Re: looking for virtual instruments and midi-sequencer
Muse is my tip. Reliable and stable. Muse has a fluidsynth built-in, easy to activate and access. If you get over the problem that you mentioned earier, it's really an excellent app for Midi. I have created 10 tracks in Muse: drums, bass, piano etc, and saved it somewhere on my computer. then, in Global Settings, I set that file to open as a template (I made it read only in case I forget and try to save the newly created song...) I work this way for almost a year now, having tried all major midi apps, and I am very satisfied. all basic sounds are loaded into the song. All I do is press the Rec button and off it goes. Even, in Muse 1r3 there is the Audio Bounce menu. Just set up the locators properly, choose bounce to file or on a an track and in a few seconds you have a complete mix of all the things that you are doing at the moment, midi and audio. But I know that in Jaunty, installing Muse 1r3 needs a bit of tweaking. -- Viktor Mastoridis Music-o-Graph Educator www.MediTera.Co.Uk -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: looking for virtual instruments and midi-sequencer
thanks for your answer viktor, i am not at home for the next half year (NZ... yea...). but after that, i try muse on 9.10. my brother tried rosegarden, which i couldn't test, and it works very well. so i will also test rosegarden if i am back at home. thanks for all these answers Viktor Mastoridis wrote: Muse is my tip. Reliable and stable. Muse has a fluidsynth built-in, easy to activate and access. If you get over the problem that you mentioned earier, it's really an excellent app for Midi. I have created 10 tracks in Muse: drums, bass, piano etc, and saved it somewhere on my computer. then, in Global Settings, I set that file to open as a template (I made it read only in case I forget and try to save the newly created song...) I work this way for almost a year now, having tried all major midi apps, and I am very satisfied. all basic sounds are loaded into the song. All I do is press the Rec button and off it goes. Even, in Muse 1r3 there is the Audio Bounce menu. Just set up the locators properly, choose bounce to file or on a an track and in a few seconds you have a complete mix of all the things that you are doing at the moment, midi and audio. But I know that in Jaunty, installing Muse 1r3 needs a bit of tweaking. -- Viktor Mastoridis Music-o-Graph Educator www.MediTera.Co.Uk http://www.MediTera.Co.Uk -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: looking for virtual instruments and midi-sequencer
On Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:47:23 -0500, mentoj_d...@gmx.de mentoj_d...@gmx.de wrote: thanks for the quick answers, Zynaddsubfx: i allready knew this programm. its nice. but i think not the right thing for my friend. there are a lot of freaky sounds in it, but a realy good piano sound is not there. am i wrong? at all, its a synth. i think a sample-player would be better. You are right about that. It is great for getting some instant sounds out of the box though. the wavetable-thing: puh... i dont know how to do this. and i cant try it out on her computer, because she lives in another city. her boyfriend is also a linux-dude (he will install the system), but he has not much to do with music-production. I believe if you could get rosegarden working, you can set an option to automatically load a sound font into a soundblaster type sound card when it starts. Not such a 'standard' way of doing things and very hardware dependent. qsynth: thats a good idea. i dont think, she want to spend money at the beginning. but i already found some soundfonts on the web. seems to work well. Sounds like a winner then! sec24: where is the record button? The following are two very good howtos for using seq24. The first link actually takes you through the steps of realtime midi recording using seq24 The second link takes you through assembling a multi-track composition. http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8304 https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToSeq24Introduction what is with muse? i tried to record some midi-signals, but the sequencer just ignored it. (yes i found the record butten, and yes i connected the midi output with the muse input) You might want to look at the midi channel numbers to make sure the channel on the keyboard matches the channel on the track you are recording. outher thing: if i connect (with qjackctl) my midi-keyboard with a writable device called 1:TiMidiy port 1, then i can play without any other programm. but its very laggy. can someone explain me this? TiMidity is a software synth as far as I understand. (a very old one in linux years!) -- -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: looking for virtual instruments and midi-sequencer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Matze, mentoj_d...@gmx.de schrieb: and i cant find an easy to use programm with a good piano-sound. can somebody help me with this? The best way would be: find a decent piano-soundfont on the web or buy one. Check, that it is in generic soundfont-format without any dongle-based copy restriction or the like. Load it with qsynth and get familiar with qsynths setting-interface. It is quite straight forward, no big thing. If you prefer a (much)more flexible way to synthesize sounds and given you dont need a very realistic piano, try ZynaddSubFX. And do NOT choose the stupid, useless beginner-interface but always the advanced mode - it offers much much more possibilities to adjust a sound to your liking and it is really fun to work with it. second question: which app is good to record midi-signals? i think rosegarden is to heavy. Well, if you do not need to work with scores, you could try Qtractor. third question: should we wait for the next ubuntu version? yes, absolutely. My experience with jaunty has made me use openSuse 111 for the last 6 Months. thanks and greetings from germany Maybe you want to find out more in a de-based forum and maybe you can meet me a one of the workshops I give on Linux Audio in Berlin/Potsdam? http://www.audio4linux.de/forum/viewtopic.php?t=949 ;-) matze bis bald ;-) -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEUEARECAAYFAkrEWiIACgkQ1Aecwva1SWPsnQCghPxSgRHd5BSMIPSXVL6IlnOU PIYAmN+OeqfOogzQ5TgJLJugjyIYK4M= =4Btz -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: looking for virtual instruments and midi-sequencer
On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Hartmut Noack zettber...@linuxuse.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- find a decent piano-soundfont on the web or buy one. Check, that it is in generic soundfont-format without any dongle-based copy restriction or the like. Some good friend sent me this link: http://www.ntonyx.com/sf.htm good soundofnts for sale and they have this 32mb free version direct link is: http://www.ntonyx.com/soft/32MbGMStereo.sf2 Leo -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: looking for virtual instruments and midi-sequencer
