26 Aug
2014
26 Aug
'14
2:09 p.m.
Hi there,
I'm playing with all the new toys you brought me and have quite some
fun. Just two or three years ago I knew everything out there, now
there are a whole lot of new things to play with.
I have a few questions though.
Is there any new midi sequencer? I know the traditional ones, seq24,
rosegarden, muse, qtractor and so on and briefly tried ardour3 as well
as luppp but could not make heads or tails of it yet. What do you use?
Any idea what happened to the calf stuff? I tried them from git but
the, as far as I remember, wonderful wavetable synth crashes the hosts.
There seems to be a fork of the calf instruments and plugins by falktx
but the wavetable synth and the GUIs seem to be missing.
My goal at the moment is to create a single, simple and probably quite
horrible song electronic music song. That's why I'm looking for a nice
sequencer and some instruments.
Regards,
Philipp
26 Aug
26 Aug
2:40 p.m.
New subject: [Bulk] Sequencer suggestions?
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 14:09 +0200, Philipp Überbacher wrote:
What do you use?
I'm using Qtractor, but I'm dissatisfied.
Any idea what happened to the calf stuff? I tried them
from git but
the, as far as I remember, wonderful wavetable synth crashes the hosts.
Regarding to this issues I replaced calf monosynth with synthv1. Some
time ago, perhaps one or two years, Rui released some new instruments,
synthv1 is the first I'm testing at the moment, but it seems to be
hugely satisfying. I didn't compare it with real synth, but at least for
a virtual synth it sounds nice.
3:20 p.m.
New subject: [Bulk] Sequencer suggestions?
On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 14:40:18 +0200
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf(a)rocketmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 14:09 +0200, Philipp Überbacher
wrote:
Thaks Ralf,
the monosynth is nice in its own right and it still works. I think
I liked the wavetable synth better.
I briefly tried fabla which is also a wavetable synth but couldn't
quite get sounds that I liked out of it, some of its presets do better
though, so I probably just haven't figured out how to do it yet. I also
used to like phasex, but since the recent thread about it I'm a bit
scared to use it.
I guess I'll give non-sequencer another go, it looks a bit different
from what I remember. First I'll have to make myself familiar with NSM
though, back and the day there was only lash and ladish.
I'll try to not get caught up in too many technical details this time
around and make some sound instead.
Regards,
Philipp
What do you use?
I'm using Qtractor, but I'm dissatisfied.
Any idea what happened to the calf stuff? I tried
them from git but
the, as far as I remember, wonderful wavetable synth crashes the
hosts.
Regarding to this issues I replaced calf monosynth with synthv1. Some
time ago, perhaps one or two years, Rui released some new instruments,
synthv1 is the first I'm testing at the moment, but it seems to be
hugely satisfying. I didn't compare it with real synth, but at least
for a virtual synth it sounds nice.
3:41 p.m.
New subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Sequencer suggestions?
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 15:20 +0200, Philipp Überbacher wrote:
I also used to like phasex, but since the recent
thread about it I'm a
bit scared to use it.
I'm also scared. I claimed that I didn't notice this issue, but later I
remembered there were issues. I don't know if it were dc offsets.
"2.23 DC Offset Remover (dcRemove, 1207)
Simply removes the DC (0 Hz) component from an audio signal, uses a high
pass filter, so has some side effects, but they should be minimal." -
http://plugin.org.uk/ladspa-swh/docs/ladspa-swh.html#tth_sEc2.23
Would this protect against phasex loudspeaker-heater feature?
3:47 p.m.
New subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Sequencer suggestions?
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 15:40 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 15:20 +0200, Philipp Überbacher
wrote:
It's said it's not audible, IIRC I sometimes heard a loud, very loud
single crackle. Could this be caused by a dc offset?
I also used to like phasex, but since the recent
thread about it I'm a
bit scared to use it.
I'm also scared. I claimed that I didn't notice this issue, but later I
remembered there were issues. I don't know if it were dc offsets.
