30 Apr
2006
30 Apr
'06
10:22 p.m.
Hello, 'smee again.
After an epic battle with my computer again (but you don't want to
hear about that) I've been able to do some updates to my site. Oh rats!
Is it REALLY 1:20am?
Ghost train is now oggificated and the level increased a little.
Awakening The Avenger has a drum track, although I really am not very
happy with it. Some of the instruments have also been re-balanced
slightly.
There are also a couple of new ones. The Devil's Tea Party should send
shivers down your spine if I've done it right, and Childhood Past will
hopefully evoke wistful memories and make you all go 'Ahhhhhh'. This,
at over 7min, is also probably the longest individual track I've
composed.
Now that I have a decent sound card I'm starting to do something I've
wanted to for quite some time; that is combine the best voices and
effects of my external synths with beautifully clean sounds I can get
from ZynAddSubFX
As usual the url is:
http://www.folderol.ukfsn.org
Enjoy!
--
F
30 Apr
30 Apr
10:59 p.m.
Folderol wrote:
Oh rats!
Is it REALLY 1:20am?
You're not even trying ;) Don't come back until you've been online for
24 hours and your eyes are bleeding from the monitor burn ;-]
--
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become reality" - Macka B
1 May
1 May
6:32 p.m.
On Mon, 01 May 2006 07:59:30 +0700
Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey(a)boosthardware.com> wrote:
Folderol wrote:
Huh! I did all that years ago with electronics, when transistors (aka
wickless wonders) were new and exciting. Spent one Saturday continuous
through to Sunday night rebuilding a local Rock group's ONLY amplifier
as they had an engagement (didn't call them gigs in those days) the
following Monday. Their roadie was keeping me supplied with food, drink
and (ahem) stimulant, while the lead guitarist was having kittens in my
Mum's lounge :)
--
F
Oh rats!
Is it REALLY 1:20am?
You're not even trying ;) Don't come back until you've been online for
24 hours and your eyes are bleeding from the monitor burn ;-] 
7:12 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Problems installing sound apps on Kanotix
Hi,
I am having some problems making my kanotix a DAW.
Help?
Below are some specifications.
thanks,
ref
Hardware: P4 3.6 HT, 1G Ram, M-audio Delta 66. It is a
Dell computer, a GX280.
Problems:
1- Kmenu->Control Center->Sound & Multimedia->Sound
System
There is a jack option there, but, when it is started
it, displays a window:
"Sound server informational message:
Error while initializing the sound driver:
Couldn´t connect to jackd
The sound server will continue using the null output
device"
Alsa starts ok. Autodetect is ok too.
2-Making a /home/ref/jack-audio-connection-kit and
./configure builds with no alsa support and with oss
support. (with alsa loaded or oss turned loaded).
3-When Pd 0.38.4-extended is installed, the pd command
issues:
"pd: error while loading shared libraries:
libjack0.80.0.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No
such file or directory". Even wit the oss jack
installed (wich doen´t run).
4- There is no "alsa" or "alsasound" file to do the
usual:
..path/alsa stop
..path/alsa start
(commonly at /etc/rc.d/init.d/alsa)
There is, though, a /etc/init.d/alsa that accepts
"unload, reload, resolve" commands. Are they a like?
5- While borwsing menus like Kmenu, we hear sound
hickups.
(thanks again)
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3 May
3 May
7:39 a.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Problems installing sound apps on Kanotix
On Monday 01 May 2006 22:12, Renato Fabbri was like:
I am having some problems making my kanotix a DAW.
Please could you repost this as a new post. I use threading in my email
client, as do many others on this list. If you just reply to a random message
and change the subject it makes your posting look like an irrelevant reply.
The kind of people you want answers from tend to be very busy and may
overlook your question. Use 'New' or 'Compose' or whatever if you want to
start a new thread, use 'Reply' only if you are actually replying to
something. You will get better answers this way.
--
cheers,
tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim
1 May
1 May
7:12 a.m.
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 01:22:49AM +0100, Folderol wrote:
Awakening The Avenger has a drum track, although I
really am not very
happy with it. Some of the instruments have also been re-balanced
slightly.
I realy dig Awakening the Avenger, except for the drums, which
sound like you have to learn/practice drum programming a lot ;)
I'm vaguely reminded of the Alan Parson Projects "Hyper Gamma Spaces"
and "Lucifer", but that might be because I have been listening to them
frequently these days ;)
First, this GM drumkit is no good. You need sounds with some depth and
style. One of Hydrogen's kits should do, if your hardware hasn't something
better to offer.
Then you need breaks and fills in places, ghostnotes (barely hearable
hits inbetween) ... think of how a real drummer keeps being busy.
From "traditional" drumming over big beat to
breakbeats I could imagine
everything, though.
Cheers,
Thorsten Wilms
6:18 p.m.
