Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: MIDI over WiFi

2007-03-31 Thread carmen
> make the point well of how limiting the battery life can be for > a MIDI wireless controller right now. $2.99 will get you a 15 foot (~5 meter) USB 2.0 cable http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&N=210001+1177512103+1177412128&name=11+-+15+ft. theres also 16 foot cables,

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Python

2007-02-05 Thread carmen
On Mon Feb 05, 2007 at 03:07:05PM -0500, Stephen Sinclair wrote: > >Highly doubtful. Python is fantastic for lots of jobs. This isn't one of > >them. > > Python isn't so good at real-time audio jobs, but I think it would be > pretty decent as an audio "control" language. Using it to specify > netw

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Simple music sequencer/sample player (drummmachine?)

2007-01-03 Thread carmen
On Wed Jan 03, 2007 at 03:45:31PM -0500, Paul Davis wrote: > On Wed, 2007-01-03 at 16:28 -0500, kind king knight wrote: > > I need a framework of a sequenced sample player. This is becouse I want > > to start my own project, libzzuvb is probably closest to what you describe. you could also hack to

Re: [linux-audio-dev] sampler instrument definition standard needed

2006-11-27 Thread carmen
> >library for XML (http://swiki.hfbk-hamburg.de:/MusicTechnology/747). > > Maybe this is still interesting to somebody... nice start. care to port it to an RDF schema?

Re: [linux-audio-dev] job offer... [Fwd: Algorithm Development Manager (Full-Time)]

2006-08-25 Thread carmen
> Our client provides advanced noise suppression solutions for enhanced > voice communication to the mobile, VOIP, PC and auto markets. Their > proprietary technology, derived from human hearing biology, allows the > complete removal of the most difficult and distracting noises from > voice, enabl

[linux-audio-dev] plug:jack device channel-count

2006-08-24 Thread carmen
> Yes, but what would be even more useful is to report this to the > sweep developers. done. as it turns out, theres a divide-by-zero on alsahandle->num_channels or similar. ive noticed other ALSA apps will also fail with plug:jack (notably Twinkle) with an error very similar (eg, no available

Re: [linux-audio-dev] JACK MIDI <-> ALSA Sequencer link?

2006-08-16 Thread carmen
On Wed Aug 16, 2006 at 09:04:44PM +0200, David Olofson wrote: > > Is there such a thing? (Could be implemented as a JACK + ALSA > sequencer client, I suppose.) a ~ # gre -i jack irclogs/freenode/#lad.log | grep -i midi | gre -i alsa | grep http 17:44 larsl peppo: This is the version I use:

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Greenphone

2006-08-16 Thread carmen
> > http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8030785497.html > So far I've figured out that it's an Xscale of the kind with mmx, which > suits my purposes just fine. And that there is a /dev/dsp in there > somewhere :-) very cool. although quite a few phones run QT, and there are ongoing efforts to

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Akai's MPC4000 Sampler/Workstation Open Source Project

2006-07-27 Thread carmen
> You've just made a huge mistake... you just told linux zealots that > linux is uncapable of something... now we are going to make it > possible... ;) not that its incapable. im just wondering...why? you just coughed up $2995 for some buttons and embedded audio hw. wouldnt you rather use the OS

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Language fanboys [was Re: light C++ set for WAV]

2006-07-24 Thread carmen
On Mon Jul 24, 2006 at 01:01:14PM -0700, lazzaro wrote: > On Jul 24, 2006, at 7:43 AM, Dave Robillard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >Anyway, as soon as you go sysex you lose the semantics and you have the same > >problem anyway - retransmission is the only possible solution if you > >know nothin

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Language fanboys [was Re: light C++ set for WAV]

2006-07-23 Thread carmen
> you need to send data over lossy networks > and that fits MIDI's semantics, and TCP's > head-of-line blocking latency is not acceptable, what sort of latency is this? ~10 ms? couldnt adjusting the MTU or something else alleviate it without having to invent "UDP + Parity Checking" ?

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Language fanboys [was Re: light C++ set for WAV]

2006-07-23 Thread carmen
> same... i know deep down Jens you are actually an intelligent guy from > your other posts, but you really must think in a very different way to > me. This looks really, really horrible compared to osc and > fantastically inflexible. i thought this Port Nodes inside Sysex inside MIDI inside RTP-

Re: [linux-audio-dev] FYI: GUADEC 2006 Sound BOF

2006-07-21 Thread carmen
> Great. One of the bullet points on the "Future directions" slide is > "Professional audio?". So it was not designed for professional use from > the ground up. > > If Apple can design a single sound system that's usable for desktop toys > AND pro audio why can't we? kde4 will be using 'phonon'

Re: [linux-audio-dev] [OT] Language fanboys [was Re: light C++ set for WAV]