"2.23 DC Offset Remover (dcRemove, 1207)
Simply removes the DC (0 Hz) component from an audio signal, uses a high
pass filter, so has some side effects, but they should be minimal." -
http://plugin.org.uk/ladspa-swh/docs/ladspa-swh.html#tth_sEc2.23
Would this protect against phasex loudspeaker-heater feature? 
4:08 p.m.
New subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Sequencer suggestions?
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 03:46:59PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
Yes. The problem here is that the DC offset originates in the
oscillators and is multiplied by the envelope. Hence the result
is not really constant. A highpass filter will remove the constant
or slowly changing part during a note, but not the 'thumps' at the
beginning and end. Depending on the cutoff frequency and the rise
and fall times of the envelope these could still be much larger than
the signal. They won't probably fry you speaker but could result in
clipping and hence crackles.
The only real solution is to remove the DC offset at the output
of the oscillators, before it enters the rest of the audio chain.
--
FA
A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)
"2.23 DC
Offset Remover (dcRemove, 1207)
Simply removes the DC (0 Hz) component from an audio signal, uses a high
pass filter, so has some side effects, but they should be minimal." -
http://plugin.org.uk/ladspa-swh/docs/ladspa-swh.html#tth_sEc2.23
Would this protect against phasex loudspeaker-heater feature?
It's said it's not audible, IIRC I sometimes heard a loud, very loud
single crackle. Could this be caused by a dc offset?
4:40 p.m.
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 14:08 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 03:46:59PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf
wrote:
Yes. The problem here is that the DC offset originates in the
oscillators and is multiplied by the envelope. Hence the result
is not really constant. A highpass filter will remove the constant
or slowly changing part during a note, but not the 'thumps' at the
beginning and end. Depending on the cutoff frequency and the rise
and fall times of the envelope these could still be much larger than
the signal. They won't probably fry you speaker but could result in
clipping and hence crackles.
The only real solution is to remove the DC offset at the output
of the oscillators, before it enters the rest of the audio chain.
Thank you Fons,
I reported the issue.
https://github.com/williamweston/phasex/issues/10#issue-41179099
I've got no doubts anymore, that I experienced the DC offsets too.
Regards,
Ralf
"2.23 DC Offset Remover (dcRemove, 1207)
Simply removes the DC (0 Hz) component from an audio signal, uses a high
pass filter, so has some side effects, but they should be minimal." -
http://plugin.org.uk/ladspa-swh/docs/ladspa-swh.html#tth_sEc2.23
Would this protect against phasex loudspeaker-heater feature?
It's said it's not audible, IIRC I sometimes heard a loud, very loud
single crackle. Could this be caused by a dc offset?
5:13 p.m.
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 04:40:38PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
The strange thing is that there is a DC blocker in the code,
but it's not enabled (at least not in the AUR package), and
it's in the wrong place. It sort of works but it far from ideal.
I'm currently patching the code to have a DC blocker in each
voice and right after the oscillators are mixed.
--
FA
A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)
The only real
solution is to remove the DC offset at the output
of the oscillators, before it enters the rest of the audio chain.
Thank you Fons,
I reported the issue.
https://github.com/williamweston/phasex/issues/10#issue-41179099
I've got no doubts anymore, that I experienced the DC offsets too.
5:20 p.m.
On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 15:13:37 +0000
Fons Adriaensen <fons(a)linuxaudio.org> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 04:40:38PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf
wrote:
The strange thing is that there is a DC blocker in the code,
but it's not enabled (at least not in the AUR package), and
it's in the wrong place. It sort of works but it far from ideal.
I'm currently patching the code to have a DC blocker in each
voice and right after the oscillators are mixed.
Thanks Fons, much appreciated. It seems the original author didn't
touch the code in more than 1 1/2 years, so the bug report would likely
had no effect.
Regards,
Philipp
The only
real solution is to remove the DC offset at the output
of the oscillators, before it enters the rest of the audio chain.
