck midi files on my synth and lugged
the beast to the gig. This time I figured it'd be just as good to create
mp3 files of the midi's and play them off my laptop (using the laptop
just because the screen is big enough to read for old guys like me).
Only problem with all this is to find a suitable mp3 player program.
What I really need is a list of the songs (preferably in playlist order,
but that's not critical) and then I want to click a tune, have it play,
and STOP.
Just about every player (noatun, amarok) I've fooled with wants to play
each song in its playlist. Not what I want ... I really do need to
pause. I suppose I could write a little script with a <wait for key>
loop, but there must be something I can use.
You could probably do that with mplayer via command-line tools
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2:35 p.m.
Hi!
I'd go for the script. Name your files like:
01-my_title.mp3
02-my_second_title.mp3
And then use something like the following:
*** BEGIN ***
#!/bin/bash
for F in *.mp3 do
mplayer $F
read -p "Press a key and <ENTER> " KEY;
done
*** END ***
You could then even do something with your key. Something like:
case "$KEY" in
q)
echo "Quit the loop";
;;
r)
echo "Repeat the last title";
;;
esac;
You'll have to work with a while loop for some of this, but still, rather
flexible.
You could even put this:
sleep 5
before the mplayer command, so you'll have time to switch back to your
lyrics or whatever...
Another thing, about which I'm absolutely not sure, is to try xmms. I've
heard they have a lot of things about playlists...
Kindest regards
Julien
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2:41 p.m.
Julien Claassen wrote:
Hi!
I'd go for the script. Name your files like:
01-my_title.mp3
02-my_second_title.mp3
And then use something like the following:
*** BEGIN ***
#!/bin/bash
for F in *.mp3 do
mplayer $F
read -p "Press a key and <ENTER> " KEY;
done
*** END ***
You could then even do something with your key. Something like:
case "$KEY" in
q)
echo "Quit the loop";
;;
r)
echo "Repeat the last title";
;;
esac;
You'll have to work with a while loop for some of this, but still,
rather flexible.
You could even put this:
sleep 5
before the mplayer command, so you'll have time to switch back to
your lyrics or whatever...
Another thing, about which I'm absolutely not sure, is to try xmms.
I've heard they have a lot of things about playlists...
Well, if I need to I can prettly easily convert a program I already have
(xplaymidi) which calls up midi files and convert it to call mplayer or
whatever. It is probably easier/quicker to do that than to try get a
fancy player to do something simple ... just figured that someone else
would have done it already :)
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WWW: http://www.mellowood.ca
2:44 p.m.
Understandably. I get your point. and I'm sure someone has, but as I'm on the
console only, I'd always go for this. I just had the same second thought: I
know how to get it with scripting and I don't have experience in a lot of
players.
Kindest regards
Julien
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======== FIND MY WEB-PROJECT AT: ========
http://ltsb.sourceforge.net
the Linux TextBased Studio guide
======= AND MY PERSONAL PAGES AT: =======
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3 p.m.
Julien Claassen wrote:
Understandably. I get your point. and I'm sure
someone has, but as I'm
on the console only, I'd always go for this. I just had the same second
thought: I know how to get it with scripting and I don't have experience
in a lot of players.
Kindest regards
Julien
Well, it took all of 5 minutes to edit an exisiting tkinter/python
script to get what I want. Just a matter of changing a number of MIDI
refs to MP3 ... I might change this to WAV ... I really don't need to
worry about compression. If anyone wants a copy of the program just
shout. It's about 550 lines of python.
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4:25 p.m.
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 12:00:04 -0700
Bob van der Poel <bob(a)mellowood.ca> wrote:
Julien Claassen wrote:
If it's that short how about posting it here as an attachment.
I'm *always* interested in little python scripts :)
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Understandably. I get your point. and I'm
sure someone has, but as I'm
on the console only, I'd always go for this. I just had the same second
thought: I know how to get it with scripting and I don't have experience
in a lot of players.
Kindest regards
Julien
Well, it took all of 5 minutes to edit an exisiting tkinter/python
script to get what I want. Just a matter of changing a number of MIDI
refs to MP3 ... I might change this to WAV ... I really don't need to
worry about compression. If anyone wants a copy of the program just
shout. It's about 550 lines of python.
2:47 p.m.
Am Donnerstag, 13. November 2008 schrieb Bob van der Poel:
I've got a little gig at the end of the month for
which I'll be using
backing tracks. In the past I stuck midi files on my synth and lugged
the beast to the gig. This time I figured it'd be just as good to create
mp3 files of the midi's and play them off my laptop (using the laptop
just because the screen is big enough to read for old guys like me).