On Mon, 1 May 2006 11:12:40 +0200
Thorsten Wilms <t_w_(a)freenet.de> wrote:
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 01:22:49AM +0100, Folderol
wrote:
I am painfully aware than my drum skills are vanishingly above zero :(
It is a real struggle for me to achieve anything at all with this. I
seem to have a complete musical deaf spot when it comes to percussion
and have to do a lot of work for many hours to get anything even
remotely presentable. The result is it always tends to sound rather
laboured.
Put a keyboard in front of me and I'll really enjoy myself, guitar to a
lesser degree as well, and even some wind instruments, but drums...
Disaster!
--
F
Awakening The Avenger has a drum track, although
I really am not very
happy with it. Some of the instruments have also been re-balanced
slightly.
I realy dig Awakening the Avenger, except for the drums, which
sound like you have to learn/practice drum programming a lot ;)
I'm vaguely reminded of the Alan Parson Projects "Hyper Gamma Spaces"
and "Lucifer", but that might be because I have been listening to them
frequently these days ;)
First, this GM drumkit is no good. You need sounds with some depth and
style. One of Hydrogen's kits should do, if your hardware hasn't something
better to offer.
Then you need breaks and fills in places, ghostnotes (barely hearable
hits inbetween) ... think of how a real drummer keeps being busy.
From "traditional" drumming over big
beat to breakbeats I could imagine
everything, though.
Cheers,
Thorsten Wilms
2 May
2 May
7:05 a.m.
On Mon, May 01, 2006 at 09:19:14PM +0100, Folderol wrote:
It is a real struggle for me to achieve anything at all with this. I
seem to have a complete musical deaf spot when it comes to percussion
and have to do a lot of work for many hours to get anything even
remotely presentable. The result is it always tends to sound rather
laboured.
Well, if you want to do nice drums, you have to practice. Starting with a
drum pattern is easier than adding it later on.
Using chromatic sounds in a very groove oriented way, that is playing them
almost like percussion, might help you.
But otherwise ... don't do it if it's all work and no fun. You managed
to make some very nice drum-less tracks ;)
Best,
Thorsten Wilms
11 a.m.
On Monday 01 May 2006 03:19 pm, Folderol wrote:
It is a real struggle for me to achieve anything at
all with this.
I seem to have a complete musical deaf spot when it comes to
percussion and have to do a lot of work for many hours to get
anything even remotely presentable. The result is it always tends
to sound rather laboured.
Why do you have to have a percussion track? Leave it out if you like,
I do. I prefer ballads and melodies. I'm not a dancer. So
percussion has no appeal for me.
Focus on where your natural talents and interests lie and leave the
rest to someone else. That's what corraborations are for!
HTH
Stephen.
3 May
3 May
7:47 a.m.
On Monday 01 May 2006 21:19, Folderol was like:
It is a real struggle for me to achieve anything at
all with this. I
seem to have a complete musical deaf spot when it comes to percussion
and have to do a lot of work for many hours to get anything even
remotely presentable. The result is it always tends to sound rather
laboured.
Use drum loops, or even better do stuff without drums, release it on a free
license and encourage people to do some remixes, you'll probably find plenty
of enthusiasm for that sort of thing here. But play around with Hydrogen too.
Drums are my weak point also, but I find Hydrogen very forgiving of my lack
of talent in this area.
--
cheers,
tim hall
http://glastonburymusic.org.uk/tim
5:44 p.m.
On Wed, 3 May 2006 10:46:52 +0100
tim hall <tech(a)glastonburymusic.org.uk> wrote:
On Monday 01 May 2006 21:19, Folderol was like:
Drum loops are probably good for trying ideas out, but wouldn't work
for much of my stuff. I usually play live with NO metronome so there
are nearly always some speed variations which (in my opinion) gives a
better feel but can be a nightmare to synchronise with anything else.
Once again, thanks everyone for your comments. I think I will stick to
drum-less compositions (which most of my stuff is anyway). Also,
everything on my website is already covered by a Creative Commons 2.5
(attribution, non-commercial) license so you are free to play with my
music anyway.
If anyone is interested in adding drums (or anything else for that
matter). I'm quite happy to send a Rosegarden or plain Midi file
along with the ZynAddSubFX parameter file so that you can re-create
from source.
Thorsten is already having a look at Awakening The Avenger and I look
forward to hearing what he can add to it.
I will, of course, acknowledge any additions to the material I put on
my website.
--
F
It is a real struggle for me to achieve anything
at all with this. I
seem to have a complete musical deaf spot when it comes to percussion
and have to do a lot of work for many hours to get anything even
remotely presentable. The result is it always tends to sound rather
laboured.
Use drum loops, or even better do stuff without drums, release it on a free
license and encourage people to do some remixes, you'll probably find plenty
of enthusiasm for that sort of thing here. But play around with Hydrogen too.
Drums are my weak point also, but I find Hydrogen very forgiving of my lack
of talent in this area.
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