2006-07-20 Thread carmen
> I've worked professionally using only C++ (and a little plain old C) > for 8 years, and the last 6 have been exclusively on Linux. Ocaml may > be programming nirvana, but it likely won't pay the bills huh? i see job posts every week on nyc craigslist $130-150K OCaml programmers for large inves

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LV2 Turtle requirement

2006-07-16 Thread carmen
> you hope not what? it just seems like Turtle should be developers choice, and > the format in the .bundle should be more standard - even Firefox can parse > RDF/XML out of the box. the vast majority of the cool tools like > Fresnel/Protoge that some develoeprs might want to edit their schemas

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LV2 Turtle requirement

2006-07-16 Thread carmen
On Sun Jul 16, 2006 at 07:35:19PM +0200, Lars Luthman wrote: > On Sun, 2006-07-16 at 17:28 +0000, carmen wrote: > > i notice this file: http://lv2plug.in/spec/lv2.ttl is in the nicely > > readable > > turtle format. my main question is, whether this will be transf

[linux-audio-dev] LV2 Turtle requirement

2006-07-16 Thread carmen
i notice this file: http://lv2plug.in/spec/lv2.ttl is in the nicely readable turtle format. my main question is, whether this will be transformed to RDF-XML during 'make install' or perhaps by the developer themselves (Eg, similar to leaving a configure script around for those who dont have auto

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Hello and Python bindings for LADSPA

2006-07-16 Thread carmen
> Right, so I would detect the capabilities of ports and construct a GUI > around that. I get what you mean. if gstreamer doesnt wrap all the port-hint query stuff and you dont feel like implementing it, in LV2 you can parse the port schema with eg Redland Python bindings. presumably the one-way

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Trying to build Om,

2006-07-06 Thread carmen
> > All these from gtk.org: > > * Installed cairo-1.2.0 > * Installed glib-2.6.6 ... it went into /usr/local/lib > * set LD_LIBRARY_PATH, PKG_CONFIG_PATH to include /usr/local/lib... > * Installed atk-1.9.0 > * Installed pango-1.8.2 > * Installed gtk-2.6.10 > > Reconfigu

Re: [linux-audio-dev] modular sequencing environment/synth // any projects to dig in?

2006-07-05 Thread carmen
> > sent to the type-specific "compiler" creating executable signal paths > > - - the executable graph of interconnected modules is analyzed and split > > up in parts that can be executed in parallel, locks in the necessary > > parts are added and the whole graph can be > > executed in several thre

Re: [linux-audio-dev] modular sequencing environment/synth // any projects to dig in?

2006-07-05 Thread carmen
On Wed Jul 05, 2006 at 07:06:06PM +0200, Niklas Klügel wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Oi, > > I am currently writing on a modular synth with great emphasis on > sequencing (but allowing tight interaction between both parts) > in a comparable modular way (pattern crea

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADSPA Extension for Extra GUI Data

2006-06-26 Thread carmen
> > > To ensure consistency the GUI should get its plugin descriptions from > > > the host anyway. This works even with POL (Plain Old Ladspa). > rather a more general format that it could use to describe its > internal modules or other plugin formats as well. The GUI doesn't in theory, this (cli

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Writing LADSPA plugins in high level language?

2006-06-13 Thread carmen
On Wed Jun 14, 2006 at 07:47:36AM +0200, Alex Polite wrote: > Hi there. > > Is it possible to write LADSPA plugins in anything but C/C++? I prefer > perl, ruby or python when it gets down to doing something as simple as mangle a few samples or implement a filter, C is almost as concise as python

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: "LADSPA2" naming redux

2006-05-07 Thread carmen
On Sun May 07, 2006 at 02:33:44PM +0200, Carlo Capocasa wrote: > Well, it does seem heavily Steve Jobs influenced... Of course it's hard > to please everybody but personally I just love to see some really > original stuff perhaps even with a little penguin appeal. PLUX was > really good for that on

Re: [linux-audio-dev] n00b friendly latency tester

2006-05-05 Thread carmen
> > The backend is trivial (there are a bunch of similar little tools out > > there) > Are you going to make a fully functional command line version? in my experience usually either 'it works' or 'its completely fucked' and some arbitrary latency number is going to state the obvious. for example

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADSPA2: logarithmic hint

2006-04-29 Thread carmen
> > im sure this RDF/JSON/YAML thing can make a case for it > > Possibly, but I doubt the field of mathematics can ;) possibly not. but, i'm not a mathematician :) i just know that toggling sliders between log and linear in PD, Bidule, Audiomulch etc can be useful, and some kind of hint from t

Re: [linux-audio-dev] LADSPA2: logarithmic hint

2006-04-28 Thread carmen
> It's not possible for a host to know how to scale a port from just the unit > labeling. Unit labeling and input value scaling are independent, in fact > are completely orthogonal except in certain conventional cases like > IEC for some (not all!) dB ranges. ++. there definitely needs to be a '

