[LAU] Linux programs for creatiing/manipulating sound effects

[Peter Plessas]

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Jörn Nettingsmeier wrote:
> On 02/07/2011 11:03 PM, Hartmut Noack wrote:
>> Am 07.02.2011 21:12, schrieb Bearcat M. Sandor:
>>> Folks,
>>>
>>> Thanks for all of the replies. Ardour + plug-ins looks like my best best
>>> so far, but i'll check out some of the other options as well. It seems
>>> like a good excuse to learn ardour which i've been meaning to do anyhow.
>>>
>>> When i'm playing with this, are there any guide lines that i can keep in
>>> mind to avoid hurting my ears and stereo equipment when i'm playing with
>>> stuff? Just adjust all knobs slowly till i know what they do?
>>
>> I think this will not be available.
>>
>> Especially modulation-effects like flangers always have the potential to
>> produce extreme peaks. If you want to limit the danger to your
>> ears/hardware, put a capable limiter like foo lookahead limiter in
>> Ardours Master-track. To be even more secure connect Ardours master-outs
>> not to your soundcard but to jamin inputs. Then you connect jamin to
>> your hardware-ports. Jamin has got a brickwall-limiter that justifies
>> its name ;-)
> 
> not strictly necessary - the limiter is also availabe as a ladspa plugin
> that can be put into ardour's master bus.
> 
> i find either a foolproof analog volume control or a Big Red Switch(tm)
> in the immediate vicinity of the keyboard very reassuring.
http://plessas.mur.at/IMG_5297.JPG_small.jpg
http://plessas.mur.at/IMG_5363.JPG_small.jpg
http://plessas.mur.at/IMG_5492.JPG_small.jpg

Sorry, I couldn't resist posting this :-)
The famous IEM Big Red Switch(tm) in use at the CUBE and MUMUTH concert
venues with their 24+ channel ambisonics PA system.

best, P.
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