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Author: evmzh on January 21 2007 Viewed 2239 times. 12 people liked this blog. You can rate it below if you haven't already.
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hi. i thought i might try to post a blog with information regarding linux audio. i wish here to provide a general outline of the following blogs to come, and also to request any help which may be offered from fellow linux audio musicians/players (i am not an expert, after all, and would appreciate the assistance).
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In this, Linux Audio Blog 00, I will give a rough overview of future blog posts:
01 - What Linux is, and what Linux distributions are:
A description of the kernel vs. the operating system; a description of what a distribution is and does, and a look at various distributions that are both geared towards audio and/or can be modified to perform well in an audio setup.
02 - How these Linux distributions are installed and setup:
A discussion of the requirements and steps for installing a distribution onto your hard drive, as well as an outline of what Live CDs are and what they can do for you.
03 - The audio subsystem and system software:
A look into the audio subsystem on a Linux setup, which include the audio drivers (I will only mention ALSA, mostly likely) and the issues involved in real-time, low-latency performance. I will cover the audio system that is JACK, which is used as a connection layer and transport control for Linux audio applications.
04 - The sound and music software available and up-and-coming:
Individually, in future blogs, I may go into more esoteric software, with a wider range, but in 04 I hope to provide an overview of the basic, most used, and fairly stable software. Examples include: Rosegarden/Muse for Audio/MIDI sequencing, Ardour as a DAW, SEQ24/Specimen as a minimal sequencer/sampler pair, mhWaveEdit/Snd/ReZound as audio editors (I will not personally provide info on Audacity, as most people here are already familiar with it), and Pure Data/ZynAddSubFX as synthesizers, and et ceteras.
05 - Techniques and tutorials for specific sets of software:
Oh God help us all
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img1 - RRADical Pure Data patch
img2 - Ardour 2
img3 - Ardour 2 mixer with QJackCtl connection window and LADSPA plugins
img4 - SEQ24 and Specimen
img5 - Dave Phillips - creator of linux-sound.org
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edited: Jan 21 2007
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everamzah
mrpanda: how would u report the latency with those programs? do u used a custom kernel? RE: gtk dependancies... doesn't slack provide development libraries? for example, in ubuntu/debian, for every libgtk, there is a libgtk-dev, and i only need to install those (sudo apt-get install libgtk1.2-dev, for example) in order to compile source code against them
tunalicker: well, the live cds are pretty fun, methinks. when i do my next blog (tomorrow night?) i will include information and links to these... screenshots, etc. i <3 screenshots lol
edit: topics 01 and 02 should prolly be combined into one
01/21/07
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mrpanda
Well I'd say the clipping is a good sign. Maybe i'm using the wrong term?
I just mean the hardware is too old. usually linux runs good on older hardware, but I guess that doesn't hold true to media apps like it does other things.
Slackware's only package management system is the sysadmin. There are installation tools, but they don't help with dependencies. Normally, this proves to be a virtue of slack, at least for me, because I know where almost everything I need is on my system, but when it comes to large apps like gnome, it becomes quite a hassle, not only downloading and installing dependencies but installing them in the right order.
If you ever want to know info about your computer though, just head to the /proc directory, and you should find any info you need about your hardware in there. Handy to know about. No su privilages needed.
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Doron
under development now link
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xLefr
I wish Gobolinux would win.
It's a work of art in the same manner that the programming language Ruby is a work of art.
The structure and the functional aesthetics are beautiful, really. Seriously: Gobo makes me feel nice inside.
gobolinux.org
I don't know how well the slightly unusual directory structure plays with audio apps.
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xLefr
By "functional aesthetics" I mean the invisible stuff. The aesthetics of how the machine operates and is operated.
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