Re: Res: Composition thread

2007-12-08 Thread Luis de Bethencourt
On Dec 9, 2007 12:51 AM, Pietro Bergamo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > ~holotone wrote: > > >Any recommends for a good Pd tutorial? I've opened it once, but was a bit > overwhelmed > >with the.. err... "terseness" of the app.. > > There is this book by Miller Puckette, creator of Max/MSP and Pu

Res: Res: Composition thread

2007-12-08 Thread Pietro Bergamo
~holotone wrote: >Any recommends for a good Pd tutorial? I've opened it once, but was a bit >overwhelmed >with the.. err... "terseness" of the app.. There is this book by Miller Puckette, creator of Max/MSP and Pure Data, for free at this site: http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/techniques.htm I st

Re: Res: Composition thread

2007-12-08 Thread Kim Burgess
Have a read through the docs on the site http://puredata.info/docs Kim Burgess P +61 7 3366 8971 M +61 4 2339 9187 E [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:

Re: Res: Composition thread

2007-12-08 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Any recommends for a good Pd tutorial? I've opened it once, but was a bit overwhelmed with the.. err... "terseness" of the app.. ~holotone On 12/8/07, Kim Burgess <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > +1 for Pd. If you haven't heard of it its a completely modular graphical > programming language similar

Re: Res: Composition thread

2007-12-08 Thread Kim Burgess
+1 for Pd. If you haven't heard of it its a completely modular graphical programming language similar to MaxMSP (but open source, and free). Invest the time learning some synthesis fundamentals as it will well be worth it in the long run - not just for using Pd but for any type of synth. Once you g

Re: Res: Composition thread

2007-12-08 Thread D. Michael McIntyre
On Saturday 08 December 2007, Pietro Bergamo wrote: > I'd add Pure Data to the list. You might have to work on it for a while, > and maybe study a little bit on synthesis funtamentals, but Pd's > practically unlimited. I do love it. I'll go play with it, though it sounds too far over my head to be

Res: Composition thread

2007-12-08 Thread Pietro Bergamo
D. Michael McIntyre wrote: >If I'm omitting anything, no slight is intended. >These days, I tend to favor synths that are trying to be synths, instead of >synths that are trying to be a fake orchestra. I'd add Pure Data to the list. You might have to work on it for a while, and maybe stud

Re: Composition thread

2007-12-08 Thread D. Michael McIntyre
On Saturday 08 December 2007, Christopher Stamper wrote: > Well, I'm basically limited to software, a I've got no money. You're in good company there, I'm sure. > So is qSynth good? Or should I use something else, like freebirth\whatever? QSynth sounds as good as the soundfont you load into it,

Re: Composition thread

2007-12-08 Thread Christopher Stamper
Well, I'm basically limited to software, a I've got no money. So is qSynth good? Or should I use something else, like freebirth\whatever? And yeah, I'm getting sound fonts too. Hard to find any that I like. :-( Thanks! On Dec 7, 2007 6:34 PM, D. Michael McIntyre < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > O

Re: Composition thread

2007-12-07 Thread D. Michael McIntyre
On Friday 07 December 2007, Christopher Stamper wrote: > OT, but what do you guys recommend for a synth? Software (qsynth, etc) or > hardware? Depends on what you're going to do with it, and how much money you have. For an all around General MIDI sound provider, I still love my old Roland Sound

Re: Composition thread

2007-12-07 Thread Christopher Stamper
Wonder what's wrong with this thread. It was in my gmail 'spam' box. :-) Are your trying to sell your music??? LOL!! OT, but what do you guys recommend for a synth? Software (qsynth, etc) or hardware? On Dec 6, 2007 6:10 PM, D. Michael McIntyre < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 05 Dece

Re: Composition thread

2007-12-06 Thread D. Michael McIntyre
On Wednesday 05 December 2007, Cory K. wrote: > Once, just once, I want to hear someone record a band using Ardour and > open-source tools. Look up Marcos Guglielmetti, founder of Musix. (Of course he didn't use Ubuntu Studio to record his band. :) ) > To me, all the synth stuff is just too ea

