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 > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