If the PA is halfway decent (ie. more then some active pc-speakers) you will
skip the mp3 part and use an uncompressed format like wav. Or at least a
loss-less compression.
And don't think that your built-in soundcard can provide the quality you will
need...
Have fun,
Arnold
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2:54 p.m.
On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 10:27 AM, Bob van der Poel <bob(a)mellowood.ca> wrote:
I've got a little gig at the end of the month for which I'll be using
backing tracks. In the past I stuck midi files on my synth and lugged
the beast to the gig. This time I figured it'd be just as good to create
mp3 files of the midi's and play them off my laptop (using the laptop
just because the screen is big enough to read for old guys like me).
Only problem with all this is to find a suitable mp3 player program.
What I really need is a list of the songs (preferably in playlist order,
but that's not critical) and then I want to click a tune, have it play,
and STOP.
Just about every player (noatun, amarok) I've fooled with wants to play
each song in its playlist. Not what I want ... I really do need to
pause. I suppose I could write a little script with a <wait for key>
loop, but there must be something I can use.
Thanks.
I'd just convert them to wave, load them on separate tracks in Ardour
and let Ardour play them one at a time. I personally wouldn't mess
with files live. I'd space them in Ardour to give me some time between
songs and a little room to pause the performance between songs without
the audience knowing what's going on. That's a single key in Ardour
and gives you the choice of rearranging songs on the fly should you
choose.
Of course, I'm comfortable with Ardour. You could do this in any of
the multi-track recorders - Rosegarden, Muse, Rui's player - I forgot
the name. Any of them will work.
Cheers,
Mark
14 Nov
14 Nov
4:08 a.m.
On Thu, 13 Nov 2008 11:27:32 -0700 Bob van der Poel <bob(a)mellowood.ca> wrote:
I've got a little gig at the end of the month for which I'll be using
backing tracks. In the past I stuck midi files on my synth and lugged
the beast to the gig. This time I figured it'd be just as good to create
mp3 files of the midi's and play them off my laptop (using the laptop
just because the screen is big enough to read for old guys like me).
Only problem with all this is to find a suitable mp3 player program.
What I really need is a list of the songs (preferably in playlist order,
but that's not critical) and then I want to click a tune, have it play,
and STOP.
Just about every player (noatun, amarok) I've fooled with wants to play
each song in its playlist. Not what I want ... I really do need to
pause. I suppose I could write a little script with a <wait for key>
loop, but there must be something I can use.
cmus.sourceforge.net (Press '5' to go to the directory view ...)
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Thanks.
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Bob,
Why don't you just use the MIDI files on your laptop?
With MIDI unlike mp3 you can change the tempo and
transpose the key in a flash. If your playing with a
vocalist this is indispensable. And if your backing tracks
are created with your MMA program then MIDI becomes
another way of showing off your talent. Most people
don't like going to a concert to see a musician performing
with an ipod, MIDI is much more live than mp3.
-- Jeff Sandys
bvdp wrote:
I've got a little gig at the end of the month for which I'll be using
backing tracks. In the past I stuck midi files on my synth and lugged
the beast to the gig. This time I figured it'd be just as good to create
mp3 files of the midi's and play them off my laptop (using the laptop
just because the screen is big enough to read for old guys like me).
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4:40 p.m.
Jeff Sandys wrote:
Bob,
Why don't you just use the MIDI files on your laptop?
With MIDI unlike mp3 you can change the tempo and
transpose the key in a flash. If your playing with a
Yes, correct. But why would I use MIDI on the laptop. I still have to
convert them to some kind of audio. I could (easily) play the midi files
on the laptop out to a real synth ... but it's just as easy in that case
to stick the midi files on a memory card and plug that right into the
synth. One less piece of gear :)
vocalist this is indispensable. And if your backing
tracks
are created with your MMA program then MIDI becomes
Of course they are :)
My vocalist either sings at my tempo and my key or shuts up (she's also
my wife, so I need to tone this down a bit!) ... seriously, everything I
do is well rehearsed and we figure out key/tempo well in advance of any
performance. I would never go on stage and "just wing" something and try
to figure a tempo/key out with folks watching.
another way of showing off your talent. Most people
don't like going to a concert to see a musician performing
with an ipod, MIDI is much more live than mp3.
Not quite a concert ... just playing for a local dance (ballroom type)
instructors xmas party.
Like I said in another post, the quality of the internal soundcard audio
or the "ipod" sound is a bit on the muddy side. I've decided to just
continue to cart my synth (with the backing tracks in MIDI on a memory
card) around.
And, yes, it looks a bit more impressive :)
-- Jeff Sandys
Thanks.
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