Re: WAS benh kernel/ low latency patches NOW ppc audio software
On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 10:52, matthew yee-king wrote:
> Hello Michael/ list
>
> I've been dabbling with linux audio/ ppc for many months now. I too
> would love to escape from macos completely. the only thing stopping me
> is the lack of vxpocket drivers, which mean i don't have a high quality
> way to get audio into my laptop. but takashi iwai has put some
> vx drivers in alsa cvs recently which i'm watching with interest (and
> recompiling every time theres an update ). I recently reinstalled the OS
> on my powerbook after the screen broke and the repair firm nuked my hard
> drive. So i went for debian(used to have yellow dog). This was a good
> oppurtunity to take stock of what software worked well etc. So you asked
> the question at a good time! Heres some of what i've tried out and found
> stable:
That's funny as I wrote the MacOS driver for the VX Pocket :)
> Drivers
>
> get alsa 0.9 rc5 - its great! it also supports usb-midi and usb-audio
> devices and many pro soundcards. and soon the vxpocket. :)
>
> Audio editors:
>
> 1. audacity . all versions except 1.1.0 have endian issues, so use
> 1.1.0. or fix it! . its a nice stable audio editor with simple
> multitrack facilities. Also can use the ladspa plugs - ladspa == vst
> plugins (ish)
>
> 2. sweep - nice, very quick audio editor + ladspa
>
> 3. snd - another audio editor. works, but i don't really use it cos i
> prefer the gui's on the others.
>
> mp3/ dj stuff
> 1. gdam - if you have a reasonable machine, gdam is a powerful mp3 dj
> program. you can have as many 'turntables' as your cpu can handle all
> with real time effects and more. if you want to try this, you need to
> tweak the server config file (put wrong_endian in the device options)
>
> 2. dbmix a system that lets you plug lots of mp3 players into a virtual
> mixer. a simpler way to do mp3 dj'ing thats less damanding on the cpu
> than gdam.
>
> 3. xmms - x multimedia system . media player that can be also plugged
> into dbmix.
>
> multitrack audio
>
> 1. ardour - to be a match for pro tools. I say 'to be' cos its only
> available in cvs at the mo and its not ready for prime time yet. give it
> a few months.. i had it running on my mac this weekend and it looks like
> it will be pretty decent. you need a fast machine though! the audio
> was quite glitchy on my machine, hence the question about low latency
> patches ;)
>
> sequencers
> have not really tried any of these as i use an akai mpc2000 for
> sequencing. apparently muse and rosegarden work. i think these do audio
> sequencing as well. i'll have to check them out.
>
> DSP
> i've only really tried pd here. its totally stable and looks amazing! .
> i never seem to have the time to learn it :(
>
> Synths
>
> I used to have Spiral Synth modular, but it only ever worked with one
> kernel/ driver combo (2.4.10/oss). This is a great synth, a little
> like reaktor. I need to learn c so i can fix it rather than moaning that
> it doesn't work.
>
> I do need to find some more midi controllable synths that work well!
>
> some links:
> http://www.pure-data.org/
> http://ardour.sourceforge.net/
> http://ccrma-www.stanford.edu/software/snd/
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
> http://gdam.ffem.org/
> http://www.all-day-breakfast.com/rosegarden/
> http://www.metadecks.org/software/sweep/
>
>
> hope thats useful!
>
> cheers
>
> matthew
>
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