Re: [microsound] [OT][tech talk]linux.audio

[Derek Holzer <derek@xxxxxx>]

dave,

i'm no expert [in fact, after struggling all night to install drivers for my 
RME Hammerfall sound card, i feel much the opposite...], but i would say go for 
it! Red Hat is quite simple to load, even simpler if you aren't trying to make 
a dual partition and keep the Windows around, and PD runs very light, so you 
can maximize your real-time play-power. 

my first impressions on the setup would be:

4.5gb uw scsi : system drive. when the installer prompts, make a primary [ / ] 
partition and remember to make a second [ swap ] partition of 256 Mb [ = 2 x 
RAM]. skip out on installing all the games and office crap, but DO install all 
the developers tools, as you will need them to compile applications later on. 
also, this drive should hold all your sound processing apps.

2 x 9 gb uw scsi : one to store samples to read from, and one to record to, 
maybe? seems like a nice division of labor...

> and i can afford to put in a £50 (second hand) soundcard... ala sblive or
> budget delta series card....etc

SBLive cards should be supported as Plug and Play by Red Hat. not sure about 
the Delta cards, but i'm pretty sure they are built into the kernel as modules, 
which should make it easier to get it up and running. 

speaking of which, do seek out the ALSA drivers and tools, as they can 
significantly lower your latency. [this, however, is the point that i am a 
little stuck on myself with the RME...rebuilding the *&#@%! kernel makes my 
head a little dizzy...]

the softwares that Michal recommends below are all quite good, although Ardour 
appears a bit daunting. check out http://linux-sound.org/ for more info.

and good luck,
derek



Quoting dave <dave@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:

> so , someone deposits a p2 450 outside my house last night... i belive he
> intends me to install linux on it for audio.... did the mystery
> man/woman/entity give me enough spec to run some realtime synthesis
> stuff...
> 
> spec:
>    pII 450 mhz 128mb
>    4.5gb uw scsi
>    2 x 9 gb uw scsi
> 
> and i can afford to put in a £50 (second hand) soundcard... ala sblive or
> budget delta series card....etc
> 
> any input much appreciated.
> dave
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michal Seta" <mis@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "microsound" <microsound@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 11:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [microsound] [OT][tech talk]linux.audio
> 

> > >
> > > 1) Sample Editor [a la Sound Forge, CoolEdit]
> >
> > snd - (make sure to install Dave Phillips hacks, makes the use more
> intuitive) but get a bit getting used to,
> > sweep - (Pixar uses this one);
> >
> > > 2) Noise Reduction DSP [a la NR plug-ins for above, particularly Cool
> Edit's]
> > > [could this be a CSound object for PD?]
> >
> > dnoise (part of csound) and
> > PVNation
> > and other tools (can't remember off-hand but Dave Phillips, the same one
> who maintains linux-sound has written an article about mastering a CD in
> linux and he mentions some tools.  The articles are on o'reilly network
> site - http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/au/101, you should read them all.
> Great stuff).
> >
> > > 3) Multi Track Editor [a la Vegas, CuBase, etc]
> >
> > Ardour,
> > ecasound (not an editor but powerfull multitrack mixer/recorder);
> >
> > > 4) DJ Mixer [a la Traktor, etc][there's tons of these on Linux-Sound,
> has
> > > anybody tried them?]
> >
> > GDAM - it rocks - mp3 files mixer (ogg, too, now I think) with unlimited
> turntables, tempo calculator, plugins and support for LADSPA plugins. Let's
> you design your own filters as well (which you can then turn into ladspa
> plugins).  Also, support for samples playback + sequencing.
> >
> > > 5) Convolution App [a la Hog, Sound Hack, Acoustic Mirror, etc][also a
> C
> Sound
> > > object, i have been told...]
> >
> > Csound,
> > PD (roll your own but will work in real-time),
> > PVNation
> >
> > > 6) Granulator [a la granulation gizmos in Audio Mulch, Granulab]
> >
> > Roll your own in CSound, PD