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by DioXide
Wed Jun 10, 2009 3:45 am
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Eventual LM radio show
Replies: 8
Views: 25224

Re: Eventual LM radio show

I like the idea, Linux audio in general needs more exposure, however, a couple "open-source" songs won't cut the cake. We need some talk.. Tips, audio tutorials, software reviews. An amazing thing would be to show off a song (or instrument) which contains X effect, and then explain how to ...
by DioXide
Fri May 29, 2009 5:43 am
Forum: General Music Discussion
Topic: Free musicians services
Replies: 9
Views: 7997

Re: Free musicians services

Just for the record, that's Spanish :D
by DioXide
Thu May 28, 2009 1:13 am
Forum: Linux Distributions & Other Software
Topic: Anyone else having trouble with RT kernel?
Replies: 12
Views: 6231

Re: Anyone else having trouble with RT kernel?

PulseAudio is basically a non-professional JACK. Useless in environments like ours. You did the right thing by removing it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PulseAudio PulseAudio developer Lennart Poettering described it as "the software that currently breaks your audio" I love it when develop...
by DioXide
Thu May 14, 2009 9:04 pm
Forum: Your Studio & Gear
Topic: onboard audio + mixer trouble
Replies: 8
Views: 8463

Re: onboard audio + mixer trouble

I was just thinking, what if it's the power supply of the mixer itself feeding noise back into the power lines and then the laptop's supply not filtering it out?... That'd be the funniest thing ever, but I've seen the first part happening and the second doesn't sound too unrealistic :D Try connectin...
by DioXide
Tue May 12, 2009 7:10 pm
Forum: The Producer's Area
Topic: how to improve vocal-quality
Replies: 11
Views: 2596

Re: how to improve vocal-quality

As qharley said, you need better gear. But if you really insist (or just plain can't afford anything else, which I understand), I have not listened to the sample, but I can already tell that you need some noise reduction (in Audacity?), and heavy equalization (you need to play around with it). Maybe...
by DioXide
Tue May 12, 2009 6:58 pm
Forum: System Tuning and Configuration
Topic: a doubt on sample rates
Replies: 5
Views: 2976

Re: a doubt on sample rates

Everything should be at the same sample rate. Every time you upsample or downsample something quality is lost. (Obviously, resampling is also extra load for your CPU.. I don't know if the extra load of resampling is more or less than the extra load of working at higher rates, I think it depends on w...
by DioXide
Tue May 12, 2009 6:52 pm
Forum: Your Studio & Gear
Topic: onboard audio + mixer trouble
Replies: 8
Views: 8463

Re: onboard audio + mixer trouble

It's not a ground loop, it's switching noise from the power supply... This is a weird situation. Facts that fit the theory: -It's high-pitched -It goes away when you unplug the power supply (because batteries don't need much voltage regulation, which is where the switching action is) -It goes away w...
by DioXide
Mon May 11, 2009 5:09 pm
Forum: The Producer's Area
Topic: JaMIN presets
Replies: 9
Views: 1559

Re: JaMIN presets

presets here serve one purpose: educational. If you don't know how to use jamin, you can then load a preset and see how the scenes are used, etc. The rest is up to you, if you're lazy, just try out presets and maybe one will suit your mix ... if your karma is good enough :lol: That would work on ot...
by DioXide
Mon May 11, 2009 3:29 am
Forum: The Producer's Area
Topic: JaMIN presets
Replies: 9
Views: 1559

Re: JaMIN presets

Hmm. I don't really understand the purpose of these presets.. Every mix needs its own compression/limit/eq setting... You can't really make presets for it IMHO. Exactly what I was thinking... Why would anyone want a preset for this? If you're at the point you need a preset, you might as well use th...
by DioXide
Fri May 08, 2009 6:26 pm
Forum: System Tuning and Configuration
Topic: Post your sources.list
Replies: 2
Views: 3069

Re: Post your sources.list

Massive, all-inclusive Debian sources.list (yet without any "external" sources, only those that everyone already has)... It takes like 5 minutes to update :lol: deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ stable contrib main non-free deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian/ testing contrib main non-free deb ...
by DioXide
Fri May 08, 2009 6:17 pm
Forum: Recorders & Sequencers
Topic: Ardour Crashes!
Replies: 15
Views: 9313

Re: Ardour Crashes!

I agree with studio32 that eye-candy and heavy works (be it audio, video, or hardcore CAD) don't really mix... That aside, you can try updating to Ardour 2.8. I've been using it since a couple days, and it fixed one of the most annoying problems: All the plug-ins appeared twice in the list, and ther...
by DioXide
Fri May 08, 2009 5:53 pm
Forum: Recorders & Sequencers
Topic: Ardour 2.8 fail
Replies: 1
Views: 2270

Ardour 2.8 fail

Today was a fairly normal day in the morning as I started to resume my work in the studio, until.... http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/4521/ardourfail.png That message made my brain crash, and my wife had to reboot me :D The problem went away by deleting the bus and making a new one.. Posting this ju...
by DioXide
Fri Mar 27, 2009 2:54 am
Forum: Linux Music News
Topic: kernel 2.6.32 is out
Replies: 34
Views: 14050

Re: kernel 2.6.29 is out

actually, there's something strange ... the DSP load is a few % (~4% on my system) when nothing runs at all, just jackd. If I open ardour and start a completely new session without anything, just the master bus, DSP load jumps to 8% ... if I now open a VSTi, it jumps at 15% ... if I open rosegarden...
by DioXide
Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:00 am
Forum: Backstage
Topic: The Code Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 4933

Re: The Code Linux

studio32 wrote:That's a pretty big job imo...
Yes it is, we would need some massive cooperation.. But I think it could be possible. Most of Linux/FOSS is made out of massive cooperation (between hackers and enthusiasts) after all
by DioXide
Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:04 am
Forum: Backstage
Topic: The Code Linux
Replies: 6
Views: 4933

Re: The Code Linux

More such kind of videos? Maybe a bit more GNU and less Linux? Maybe we should make one? Of course the movie itself would suck big time, but you have to admit that the soundtrack would be quite the soundtrack :wink: But I'm serious about the "maybe we should make something"... I mean, at ...