Thank you Fons,
I reported the issue.
https://github.com/williamweston/phasex/issues/10#issue-41179099
I've got no doubts anymore, that I experienced the DC offsets too. 
5:27 p.m.
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:20 AM, Philipp Überbacher <murks(a)tuxfamily.org>
wrote:
It seems the original author didn't
touch the code in more than 1 1/2 years, so the bug report would likely
had no effect.
The original author seems to have been missing in action for quite some
time, though it's not the first time. He disappeared for a long time before
the last exciting, though flawed update, which led to a github fork at the
time. When he re-appeared to much fanfare he communicated great intent to
maintain Phasex, and then promptly disappeared again. Attempts by multiple
people to contact the author through numerous channels have been
unsuccessful so far as I know.
It would be a shame for Phasex to go by the wayside, as it really is a very
cool sounding synth, problems aside.
6:02 p.m.
New subject: [Bulk] Re: Sequencer suggestions?
On Wed, 2014-08-27 at 00:27 +0900, michael noble wrote:
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 12:20 AM, Philipp Überbacher
<murks(a)tuxfamily.org> wrote:
It seems the original author didn't
touch the code in more than 1 1/2 years, so the bug report
would likely
had no effect.
The original author seems to have been missing in action for quite
some time, though it's not the first time. He disappeared for a long
time before the last exciting, though flawed update, which led to a
github fork at the time. When he re-appeared to much fanfare he
communicated great intent to maintain Phasex, and then promptly
disappeared again. Attempts by multiple people to contact the author
through numerous channels have been unsuccessful so far as I know.
It would be a shame for Phasex to go by the wayside, as it really is a
very cool sounding synth, problems aside.
Actually it's the only virtual synth that IMO relatively often can
compare with some CEM (Curtis) based analog synth-sounds. The "Moog's
wandering pitch tracking" sounds sometimes exceed even CEM (Curtis)
synth, however, even some Moog synth used CEM (Curtis). Dave Smith
likely is the Steve Wozniak of vintage analog synth maintaining. It's a
pity that he nowadays has got the monopoly for good synth chips :(. JFTR
I don't know how to repair my digital age TG33 either ;) ... chips die
out.
6:06 p.m.
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 05:20:24PM +0200, Philipp Überbacher wrote:
Thanks Fons, much appreciated. It seems the original
author didn't
touch the code in more than 1 1/2 years, so the bug report would likely
had no effect.
The following patches seem to fix the problem. They remove the
(inoperative) per patch DC blocker and add one per voice, just
after the oscillators. More testing may be required.
--- engine.h.orig 2013-01-13 08:18:49.000000000 +0100
+++ engine.h 2014-08-26 17:18:13.514909324 +0200
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@
sample_t bps; /* beats per second */
sample_t out1; /* output sample 2 */
sample_t out2; /* output sample 1 */
-#ifdef ENABLE_DC_REJECTION_FILTER
- sample_t dcR_const;
-#endif
+ sample_t wdcf;
} GLOBAL;
@@ -105,6 +103,8 @@
int portamento_sample; /* sample number within portamento */
int portamento_samples; /* portamento time in samples */
int age; /* voice age, in samples */
+ sample_t dcf1; /* DC filter state 1 */
+ sample_t dcf2; /* DC filter state 2 */
sample_t out1; /* output sample 1 */
sample_t out2; /* output sample 2 */
sample_t amp_env; /* smoothed final output of env generator */
--- engine.c.orig 2013-01-13 08:18:49.000000000 +0100
+++ engine.c 2014-08-26 17:54:29.301481175 +0200
@@ -193,9 +193,7 @@
/* (-3dB @ 20Hz) DC blocking filter */
/* 1.0 - (M_PI * 2 * freq / (sample_t) f_sample_rate) */
-#ifdef ENABLE_DC_REJECTION_FILTER
- global.dcR_const = 1.0 - (125.6 / (sample_t) f_sample_rate);
-#endif
