On 2/18/06, Jon Hoskins <jonhoskins(a)wildpenguin.net> wrote: Thanks for the advice guys! I'll probably get the RAM if I think I can budget for it. I'd rather not invest in a PCI video card (freakin Dell doesn't put AGP slots on this model!). I am still new to the Linux software out there, but I like the thought of softsynths. Currently I use just hardware stuff recorded into Audacity, but I'd like to move towards software-only (well, plus MIDI guitars and live guitars and MIDI drums). Thanks again! Dana

On 2/19/06, Carlo Capocasa <capocasa(a)gmx.net> wrote: I used it on one of my tracks (the only software-only track I have done so far). I like it, but it doesn't seem very RT-friendly... I get a lot of Xruns, whenever I click in the interface. And I'm not the only one. I haven't tried it yet. Been busy packaging stuff for Ubuntu Dapper. Hmm, never heard of this... I have a Roland GK-2A pickup on one of my Jackson guitars, and that plugs into a Roland GI-10, which I can then plug into my PC or my Yamaha RM1x or anything with a MIDI input. It's fun and strange to play trumpets and timpanis on a fretboard... :)

On 2/19/06, Carlo Capocasa <capocasa(a)gmx.net> wrote: Can you actually change things from a MIDI controller? 13 packages and counting.. :) Well, if I plugged my guitar direct into a GR33 pedalboard synth, then the audio output would have lower latency, but I went with the GI-10 because the MIDI output has less latency than using the GR33's MIDI output. Overall, it's not bad, but it really works best for strings and pads. Things that require much more accurate timing, such as drums, piano, and the like, are slightly delayed, but still playable. I am not real sure what the latency measurements are. You can listen to a small sample that I did here: http://aslan.homelinux.com/dana/rivir/gk2a.mp3 I am not a very good guitarist, and I was just messing around to see how it would sound. At the start, there I am using slow strings or something off of my RM1x in one channel, and the actual guitar output in the other. Then it changes to piano. Then I was playing chords, just making stuff up. And you can see how the piano chords have weird notes. You need to be careful... It's a new style of playing that you need, really. The thing is that you need to be careful to not play sloppily, otherwise you'll get incorrect notes... You can hear that all over the place because I am very sloppy (grew up with Kurt Cobain, heh). I've used it several times in my music, mostly for slow synths in some acoustic pieces, and a few times for pianos. The delay is bearable, for me at least, and I can always correct it with time shifting if needed. Dana

On 2/19/06, Carlo Capocasa <capocasa(a)gmx.net> wrote: VERY cool! I hadn't looked around for any docs. Thanks for that link. I have an E-MU Xboard49 and this is perfect for all those knobs. Raise the roof... :P Heh, that was the first thing I did when I got it, just recorded that so I could show people how it sounded. I love him still... He had tons of songwriting abilities, and he was really a good guitarist, in my opinion. Just because he wasn't playing speed solos or cared if he was in tune doesn't make him a horrible musician. He was my hero, and the reason I got into playing music in the first place. No idea... What you hear in that MP3 is played real-time, I didn't touch it up at all.. So if you hear the small delay in that file, that's what it is. The audio out of the guitar went into channel one in my mixer, and the output of my synth went into channel 2 of my mixer, panned, and out into my PC soundcard. Dana

Dne pondělí 20 únor 2006 02:02 Carlo Capocasa napsal(a): Latency is variable and depends on pitch. Roland GI-20 needs two periods of wave to read the frequency, so the worst latency (low E string on guitar) is about 25ms. Some people replace the low E string (or even all strings) on their MIDI equipped guitars by high E string and then let MIDI converter or synth to transpose them into correct values. It allows the lowest possible latencies. regards, Ctirad