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: "LADSPADSSI2" name

2006-04-27 Thread carmen
On Thu Apr 27, 2006 at 09:12:52PM +0200, Leonard paniq Ritter wrote: > ok, here's my vote. > > openplux>plux>ladspa2 does DSSI get its own name? i was going to vote for XAP/LAP/SIN or something, but as VST and AU both consider instruments and filters part of the same family.. LADISSY? LDY? SPI

Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] music engine

2006-04-07 Thread carmen
On Fri Apr 07, 2006 at 11:22:48PM +0200, Albert Graef wrote: > Dave Robillard wrote: > >I've been toying with the idea of adding support for gstreamer > >sources... > > I also have a Q module for gstreamer on my TODO list (more geared > towards video playback and editing, though). Has anyone trie

Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] music engine

2006-04-06 Thread carmen
> I heard from someone at Ableton that one guy wrote the Live engine in > about 3 months. yeah its not that complex. all you need is something that can play audio files realtime at varying pitches/speeds and apply FX chains, and a GUI to facilitate the arrangement and FX parameterization.. i wa

Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: [linux-audio-dev] music engine

2006-04-06 Thread carmen
> Freewheeling is *so* unlike Live its hard to even link the two. Just for > a start, Live is organized around a timeline, Freewheeling is not. Live does have a freewheeling mode.where you can basically turn on and off loops and fx, McMusic style. you can record the actions in this mode, and view

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: GPL Audio Hardware

2006-04-04 Thread carmen
> the vendor deciding no longer to make ALSA drivers next week because 96% of > their users run MacOSX or WinXP.. this is a distortion. i'm not aware of any vendor actively supporting linux at all, so open audio hardware would definitely be welcomed.. i mean in Echo's case, they gave some gener

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: GPL Audio Hardware

2006-04-04 Thread carmen
ause 96% of their users run MacOSX or WinXP.. Carmen

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: GPL Audio Hardware

2006-04-04 Thread carmen
> how expensive is a firewire port ? > firewire stuff is THE niche to fill. > most newer firewire devices are not supported if if i understand > correctly. yeah this would be where my interest is as well. somehow i dont believe the 2 million figure (maybe designing a video card from scratch, and

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: pysndfile, pyrtaudio, pyrtmidi, pysoundtouch

2006-04-03 Thread carmen
> encouraging growth in an area by writing code. Now I just wish we had > a qt/gtk unification i dont think wishing one of them will go away is going to work. it seems in tech spaces, there are always 2 player in a given field which benefit from the borrowing/uneupmanship that goes on: google/ya

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Re: Radio receiver.

2005-11-05 Thread carmen
> Though, I have never seen such a system used in consumer radios. > I'm not sure if it have been used in DX'ing radios either. all of my consumer WiFi radios use this system. the older ones with 2 antennas, but the latest MIMO (their word for diversity reception) models sporting 7 or more...

Re: [linux-audio-dev] midisport problem

2005-10-31 Thread carmen
> > I installed the midisport about a month ago and got it > working. I was using kde at the time. I uninstalled > kde and switched to windowmaker. Now the midisport > doesn't work I reinstalled the above packages. still > no luck. I even reinstalled kde. nothing. 'doesn\'t work' isnt very s

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Radio receiver.

2005-10-27 Thread carmen
> > There really is no such thing as a 'noise filter' - noise usually > occupies the whole band, so a noise filter would remove all of the > signal ! there is definitely such thing as a noise filter. i know i had a couple dozen VSTs in my 'filter/noise' folder on windows... whether they were n

Re: [linux-audio-dev] Sound file format detection?

2005-10-02 Thread carmen
> I currently just blindly try to launch the decoder for either ogg, speex or > mp3 in series. I'd like to add flac... a simple way - how about assuming files are properly named, eg theres no files matching *.ogg which are actually .wav format? although in the major web browsers a .gif saved wit

Re: [linux-audio-dev] libcui - design-question

2005-09-22 Thread carmen
On Thu, Sep 22, 2005 at 11:33:23PM +0200, Kjetil Svalastog Matheussen wrote: > > Paul Davis > >On Tue, 2005-09-20 at 08:29 +0300, Aaron wrote: > >> please save me from another lisp/scheme scriptable application > >> > The scripting should be in a language easy enough for a non programer to > >

Re: [linux-audio-dev] FOSS-tools for realtime audio analysis?

2005-04-06 Thread carmen
kZinc so it chews about 5% of cpu on my AMD64 and presumably more on slower hardware.. also, a spectrogram, just for fun ( http://whats-your.name/pd/gui/sp.gif ), and some sort of RMS with adjustable moving-average length.. carmen