+ global.wdcf = 125.7 / (sample_t) f_sample_rate;
}
@@ -487,6 +485,10 @@
voice->midi_key = -1;
voice->keypressed = -1;
+ /* init dc filters */
+ voice->dcf1 = 0.0;
+ voice->dcf2 = 0.0;
+
/* initialize moog filters */
voice->filter_y1_1 = 0.0;
voice->filter_y1_2 = 0.0;
@@ -780,10 +782,6 @@
run_part(PART *part, PATCH_STATE *state, unsigned int part_num)
{
unsigned int osc;
-#ifdef ENABLE_DC_REJECTION_FILTER
- sample_t tmp1;
- sample_t tmp2;
-#endif
/* generate amplitude envelopes for all voices */
run_voice_envelopes(part, state, part_num);
@@ -842,19 +840,6 @@
if (state->delay_mix_cc) {
run_delay(get_delay(part_num), part, state);
}
-
- /* output this sample to the buffer */
-#ifdef ENABLE_DC_REJECTION_FILTER
- tmp1 = part->out1;
- part->out1 = part->out1 - part->dcR_in1 + global.dcR_const *
part->dcR_out1;
- part->dcR_in1 = tmp1;
- part->dcR_out1 = part->out1;
-
- tmp2 = part->out2;
- part->out2 = part->out2 - part->dcR_in2 + global.dcR_const *
part->dcR_out2;
- part->dcR_in2 = tmp2;
- part->dcR_out2 = part->out2;
-#endif
}
@@ -1300,6 +1285,12 @@
run_osc(voice, part, state, osc);
}
+ /* apply DC filters */
+ voice->dcf1 += global.wdcf * (voice->out1 - voice->dcf1);
+ voice->out1 -= voice->dcf1;
+ voice->dcf2 += global.wdcf * (voice->out2 - voice->dcf2);
+ voice->out2 -= voice->dcf2;
+
/* oscs are mixed. now apply AM oscs. */
for (osc = 0; osc < NUM_OSCS; osc++) {
if (state->osc_modulation[osc] == MOD_TYPE_AM) {
--
FA
A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)
6:16 p.m.
New subject: [Bulk] Re: Sequencer suggestions?
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 16:06 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
The following patches seem to fix the problem.
Thank you very much Fons :),
just to be on the safe side, please don't add the patch inline the
email, send an attachment. IIRC you know a pad sound that caused an DC
offset, so please send the settings that caused a DC offset, it might be
a good base to start editing sounds to test your patch.
Regards,
Ralf
PS: Feel free to provide an Arch PKGBUILD :p.
6:23 p.m.
New subject: [Bulk] Re: Sequencer suggestions?
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 06:16:31PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 16:06 +0000, Fons Adriaensen
wrote:
Not sure if attachments make it to the list.
The patch that gave the horrible DC offset in my test a few
weeks ago was 'mellow-pad' from sys-patches, I used the same
to test today.
I'm not the maintainer of the AUR package :-) Whoever that is
may be lurking here and pick up the fix.
Ciao,
--
FA
A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)
The following patches seem to fix the problem.
Thank you very much Fons :),
just to be on the safe side, please don't add the patch inline the
email, send an attachment. IIRC you know a pad sound that caused an DC
offset, so please send the settings that caused a DC offset, it might be
a good base to start editing sounds to test your patch.
6:36 p.m.
New subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: Sequencer suggestions?
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 16:23 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 06:16:31PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf
wrote:
No :(. It doesn't matter, I will copy and paste and if needed correct
them tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 16:06 +0000, Fons
Adriaensen wrote:
Not sure if attachments make it to the list. The following patches seem to fix the problem.
Thank you very much Fons :),
just to be on the safe side, please don't add the patch inline the
email, send an attachment. IIRC you know a pad sound that caused an DC
offset, so please send the settings that caused a DC offset, it might be
a good base to start editing sounds to test your patch. The patch that gave the horrible DC offset in my test
a few
weeks ago was 'mellow-pad' from sys-patches, I used the same
to test today.
