Re: [SLUG] Software Query.
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 02:49:09PM +1000, Bill Bennett wrote: > Two problems, actually. > > 2) A friend has some software from, I think, SoundForge, > whereby he can plug in his turntable to his computer and store > an analogue file for subsequent (a) converting to digital and > (b) editing---meaning that BLOODY piano pedal squeak that > ruins any enjoyment of a certain jazz LP could be edited out. > > (Alright, apologies for introducing coarse and unseemly language into > SLUG's driven snow. I was overcome at the prospect of a resurrection.) > > Unfortunately, the friend is a follower, if reluctantly, of Microsoft. > He couldn't tell me whether there's analogous software for Linux. > > Has anyone any experience of this type of software? Gnome Wave Cleaner is designed for just this, it contains a few tools for cleaning up recordings off vinyl: http://www.redhawk.org/gwc.html for general editing, I should probably recommend sweep: http://sweep.sourceforge.net/ (which I'll be demoing at this month's slug meeting :) Conrad. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Software Query.
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 02:49:09PM +1000, Bill Bennett wrote: > 2) A friend has some software from, I think, SoundForge, > whereby he can plug in his turntable to his computer and store > an analogue file for subsequent (a) converting to digital and > (b) editing---meaning that BLOODY piano pedal squeak that > ruins any enjoyment of a certain jazz LP could be edited out. > A Freshmeat search for sound and editor reveals a number of editors - useful for me as I haven't checked out many of them for ages. Just tried audacity which looks good but spurts hiss from my imac (an endian issue perhaps?) - worth trying though methinks. DAP is good as well and has been around for ages. Good luck getting out a piano pedal squeak. Unless it's all by itself editing might not be all that effective... Denis Crowdy -- Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia, ph: +61 (0)2 9850 6787, fax: 9850 6593 http://www.ccms.mq.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Software Query.
On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Bill Bennett wrote: > 1) There's a prospect of my being able to acquire CorelDraw for > Linux in the near future. > > So I looked it up. The wretched thing is described as being > configured for Debian: I use common-or-garden Redhat. A commercial piece of software designed for Debian, without a DeadRa^WRedHat version? Oh wait, it's Corel; they're good ol' Debian bigots from way back. > Can anyone forsee any problems with this? Possible library issues, of course, but a library is a library. Something not installed, perhaps, that should be. RedHat not being able to comprehend Debian's package format (if it's a .deb, and if RedHat hasn't got the appropriate tools - which it should have, one way or another). > 2) A friend has some software from, I think, SoundForge, > whereby he can plug in his turntable to his computer and store > an analogue file for subsequent (a) converting to digital and > (b) editing---meaning that BLOODY piano pedal squeak that > ruins any enjoyment of a certain jazz LP could be edited out. Plugging any analogue audio device into the ADC of your sound card is not dependent on operating system or application software.Recording sound to .wav is accomplished by any one of N+1 possible applications under Linux. The sound editing can also be done in a variety of interesting fashions, but not being a sound geek I couldn't say (well, not that kind of one, anyway). I think he's got his terminology mixed up; it's not possible to actually store analogue data in a digital computer, instead, it has to be sampled and quantised, no matter what you're running. > (Alright, apologies for introducing coarse and unseemly language into > SLUG's driven snow. I was overcome at the prospect of a resurrection.) > > Unfortunately, the friend is a follower, if reluctantly, of Microsoft. > He couldn't tell me whether there's analogous software for Linux. It should be. Sound recording and editing isn't exactly new technology. -- --- #include Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Software Query.
Two problems, actually. 1) There's a prospect of my being able to acquire CorelDraw for Linux in the near future. So I looked it up. The wretched thing is described as being configured for Debian: I use common-or-garden Redhat. Can anyone forsee any problems with this? 2) A friend has some software from, I think, SoundForge, whereby he can plug in his turntable to his computer and store an analogue file for subsequent (a) converting to digital and (b) editing---meaning that BLOODY piano pedal squeak that ruins any enjoyment of a certain jazz LP could be edited out. (Alright, apologies for introducing coarse and unseemly language into SLUG's driven snow. I was overcome at the prospect of a resurrection.) Unfortunately, the friend is a follower, if reluctantly, of Microsoft. He couldn't tell me whether there's analogous software for Linux. Has anyone any experience of this type of software? Any comments would be gratefully received. Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