Re: Composition thread

2007-12-06 Thread Larry Lines
On Wed, 2007-12-05 at 19:00 -0500, Cory K. wrote: > Jonathan Leonard wrote: > > This was the first track I finished using Ubuntu Studio: > > > > http://www.jonathanleonard.com/songs/2007/mp3/reapers_wish.mp3 > > > > Thanks, > > > > jonathan adams leonard > > This comment is in now way a reflectio

Res: Composition thread

2007-12-06 Thread Pietro Bergamo
>Cory K. wrote: >Once, just once, I want to hear someone record a band using Ardour and >open-source tools. >To me, all the synth stuff is just too easy as its all digital. Well, this is not exactly recording a band, but it's not only digital stuff. It's a little three voice prelude I wrote as an

Re: Composition thread

2007-12-05 Thread Sean Corbett
Cory: "If someone doesn't beat me to it, I for sure will be putting together a system for recording _just_ live instruments." I might not beat you to it, but currently I'm working on just such a studio, which I plan on bringin into full production in about two months. Being somewhat of an analog-

RE: Composition thread

2007-12-05 Thread greg emond
> > Once, just once, I want to hear someone record a band using Ardour and> > > open-source tools.> thats what im trying just now... of course, the guitar > > and bass processors are not native, but...im using Jamin as the all purpose compressor, since im not that fond of the ALSA compressor

Re: Composition thread

2007-12-05 Thread Cory K.
Jonathan Leonard wrote: > This was the first track I finished using Ubuntu Studio: > > http://www.jonathanleonard.com/songs/2007/mp3/reapers_wish.mp3 > > Thanks, > > jonathan adams leonard This comment is in now way a reflection on the quality of you work. :) Once, just once, I want to hear someo

Re: Composition thread

2007-12-05 Thread Jonathan Leonard
On Dec 5, 2007 1:57 PM, Mark Stuart Burge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 5, 2007 9:56 AM, Jonathan Leonard > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This was the first track I finished using Ubuntu Studio: > > > > http://www.jonathanleonard.com/songs/2007/mp3/reapers_wish.mp3 > > Nice ! > > It remin

Re: Composition thread

2007-12-05 Thread Mark Stuart Burge
On Dec 5, 2007 9:56 AM, Jonathan Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This was the first track I finished using Ubuntu Studio: > > http://www.jonathanleonard.com/songs/2007/mp3/reapers_wish.mp3 Nice ! It reminds me of the 90's 'grid' Did you do it all with ubuntustudio or were there any externa

Re: Composition thread

2007-12-05 Thread Edward Dunagin
Hey Jonathan, On Dec 5, 2007 9:56 AM, Jonathan Leonard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This was the first track I finished using Ubuntu Studio: > > http://www.jonathanleonard.com/songs/2007/mp3/reapers_wish.mp3 It played fine on my box. It was especially good when my 'Cosmos' Screensaver came on. P

Re: Composition thread

2007-12-05 Thread Jonathan Leonard
This was the first track I finished using Ubuntu Studio: http://www.jonathanleonard.com/songs/2007/mp3/reapers_wish.mp3 Thanks, jonathan adams leonard On Dec 5, 2007 3:07 AM, Luis de Bethencourt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 5, 2007 12:02 PM, adam faranda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I

RE: Composition thread

2007-12-05 Thread greg emond
> > I thought it might be neat to start a thread where people could post> > > > compositions they've made using studio; in .ogg or Mp3 format. I wasn't > > sure> > if this was the appropriate venue, or if posting ogg's would take > > up too> > much memory and clog up the list serv. > > This wo

Re: Composition thread

2007-12-05 Thread Luis de Bethencourt
On Dec 5, 2007 12:02 PM, adam faranda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought it might be neat to start a thread where people could post > compositions they've made using studio; in .ogg or Mp3 format. I wasn't sure > if this was the appropriate venue, or if posting ogg's would take up too > much me

Composition thread

2007-12-05 Thread adam faranda
I thought it might be neat to start a thread where people could post compositions they've made using studio; in .ogg or Mp3 format. I wasn't sure if this was the appropriate venue, or if posting ogg's would take up too much memory and clog up the list serv. I think it would be really cool though to