Ok.
I'm not the maintainer of the AUR package :-)
Whoever that is
may be lurking here and pick up the fix.
:D
[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Qi phasex-git
Name : phasex-git
Version : 20130331-1
Description : An experimental MIDI softsynth with flexible phase modulation and
oscillator/LFO sources
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://github.com/williamweston/phasex
Packager : Unknown Packager
Build Date : Sun 07 Apr 2013 01:29:56 PM CEST
Install Date : Sun 07 Apr 2013 01:30:50 PM CEST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Validated By : None
Ouch!
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/phasex-git/ :
Submitter: rtfreedman
Maintainer: rtfreedman
FirstSubmitted: 2013-03-31 20:22
Last Updated: 2013-04-10 15:33
;)
I'll forwarded this mail to archaudio-discuss(a)archaudio.org , but I feel
responsible to do the work on my own.
6:46 p.m.
New subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: Sequencer suggestions?
On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 18:36:30 +0200
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf(a)rocketmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 16:23 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
And with the non-git package you can basically forget to get the patch
in, it is 'maintained' by speps who basically just sits on tons of
audio packages without doing anything. This is one 'trusted user' I
do not trust to close his own zippers. Better just create another
package, it will be faster by years.
I just tried to patch the git package but something goes very wrong
here. I get no error but it looks like the patch isn't applied either
and I can't get rid of the sed error either. I haven't done this sort of
thing in years.
Regards,
Philipp
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 06:16:31PM +0200, Ralf
Mardorf wrote:
No :(. It doesn't matter, I will copy and paste and if needed correct
them tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 16:06 +0000, Fons
Adriaensen wrote:
Not sure if attachments make it to the list. The following patches seem to fix the problem.
Thank you very much Fons :),
just to be on the safe side, please don't add the patch inline the
email, send an attachment. IIRC you know a pad sound that caused
an DC offset, so please send the settings that caused a DC
offset, it might be a good base to start editing sounds to test
your patch. The patch that gave the horrible DC offset in my
test a few
weeks ago was 'mellow-pad' from sys-patches, I used the same
to test today.
Ok.
I'm not the maintainer of the AUR package :-)
Whoever that is
may be lurking here and pick up the fix.
:D
[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ pacman -Qi phasex-git
Name : phasex-git
Version : 20130331-1
Description : An experimental MIDI softsynth with flexible phase
modulation and oscillator/LFO sources Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://github.com/williamweston/phasex
Packager : Unknown Packager
Build Date : Sun 07 Apr 2013 01:29:56 PM CEST
Install Date : Sun 07 Apr 2013 01:30:50 PM CEST
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Validated By : None
Ouch!
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/phasex-git/ :
Submitter: rtfreedman
Maintainer: rtfreedman
FirstSubmitted: 2013-03-31 20:22
Last Updated: 2013-04-10 15:33
;)
I'll forwarded this mail to archaudio-discuss(a)archaudio.org , but I
feel responsible to do the work on my own.
6:59 p.m.
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 18:46 +0200, Philipp Überbacher wrote:
I just tried to patch the git package but something
goes very wrong
here. I get no error but it looks like the patch isn't applied either
and I can't get rid of the sed error either. I haven't done this sort of
thing in years.
Perhaps a typo? You should post the output. For what version are Fon's
patches and what version did you use? I'm to lazy to test it today, I'll
continue within the next two days.
Philipp are you on Arch Linux too?
IIRC Fons' compiles much software, instead of using PKGBUILDS. I use
much official and many AUR PKGBUILDS, very seldom I build software on my
own.
There's some latitude. We might have different source codes installed.
9:12 p.m.
New subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: Sequencer suggestions?
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 06:46:37PM +0200, Philipp Überbacher wrote:
And with the non-git package you can basically forget
to get the patch
in, it is 'maintained' by speps who basically just sits on tons of
audio packages without doing anything. This is one 'trusted user' I
do not trust to close his own zippers. Better just create another
package, it will be faster by years.
