Re: [LAD] User eXperience in Linux Audio

2015-04-22 Thread Paul Davis
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 6:05 AM, Louigi Verona louigi.ver...@gmail.com wrote: Linux Audio packages are plagued by reasons that are relevant to the developer, but which should be irrelevant to the user. I don't care if dev thinks knobs are a bad idea, I want a knob and not a text field,

Re: [LAD] User eXperience in Linux Audio

2015-04-22 Thread Len Ovens
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 6:05 AM, Louigi Verona louigi.ver...@gmail.com wrote: Linux Audio packages are plagued by reasons that are relevant to the developer, but which should be irrelevant to the user. I don't care if dev thinks knobs are a bad idea, I want a knob and not

Re: [LAD] User eXperience in Linux Audio

2015-04-22 Thread Louigi Verona
Sure. This was only an example. It could have been any other feature or GUI element. On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:43 PM, Paul Davis p...@linuxaudiosystems.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 6:05 AM, Louigi Verona louigi.ver...@gmail.com wrote: Linux Audio packages are plagued by reasons that

Re: [LAD] GuitarSynth

2015-04-22 Thread Guido Scholz
Am Wed, 22. Apr 2015 um 09:45:23 +0200 schrieb Gerald: Hi Gerald, Sorry, forgot to commit :) git push did nothing, and I didn't see it. attached you find a patch to get rid of an other ugly warning message which also enables a slightly smarter frequency number display. Guido --

[LAD] Any recommended USB Speakers?

2015-04-22 Thread Andrew Kelley
I don't understand why speakers are using the analog output cable for sound. How about, use a digital interface like HDMI or USB? Can anyone recommend high quality speakers I can purchase which use a digital interface to my computer? ___ Linux-audio-dev

[LAD] LAC2015 Aftermath: The LAC2014 Percussion Combo Kit now available

2015-04-22 Thread Frank Neumann
[The posting to LAA is awaiting moderator approval for 2 days, so I take the liberty of cross-posting] Hi, during LAC2015 in Mainz last week, I gave a lightning talk on what I called The LAC2014 Percussion Combo. It was a presentation about a little field recording session conducted one year

Re: [LAD] Any recommended USB Speakers?

2015-04-22 Thread Charles Z Henry
Build your own with some (nice, affordable) boards from Hong Kong: http://www.yuan-jing.com/dacs-decoder On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:33 PM, Andrew Kelley superjo...@gmail.com wrote: I am imagining this setup: Plug a USB or HDMI cable into my computer. Plug the other end into a hub. 5 speakers

Re: [LAD] Any recommended USB Speakers?

2015-04-22 Thread Paul Davis
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:10 PM, Andrew Kelley superjo...@gmail.com wrote: I don't understand why speakers are using the analog output cable for sound. How about, use a digital interface like HDMI or USB? someone you need to convert from digital to analog. do you want one DAC per speaker when

Re: [LAD] Any recommended USB Speakers?

2015-04-22 Thread Andrew Kelley
I am imagining this setup: Plug a USB or HDMI cable into my computer. Plug the other end into a hub. 5 speakers and a subwoofer all plug into the hub. Plug the hub into a AC power outlet. So there would still be one DAC, and it would be in the hub. Is a DAC really that expensive? Why can't they

Re: [LAD] User eXperience in Linux Audio

2015-04-22 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 06:34:25AM -0700, Len Ovens wrote: A knob is ok if it works similar. Knobs that insist that I touch the knob pointer and move that in a tiny arch to adjust and where the pointer flips from one end to the other if I make the wrong move are not easier to move on

Re: [LAD] Any recommended USB Speakers?