hi, i'm new to this mailing list. try this: http://www.soundcreationsinc.com/tech/splendid/Splendid_72M.sfArk On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:29 PM, Leo leo...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:28 AM, Hartmut Noack zettber...@linuxuse.de wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- find a decent piano-soundfont on the web or buy one. Check, that it is in generic soundfont-format without any dongle-based copy restriction or the like. Some good friend sent me this link: http://www.ntonyx.com/sf.htm good soundofnts for sale and they have this 32mb free version direct link is: http://www.ntonyx.com/soft/32MbGMStereo.sf2 Leo -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: looking for virtual instruments and midi-sequencer
thanks for the quick answers, Zynaddsubfx: i allready knew this programm. its nice. but i think not the right thing for my friend. there are a lot of freaky sounds in it, but a realy good piano sound is not there. am i wrong? at all, its a synth. i think a sample-player would be better. the wavetable-thing: puh... i dont know how to do this. and i cant try it out on her computer, because she lives in another city. her boyfriend is also a linux-dude (he will install the system), but he has not much to do with music-production. qsynth: thats a good idea. i dont think, she want to spend money at the beginning. but i already found some soundfonts on the web. seems to work well. sec24: where is the record button? Rosegarden: i cant say very much to this sequencer, because it doesn't work on my system . dont know why. just dont start. what is with muse? i tried to record some midi-signals, but the sequencer just ignored it. (yes i found the record butten, and yes i connected the midi output with the muse input) outher thing: if i connect (with qjackctl) my midi-keyboard with a writable device called 1:TiMidiy port 1, then i can play without any other programm. but its very laggy. can someone explain me this? -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
looking for virtual instruments and midi-sequencer
Hi community, A friend of mine asked me for help with her audio-pc. Its a very strong machine with a big midi-keyboard. windows was not her thing (to laggy...). Ubuntu studio was my tip. She just want to switch on the computer, choose an instrument and record the music in 2 or 3 channels. Well, i'm able to help with ardour and jack, but i have no idea about virtual instruments (its because i produce with hardware and just need a pc for recording). and i cant find an easy to use programm with a good piano-sound. can somebody help me with this? second question: which app is good to record midi-signals? i think rosegarden is to heavy. third question: should we wait for the next ubuntu version? jaunty was not very stable on my machine (already patched). thanks and greetings from germany matze -- Jetzt kostenlos herunterladen: Internet Explorer 8 und Mozilla Firefox 3.5 - sicherer, schneller und einfacher! http://portal.gmx.net/de/go/atbrowser -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: looking for virtual instruments and midi-sequencer
Quoting mentoj_d...@gmx.de: Hi community, A friend of mine asked me for help with her audio-pc. Its a very strong machine with a big midi-keyboard. windows was not her thing (to laggy...). Ubuntu studio was my tip. She just want to switch on the computer, choose an instrument and record the music in 2 or 3 channels. Well, i'm able to help with ardour and jack, but i have no idea about virtual instruments (its because i produce with hardware and just need a pc for recording). and i cant find an easy to use programm with a good piano-sound. can somebody help me with this? Try zynaddsubfx - quick and easy with some great sounding instruments. Or, If she has a soundblaster card or another 'wavetable' sound card, it is possible to load a sound font into the card and use the hardware to run the synth as a midi instrument. You can also load a sound font into qsynth to use it as a software synth if you don't have a wavetable card. Using sound fonts can get you some nice sounding pianos. second question: which app is good to record midi-signals? i think rosegarden is to heavy. seq24 is very light, although I still prefer rosegarden -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: looking for virtual instruments and midi-sequencer
Here's an interesting article featuring seq24 and zynaddsubfx http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8304 -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: looking for virtual instruments and midi-sequencer
You had mentioned you were looking for a piano sound. If you're very serious about getting a great piano sound, you may want to purchase a copy of pianoteq http://www.pianoteq.com as they have now released a Linux version of their piano modeling software. If that's too pricey for you (or against your morals), I'd recommend downloading some soundfonts or using zynaddsubfx. This is a great site for soundfonts: http://www.personalcopy.com/ There are also many other soft synths in the repositories but I have limited experience with them. - Eric Hedekar ___ Vice President of Vancouver Pro Musica Society http://www.vancouverpromusica.ca Ubuntu Studio Developer http://www.ubuntustudio.org Web Designer Audio Artist http://www.erichedekar.com -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: looking for virtual instruments and midi-sequencer
On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 3:48 PM, mentoj_d...@gmx.de wrote: Well, i'm able to help with ardour and jack, but i have no idea about virtual instruments (its because i produce with hardware and just need a pc for recording). and i cant find an easy to use programm with a good piano-sound. can somebody help me with this? Definately try QSythn (in the repos). You can use any MIDI application that supports Jack, and route the midi signal to QSynth. QSynth uses soundfonts, and there are tons of them available on the net (see hammersound.net). The audio signal can then be routed, via jack, anywhere you need it (speakers, Ardour). For a nice piano soundfont, there's an excellent free one called SteinwayIMIS2 (I think). If you can't find it, contact me off-list. second question: which app is good to record midi-signals? i think rosegarden is to heavy. I haven't found anything better than rosegarden, and I've looked long and hard. If you're like me, you'll find that most of the apps are horridly confusing, and don't seem to do much. Try something like Finale, and you'll probably soon think that Rosegarden is light... ;-) -- Christopher Stamper Email: christopherstam...@gmail.com Web: http://tinyurl.com/2ooncg gTalk: http://tinyurl.com/6e359r Skype: cdstamper -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