I just tried to patch the git package but something goes very wrong
here. I get no error but it looks like the patch isn't applied either
and I can't get rid of the sed error either. I haven't done this sort of
thing in years.
The patch is against the AUR phasex package 0.14.97 maintained
by William Weston.
If you apply the patch to sources obtained via AUR you need
makepkg -e -f
without the -e the original sources will be extracted and
overwrite the patch.
Ciao,
--
FA
A world of exhaustive, reliable metadata would be an utopia.
It's also a pipe-dream, founded on self-delusion, nerd hubris
and hysterically inflated market opportunities. (Cory Doctorow)
27 Aug
27 Aug
2:30 a.m.
New subject: [Bulk] Re: [Bulk] Re: Sequencer suggestions?
On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 19:12:04 +0000
Fons Adriaensen <fons(a)linuxaudio.org> wrote:
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 06:46:37PM +0200, Philipp
Überbacher wrote:
Ok, that clarifies where the patch is against, thanks. I tried to patch
via modifying the PKGBUILD but didn't manage to. Guess I should try it
'manually' first, thanks for the hint with -e. I'll try tomorrow with a
clear head.
Philipp
And with the non-git package you can basically
forget to get the
patch in, it is 'maintained' by speps who basically just sits on
tons of audio packages without doing anything. This is one 'trusted
user' I do not trust to close his own zippers. Better just create
another package, it will be faster by years.
I just tried to patch the git package but something goes very wrong
here. I get no error but it looks like the patch isn't applied
either and I can't get rid of the sed error either. I haven't done
this sort of thing in years.
The patch is against the AUR phasex package 0.14.97 maintained
by William Weston.
If you apply the patch to sources obtained via AUR you need
makepkg -e -f
without the -e the original sources will be extracted and
overwrite the patch.
Ciao,
28 Aug
28 Aug
11:07 p.m.
New subject: Update Phasex: Sequencer suggestions?
1.
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 16:23 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
I'm not the maintainer of the AUR package
:-) Whoever that is
may be lurking here and pick up the fix.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ph/phasex-git/PKGBUILD
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ph/phasex/PKGBUILD
2.
https://github.com/williamweston/phasex/issues/10
11:29 p.m.
New subject: Update Phasex: Sequencer suggestions?
On Thu, 2014-08-28 at 23:07 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
1.
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 16:23 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
3.
Reported: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=phasex
I'm not the maintainer of the AUR
package :-) Whoever that is
may be lurking here and pick up the fix.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ph/phasex-git/PKGBUILD
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ph/phasex/PKGBUILD
2.
https://github.com/williamweston/phasex/issues/10
29 Aug
29 Aug
1:02 p.m.
New subject: Update Phasex: Sequencer suggestions?
On Thu, 28 Aug 2014 23:29:00 +0200
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf(a)rocketmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, 2014-08-28 at 23:07 +0200, Ralf Mardorf
wrote:
The one is orphaned, the other 'maintained' by speps, so nothing will
happen unless one of us adopts and patches and create and patch a
duplicate for the other one. I'm too stupid to patch apparently,
otherwise I would have done it already.
Regards,
Philipp
1.
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 16:23 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
3.
Reported: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?K=phasex I'm not the maintainer of the AUR
package :-) Whoever
that is may be lurking here and pick up the fix.
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ph/phasex-git/PKGBUILD
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/ph/phasex/PKGBUILD
2.
https://github.com/williamweston/phasex/issues/10
31 Aug
31 Aug
3:15 p.m.
New subject: Update Phasex: Sequencer suggestions?
On Fri, 2014-08-29 at 13:02 +0200, Philipp Überbacher wrote:
I'm too stupid to patch apparently, otherwise I
would have done it
already.
Reported and patches were added by the maintainer. Nobody needs to do
everything ;).
