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 your

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 http://lists.linuxa

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] 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 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 systems

Re: [LAD] User eXperience in Linux Audio

2015-04-22 Thread Paul Davis
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 6:05 AM, Louigi Verona 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, because it is easier to

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 wrote: > > > On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 6:05 AM, Louigi Verona > wrote: > >> >> Linux Audio packages are plagued by reasons that are relevant to the >> developer, but wh

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 loadin

Re: [LAD] User eXperience in Linux Audio

2015-04-22 Thread Len Ovens
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 6:05 AM, Louigi Verona 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, because i

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 -- http://wie-im

[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

Re: [LAD] Any recommended USB Speakers?

2015-04-22 Thread Paul Davis
On Wed, Apr 22, 2015 at 3:10 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? > someone you need to convert from digital to analog. do you want one DAC per speaker when you could have on

[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 e

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 b

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 wrote: > 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

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 sound

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 stag

[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

Re: [LAD] GuitarSynth

2015-04-22 Thread Gerald
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 make GuitarSynth a plugin. Will deal with that on friday. Meanwhile, can someone point me to a paper or some code on polyphonic pitch detection or even blind source separa

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 th

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 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 make GuitarSynth a

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 develope

Re: [LAD] GuitarSynth

2015-04-22 Thread Gerald
definately, but that comes with the cost of extra hardware (pickup, 6chan soundcard). I would build that into GuitarSynth if I had that gear. But I'm also rather interested multipitch out of one signal. It's just more convenient too Gerald On 23.04.2015 00:03, Jesse Cobra wrote: > Would the pitch

Re: [LAD] User eXperience in Linux Audio

2015-04-22 Thread Thijs van severen
Op 23-apr.-2015 00:14 schreef "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 v

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