Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC

2010-07-19 Thread fons
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 02:11:19AM -0400, Tim E. Real wrote: > You say the switch had conductance when not pressed? Yes. Unstable resistance, changing every time the button was pressed and released again, between 1 and 3 kOhm. > Was the switch that simple membrane style I like to call > "juice

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC

2010-07-19 Thread Frank Smith
On 18 July 2010 16:05, Folderol wrote: > On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:49:24 -0400 > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > And I was in the 40's by then,, I'll be 76 in Oct, if this batch of > > fencepost holes don't finish me first. A type 2 Diabetic, my warranty > > expired 30 years ago. ;-) > > > >Woo! There's

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC

2010-07-19 Thread Geoff Beasley
On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 09:25 +0100, Frank Smith wrote: > On 18 July 2010 16:05, Folderol wrote: > On Sun, 18 Jul 2010 10:49:24 -0400 > Gene Heskett wrote: > > > And I was in the 40's by then,, I'll be 76 in Oct, if this > batch of > > fencepost hole

Re: [LAD] May I asked something OT?

2010-07-19 Thread Frank Smith
> > HI All > As a strat player noise is a real pain for me and worse around digital stuff I record with. I find for live work just use a noise gate pedal set to about 25db, or set to just above any noise. This should kill any noise in the system and open when you play. Cheers Bob Blueslsd >

[LAD] ALSA MIDI thru for live playing is ok (at least at the moment)

2010-07-19 Thread Ralf Mardorf
Without running JACK and with running JACK -p2048 44.1Khz and 96KHz, without HR timer enabled and with HR timer enabled ALSA MIDI used to make a thru connection was always ok when playing live, not only for the PCI MIDI, but even for USB MIDI. When playing the recordings from my last test by Qtrac

Re: [LAD] May I asked something OT?

2010-07-19 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 01:30 -0400, Tim E. Real wrote: > On July 18, 2010 03:57:06 pm Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > A lot of kids wish to have a kill switch for their guitars. > > A kill switch is a short circuit, to 'stop' the audio signal. > > > > I'm not fine with this solution, but the kids argue, tha

Re: [LAD] May I asked something OT?

2010-07-19 Thread Robert Jonsson
2010/7/19 Tim E. Real : > If you play a Gibson you can set the neck pickup volume to zero and >  the bridge pickup volume to full and then toggle the pickup switch, >  rapidly if desired, like Eddie van Halen on You Really Got Me. > Tim. > Ah, this takes me back. A long long time ago, in a galaxy

Re: [LAD] May I asked something OT?

2010-07-19 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 09:54 +0300, Sakari Bergen wrote: > > On July 18, 2010 03:57:06 pm Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > A lot of kids wish to have a kill switch for their guitars. > > A kill switch is a short circuit, to 'stop' the audio signal. > > > > I'm not fine with this solution, but the kids ar

[LAD] 6 months job offer at Grame

2010-07-19 Thread Orlarey Yann
The following job offer for a C++ developer may be of interest to you or some one you know. About GRAME Based in Lyon (France), GRAME, Centre National de Création Musicale (national center for musical creation) is a leading music institution dedicated to contemporary music and dig

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC

2010-07-19 Thread drew Roberts
On Sunday 18 July 2010 11:14:26 Gene Heskett wrote: > Scary > thought to an old country music fan. ;-) Who do you like? My dad was a fan and was always playing it around the house as well as taking us on trips to the opry and what not. Some of his tastes rubbed off on me. drew _

Re: [LAD] [Somewhat OT] Strange failure mode of a PC

2010-07-19 Thread Gene Heskett
On Monday, July 19, 2010 02:28:56 pm drew Roberts did opine: > On Sunday 18 July 2010 11:14:26 Gene Heskett wrote: > > Scary > > thought to an old country music fan. ;-) > > Who do you like? My dad was a fan and was always playing it around the > house as well as taking us on trips to the opry an

[LAD] New modular synthesis library w/ ruby bindings

2010-07-19 Thread Evan Buswell
Hi all, I've just released a beta of a modular synthesis library using Jack2, with a Ruby module. See http://ebuswell.github.com/Cshellsynth/ There's no mailing list for the project yet, but feel free to email me directly if you have questions/comments/concerns. Enjoy! Evan ___

Re: [LAD] New modular synthesis library w/ ruby bindings

2010-07-19 Thread Harry Van Haaren
Hey Evan, Congrats on the release. A little reading and it has my attention... even though I'm not a ruby fan. Reason to mail: To play a note, type: s.inst.play [note number] Where [note number] is some number, positive or negative. 0 is middle C. _Please_ stick to a standard. I'm pretty su

Re: [LAD] May I asked something OT?

2010-07-19 Thread Gordon JC Pearce
On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 14:45 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: > http://www.instructables.com/image/FC6ZZ0XF8JUW8E8/What-is-a-killswitch.jpg > > This is what I call short circuit. It won't harm a pre-amp doing it by a > potentiometer, but I wonder if doing it fast, again and again by a > switch won't cau

Re: [LAD] [LAU] New modular synthesis library w/ ruby bindings

2010-07-19 Thread Harry Van Haaren
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Bernardo Barros wrote: > At least for me it would be easier to think as c = 0 > > c = 0 > c' = 12 > c, = -12 > c'' = 24 > c,, = -24 > > because most of the notes in a regular score is mostly like to happen > in the middle and things looks simpler that way. UNLESS y

Re: [LAD] May I asked something OT?

2010-07-19 Thread Folderol
On Mon, 19 Jul 2010 14:04:24 +0200 Ralf Mardorf wrote: > On Mon, 2010-07-19 at 01:30 -0400, Tim E. Real wrote: > > On July 18, 2010 03:57:06 pm Ralf Mardorf wrote: > > > A lot of kids wish to have a kill switch for their guitars. > > > A kill switch is a short circuit, to 'stop' the audio signal.

Re: [LAD] May I asked something OT?

2010-07-19 Thread Tim E. Real
On July 19, 2010 02:54:33 am Sakari Bergen wrote: > On 19.07.2010 08:30, Tim E. Real wrote: > > If you play a Gibson you can set the neck pickup volume to zero and > > the bridge pickup volume to full and then toggle the pickup switch, > > rapidly if desired, like Eddie van Halen on You Really

Re: [LAD] Can someone add 2 features to Kluppe?

2010-07-19 Thread Louigi Verona
On Mon, Mar 15, 2010 at 6:02 PM, Louigi Verona wrote: > Hello guys! > I would like to ask any of the developers who might be interested to help a > musician out! > Original Kluppe developer seems very busy these days. And his programm > lacks two things I really need for my musical work. > I am re

Re: [LAD] [LAU] Free Software Support Re: Reverb to use with LinuxSampler/piano?

2010-07-19 Thread drew Roberts
On Monday 19 July 2010 15:13:54 Bernardo Barros wrote: > Yes, but a lot of stuff is not presently appealing to industry. > Like... ,music and multimedia stuff: LilyPond, SoundCard drivers, > InkScape, GIMP, Ardour, Qtractor and so on. But yes, even though I'm a > socialist I agree with you that big

Re: [LAD] Can someone add 2 features to Kluppe?

2010-07-19 Thread Robin Gareus
On 07/20/2010 01:06 AM, Louigi Verona wrote: > > > Hey guys! > > Some time ago I have asked someone to look into Kluppe and add a couple of > features. > My request was not ignored and Patrick Shirkey was kind enough to volunteer > to try to help. > > However, he came upon a difficulty and that