2015-04-22 Thread Adrian Knoth
On 04/22/15 21:33, Andrew Kelley wrote: Plug a USB or HDMI cable into my computer. Plug the other end into a hub. 5 speakers and a subwoofer all plug into the hub. You can have exactly this with Audio-over-Ethernet (AES67 is all the rage these days), but you would be surprised how expensive

Re: [LAD] User eXperience in Linux Audio

2015-04-22 Thread Fons Adriaensen
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 08:43:11AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote: Just one little note here. Back in 2001, I read an article in the US Keyboard magazine that made a strong case for stopping the use of skuomorphic GUIs (knobs etc) for a variety of reasons. It wasn't written by a software developer,

Re: [LAD] GuitarSynth

2015-04-22 Thread Jesse Cobra
Would the pitch detection be easier with a hex pickup with individual channels for each string? On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 2:51 PM, Gerald gerald.mwa...@gmx.de wrote: Hi Guido, thanks for the patch. I applied and pushed it up. Haven't tested it though. I'm thinking of using falktx's DPF lib to

Re: [LAD] User eXperience in Linux Audio

2015-04-22 Thread Thijs van severen
Op 23-apr.-2015 00:14 schreef Fons Adriaensen f...@linuxaudio.org: On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 08:43:11AM -0400, Paul Davis wrote: Just one little note here. Back in 2001, I read an article in the US Keyboard magazine that made a strong case for stopping the use of skuomorphic GUIs (knobs

Re: [LAD] User eXperience in Linux Audio

2015-04-22 Thread Christopher Arndt
I would like to comment on two things in your list: Am 19.04.2015 um 00:40 schrieb Harry van Haaren: 1: Splash Screen I would rephrase that to: show something as quickly as possible. If you need to load stuff, do it in the background, but show the main GUI window already (possibly with a

Re: [LAD] Any recommended USB Speakers?

2015-04-22 Thread Cláudio Pinheiro
HDMI cables will add up latency (because of the TV/monitor processing), some ms but perceptible if you're recording a live performance and monitoring it. One DAC per speaker may cause time drift problems. The best solution is use a high-quality external soundcard with studio monitors. onboard

[LAD] Clean version of Advanced Gtk+ Sequencer 0.4.2-52

2015-04-22 Thread Joël Krähemann
Hi, Clean version available of Advanced Gtk+ Sequencer: http://gsequencer.org/downloads/ags-0_4_2-52.tar.bz2 A half year later after releasing 0.4.2 its end is fourseeing, for now me should be able to do extensive testing. To compile and run: ./configure make ags ./ags bests Joël Krähemann

Re: [LAD] Any recommended USB Speakers?

2015-04-22 Thread Hans Wilmers
On 04/22/2015 09:10 PM, Andrew Kelley wrote: I don't understand why speakers are using the analog output cable for sound. How about, use a digital interface like HDMI or USB? Can anyone recommend high quality speakers I can purchase which use a digital interface to my computer? For a

Re: [LAD] [LAU] Linux Audio Berlin user group

2015-04-22 Thread William Light
Hey all, May 6th works out for me too. 8PM sounds good also. -w On Wed, 22 Apr 2015, at 09:04, David Runge wrote: Excellent. The less mailman to configure for me on Debian-based systems, the better! ;) May 6th sounds good! Any thoughts on what time? I suppose early evening? 8PM okay?

Re: [LAD] [LAU] Linux Audio Berlin user group

2015-04-22 Thread David Runge
Excellent. The less mailman to configure for me on Debian-based systems, the better! ;) May 6th sounds good! Any thoughts on what time? I suppose early evening? 8PM okay? So many new mailing lists with interesting topics as of late! I just subscribed to the one you mentioned below. What are

Re: [LAD] GuitarSynth

2015-04-22 Thread Gerald
Sorry, forgot to commit :) git push did nothing, and I didn't see it. Lg Gerald On 21.04.2015 20:49, Guido Scholz wrote: but a git push seem to be missing yet. ___ Linux-audio-dev mailing list Linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org

Re: [LAD] User eXperience in Linux Audio

2015-04-22 Thread Louigi Verona
Hey everyone! I was reading what you, Fons, wrote, and I must say that I very strongly disagree with the direction your arguments are taking. 1. If a developer holds some views that go against those of the average user he will have some very good reasons for that. I guess this is irrelevant

Re: [LAD] [LAU] Linux Audio Berlin user group

2015-04-22 Thread Bruno Gola
Nice! May 6th is good :) []'s On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 10:07 AM, William Light w...@illest.net wrote: Hey all, May 6th works out for me too. 8PM sounds good also. -w On Wed, 22 Apr 2015, at 09:04, David Runge wrote: Excellent. The less mailman to configure for me on Debian-based