29 Apr
2009
29 Apr
'09
7:03 a.m.
The guitarist in my church band has been using a hefty effects box for
years (of course). Our violinist just bought a small one for chorus
effects. I should figure out to use my laptop as a synthesizer and
effects box and start bringing it along. Or maybe I should set up my
wife's old laptop for that - it's got a faster processor in it. Anyway,
suggestions/thoughts?
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29 Apr
29 Apr
7:20 a.m.
Yes, why not. You get much nicer results if you use an external sound
card rather than trying to hook up to the small jacks on most laptops
(because of impedance matching but also balanced sockets help
eliminate hum etc), which adds to cost if you don't already have that.
It's unlikely that you need a machine with a particuarly fast
processor, if you're doing straightforward effects and maybe a
softsynth too. The main concern is to use a system that can give
low-latency audio I/O, since the guitarist/violinist/whoever will
*very* quickly notice the latency and feel very uncomfortable with it,
if it's more than (say) one or two dozen milliseconds. So do use a
linux distro with a real-time kernel (e.g. ubuntu studio, pure:dyne).
HTH
Dan
2009/4/29, david <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com>om>:
The guitarist in my church band has been using a hefty
effects box for
years (of course). Our violinist just bought a small one for chorus
effects. I should figure out to use my laptop as a synthesizer and
effects box and start bringing it along. Or maybe I should set up my
wife's old laptop for that - it's got a faster processor in it. Anyway,
suggestions/thoughts?
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8:04 a.m.
Dan S wrote:
Yes, why not. You get much nicer results if you use an
external sound
card rather than trying to hook up to the small jacks on most laptops
(because of impedance matching but also balanced sockets help
eliminate hum etc), which adds to cost if you don't already have that.
I use a USB sound card (Behringer UCA202) that has line-level stereo RCA
jack inputs and outputs - I wouldn't waste time running the output of
that old laptop's onboard Intel audio into a real sound system!
It's unlikely that you need a machine with a
particularly fast
processor, if you're doing straightforward effects and maybe a
softsynth too. The main concern is to use a system that can give
low-latency audio I/O, since the guitarist/violinist/whoever
In this case, me on keyboard.
will *very* quickly notice the latency and feel very
uncomfortable with it,
if it's more than (say) one or two dozen milliseconds. So do use a
linux distro with a real-time kernel (e.g. ubuntu studio, pure:dyne).
I was thinking I'd do that. I've downloaded a number of them. I'm not
using a real-time kernel on my regular laptop, and it shows.
HTH
Dan
2009/4/29, david <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com>om>:
> The guitarist in my church band has been using a hefty effects box for
> years (of course). Our violinist just bought a small one for chorus
> effects. I should figure out to use my laptop as a synthesizer and
> effects box and start bringing it along. Or maybe I should set up my
> wife's old laptop for that - it's got a faster processor in it. Anyway,
> suggestions/thoughts?
--
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7:52 a.m.
I've used Pure Data and Csound both that way, with good results, with
a Zoom H4 for input:
http://zoomh4.net/
Unfortunately, you can't use the microphone and the instrument inputs
at the same time; you'd have to either have two of them or plug in a
separate mic and an instrument.
-Chuckk
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:58 AM, david <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
The guitarist in my church band has been using a hefty
effects box for
years (of course). Our violinist just bought a small one for chorus
effects. I should figure out to use my laptop as a synthesizer and
effects box and start bringing it along. Or maybe I should set up my
wife's old laptop for that - it's got a faster processor in it. Anyway,
suggestions/thoughts?
--
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8:18 a.m.
I'm talking about my keyboard, which has stereo line outs. I would hook
them to my UCA202's stereo RCA jack inputs, and use a Y-cable to combine
the 2 stereo outputs into the single 1/4" plug connection needed to hook
into the sound system.
Maybe with a real time kernel and the proper settings, the UCA202 won't
have weird skipping problems when used bidirectionally.
I could hook the keyboard in via MIDI and use that to drive a softsynth,
too.
Sounds like fun if I can get it to the point of setting it up and
adjusting settings quickly enough.
Just think - the EEEPC 901's are dirt cheap at Amazon!
http://www.amazon.com/8-9-Inch-Netbook-Processor-Storage-Battery/dp/B001BYB…
Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
I've used Pure Data and Csound both that way, with
good results, with
a Zoom H4 for input:
http://zoomh4.net/
Unfortunately, you can't use the microphone and the instrument inputs
at the same time; you'd have to either have two of them or plug in a
separate mic and an instrument.