Last Updated: 2014-08-30 04:19
[rocketmouse@archlinux ~]$ yaourt -S phasex-git
==> Downloading phasex-git PKGBUILD from AUR...
x .AURINFO
x PKGBUILD
x fix_DC_offset.patch
x phasex-git.install
x snprintf-overflow.patch
x wave_sample.patch
Comment by Ralf_Mardorf (2014-08-28 21:23)
Hi,
please consider to add the patches, to avoid DC offsets.
http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-user/2014-August/098653.h…
https://github.com/williamweston/phasex/issues/10
Regards,
Ralf
Comment by rtfreedman (2014-08-30 04:25)
This is an experimental release with some patches - please test it and report back.
fix_DC_offset.patch fixes this bug: https://github.com/williamweston/phasex/issues/10
Discussions:
http://lists.linuxaudio.org/pipermail/linux-audio-user/2014-August/098653.h…
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1 Sep
1 Sep
4:46 p.m.
New subject: Update Phasex: Sequencer suggestions?
On Sun, 31 Aug 2014 15:15:50 +0200
Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf(a)rocketmail.com> wrote:
On Fri, 2014-08-29 at 13:02 +0200, Philipp Überbacher
wrote:
Thanks Ralf,
I tried it and it seems that the patch applied properly.
I can't say much about the DC-offset problem yet, but phasex definitely
needs more fixing. I can reliably crash phasex by attempting to switch
from jack autoconnect to manual connections. With autoconnect enabled
it is impossible to do any manual connections to and from phasex. It is
possible to change that manually in the config file tough.
A somewhat related question: What is the currently recommended way to
bridge between alsa and jack midi? For now I start jack with '-X
alsa_midi', which seems to work, at least in one direction.
Regards,
Philipp
I'm too stupid to patch apparently, otherwise
I would have done it
already.
Reported and patches were added by the maintainer. Nobody needs to do
everything ;).
5:51 p.m.
New subject: Update Phasex: Sequencer suggestions?
On Mon, 2014-09-01 at 16:46 +0200, Philipp Überbacher wrote:
A somewhat related question: What is the currently
recommended way to
bridge between alsa and jack midi? For now I start jack with '-X
alsa_midi', which seems to work, at least in one direction.
I don't know. It might be different for jack1 and jack2 and for
different releases.
For a current project, just interrupted by a cold, the script to restore
sessions uses this combination, jack2 1.9.10-1 "-Xalsarawmidi" and
"a2jmidid", assumed it still should be the best solution to minimize
MIDI jitter, when using external synths, while for the few bars I played
until now, I don't use external synths. If this shouldn't satisfy me,
then I would start searching the LAU and LAD archives.
Btw. yet the project only uses synth plugins and the bridge isn't
needed:
$ cat /home/music/arch2014.1/start.03.01
# [snip]
# Kill
$sessiond/aj-snapwrap --killall
killall -9 -wq qjackctl qtractor zita-at1 jkmeter meterbridge a2jmidid jackd hdspmixer
# Restore session
roxterm --tab -n "♪ hdspmixer" -e "hdspmixer"
; sleep 2
roxterm --tab -n "♪ jackd" -e "jackd --sync -Xalsarawmidi -dalsa
-r48000 -p256" ; sleep 2
roxterm --tab -n "♪ a2jmidid" -e "a2jmidid -e"
; sleep 2
#roxterm --tab -n "♪ meterbridge" -e "meterbridge -t jf left right -n
jellyfish" ; sleep 2
roxterm --tab -n "♪ jkmeter" -e "jkmeter -C -type k20 -name
phasecorrelator" ; sleep 2
roxterm --tab -n "♪ at1 left" -e "zita-at1 -name at1_left"
; sleep 2
roxterm --tab -n "♪ at1 right" -e "zita-at1 -name at1_right"
; sleep 2
roxterm --tab -n "♪ qtractor" -e "qtractor
$sessiond/arch2014.1.$sessionv.qtr" ; sleep $sleepsec
roxterm --tab -n "♪ qjackctl" -e "qjackctl"
; sleep $sleepsec
roxterm --tab -n "♪ aj-snapshot" -e "$sessiond/aj-snapwrap -rx
$sessiond/.tmp.$sessionv.ajs"
exit
26 Aug
26 Aug
5:27 p.m.