-Chuckk
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:58 AM, david wrote:
> The guitarist in my church band has been using a hefty effects box for
> years (of course). Our violinist just bought a small one for chorus
> effects. I should figure out to use my laptop as a synthesizer and
> effects box and start bringing it along. Or maybe I should set up my
> wife's old laptop for that - it's got a faster processor in it. Anyway,
> suggestions/thoughts?
--
David
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8:57 a.m.
Yes, you could try Transmission Linux (badly-named distro, very hard
to google! but it's essentially ubuntu studio for netbooks [1]), on a
small machine like an Eee.
(I use Eee 701s, the portability factor is fantastic, but some might
find them too small. Haven't used Transmission yet, mostly using
Xandros or Eeebuntu.)
Dan
[1]
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/08/ces-free-transmission-audio-distro…
2009/4/29, david <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com>om>:
I'm talking about my keyboard, which has stereo
line outs. I would hook
them to my UCA202's stereo RCA jack inputs, and use a Y-cable to combine
the 2 stereo outputs into the single 1/4" plug connection needed to hook
into the sound system.
Maybe with a real time kernel and the proper settings, the UCA202 won't
have weird skipping problems when used bidirectionally.
I could hook the keyboard in via MIDI and use that to drive a softsynth,
too.
Sounds like fun if I can get it to the point of setting it up and
adjusting settings quickly enough.
Just think - the EEEPC 901's are dirt cheap at Amazon!
http://www.amazon.com/8-9-Inch-Netbook-Processor-Storage-Battery/dp/B001BYB…
Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
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I've used Pure Data and Csound both that way,
with good results, with
a Zoom H4 for input:
http://zoomh4.net/
Unfortunately, you can't use the microphone and the instrument inputs
at the same time; you'd have to either have two of them or plug in a
separate mic and an instrument.
-Chuckk
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:58 AM, david wrote:
> The guitarist in my church band has been using a hefty effects box for
> years (of course). Our violinist just bought a small one for chorus
> effects. I should figure out to use my laptop as a synthesizer and
> effects box and start bringing it along. Or maybe I should set up my
> wife's old laptop for that - it's got a faster processor in it. Anyway,
> suggestions/thoughts?
--
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30 Apr
30 Apr
5:10 a.m.
Nice article. Clicked the link they show for the Live Master image:
http://cdd.64studio.com/releases/trinity/trinity-live_master_i386.iso
And get Not Found message. Searching 64studio site doesn't seem to find
it, either.
And you're right about trying to find "Transmission Linux" via Google! ;-)
Dan S wrote:
Yes, you could try Transmission Linux (badly-named
distro, very hard
to google! but it's essentially ubuntu studio for netbooks [1]), on a
small machine like an Eee.
(I use Eee 701s, the portability factor is fantastic, but some might
find them too small. Haven't used Transmission yet, mostly using
Xandros or Eeebuntu.)
Dan
[1]
http://createdigitalmusic.com/2008/01/08/ces-free-transmission-audio-distro…
2009/4/29, david <gnome(a)hawaii.rr.com>om>:
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I'm talking about my keyboard, which has
stereo line outs. I would hook
them to my UCA202's stereo RCA jack inputs, and use a Y-cable to combine
the 2 stereo outputs into the single 1/4" plug connection needed to hook
into the sound system.
Maybe with a real time kernel and the proper settings, the UCA202 won't
have weird skipping problems when used bidirectionally.
I could hook the keyboard in via MIDI and use that to drive a softsynth,
too.
Sounds like fun if I can get it to the point of setting it up and
adjusting settings quickly enough.
Just think - the EEEPC 901's are dirt cheap at Amazon!
http://www.amazon.com/8-9-Inch-Netbook-Processor-Storage-Battery/dp/B001BYB…
Chuckk Hubbard wrote:
I've used Pure Data and Csound both that way,
with good results, with
a Zoom H4 for input:
http://zoomh4.net/
Unfortunately, you can't use the microphone and the instrument inputs
at the same time; you'd have to either have two of them or plug in a
separate mic and an instrument.
-Chuckk
On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:58 AM, david wrote:
> The guitarist in my church band has been using a hefty effects box for
> years (of course). Our violinist just bought a small one for chorus
> effects. I should figure out to use my laptop as a synthesizer and
> effects box and start bringing it along. Or maybe I should set up my
> wife's old laptop for that - it's got a faster processor in it. Anyway,
> suggestions/thoughts?
--
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