New subject: [Bulk] Re: Sequencer suggestions?
On Tue, 2014-08-26 at 15:13 +0000, Fons Adriaensen wrote:
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 04:40:38PM +0200, Ralf Mardorf
wrote:
The strange thing is that there is a DC blocker in the code,
but it's not enabled (at least not in the AUR package), and
it's in the wrong place. It sort of works but it far from ideal.
I'm currently patching the code to have a DC blocker in each
voice and right after the oscillators are mixed.
Sometimes I dislike you, but often you provide very useful things :). My
apologies for my weaknesses and thank your for your effort :).
Fixing phasex is very cool! IMO some sounds can compare with CEM
(Curtis) based analog synth.
The only
real solution is to remove the DC offset at the output
of the oscillators, before it enters the rest of the audio chain.
Thank you Fons,
I reported the issue.
https://github.com/williamweston/phasex/issues/10#issue-41179099
I've got no doubts anymore, that I experienced the DC offsets too. 
27 Aug
27 Aug
12:24 a.m.
New subject: [Bulk] Sequencer suggestions?
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 2:20 PM, Philipp Überbacher <murks(a)tuxfamily.org> wrote:
I briefly tried fabla which is also a wavetable synth
but couldn't
quite get sounds that I liked out of it, some of its presets do better
though, so I probably just haven't figured out how to do it yet.
I presume you mean Sorcer not Fabla, http://www.openavproductions.com/sorcer ?
Sorcer is aimed at "dubstep basslines", and is not a general purpose synth.
Good news is that OpenAV is working on a multi-purpose wavetable synth, however
it is not yet ready for announcement. Development is ongoing and progressing,
but this is a very large and complex instrument, please be patient! For the
curious, there's some info about Ninja here:
http://openavproductions.com/ninja
Cheers, -Harry
6:48 p.m.
On Tue, 26 Aug 2014 10:13:04 -0400
Dave Phillips <dlphillips(a)woh.rr.com> wrote:
On 08/26/2014 08:09 AM, Philipp Überbacher wrote:
Still using Rosegarden. It has it's problems (like all things) but it's proved
to be pretty reliable for all these years.
--
Will J Godfrey
http://www.musically.me.uk
Say you have a poem and I have a tune.
Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song.
Hi there,
...
Is there any new midi sequencer?
If you're not averse to spending money, check out Bitwig. I like its
MIDI capabilities.
Best,
dp
27 Aug
27 Aug
12:30 a.m.
On Tue, Aug 26, 2014 at 1:09 PM, Philipp Überbacher <murks(a)tuxfamily.org> wrote:
and briefly luppp but could not make heads or tails of
it yet.
Luppp does not (at time of writing) support MIDI. There is ongoing
development in
this area too, but note this is not yet available or stable for testing.
the, as far as I remember, wonderful wavetable synth
crashes the hosts.
Full disclosure, last I checked, the wavetable synth had to be
compiled with
--build-experimental-plugins or similar flag. If those are built into distro
packages, its not the Calf devs fault..
There seems to be a fork of the calf instruments and
plugins by falktx
but the wavetable synth and the GUIs seem to be missing.
Re wavetable synth
missing: good. Re GUI's, I don't know.
My goal at the moment is to create a single, simple
and probably quite
horrible song electronic music song. That's why I'm looking for a nice
sequencer and some instruments.
I will advise QTractor, and some LV2 instruents. I
use Fabla for drum beats,
Sorcer for some dirty basslines, LMMS (exported to audio) for some strange
things, ZynAddSubFX for pads / bells / general, and various LinuxSampler /
QSynth patches for the rest. Its quite a toolset to get to grips with,
but it does work.
QTractor has good support for automation (although its a little
"hidden" in the UI at first,
its actually fine to work with once its learned how-to :)
HTH, -Harry
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