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by merlyn
Mon May 03, 2021 3:25 pm
Forum: Computer Related Hardware
Topic: Small guitar interfaces that work with Linux
Replies: 14
Views: 25594

Re: Small guitar interfaces that work with Linux

Yeah, I'll likely give one or more of them a try soon - I thought it wouldn't hurt to ask here first, though, in case anyone had any experience with them. Yeah. I didn't know guitar pedal style USB interfaces are a thing so thanks for posting that. I'm curious about the bit rate and whether it'll e...
by merlyn
Sun May 02, 2021 10:07 pm
Forum: Computer Related Hardware
Topic: Small guitar interfaces that work with Linux
Replies: 14
Views: 25594

Re: Small guitar interfaces that work with Linux

I don't know if the Orange is USB 1.1. It says 'USB 2.0 Compatible' which is subtly different from 'USB 2.0'. If it is ... USB 1.1 has more latency in itself. USB audio uses isochronous transfer which sends one packet per millisecond in USB 1.1 and eight packets per millisecond in USB 2.0. Not a hug...
by merlyn
Sun May 02, 2021 4:36 pm
Forum: Computer Related Hardware
Topic: Small guitar interfaces that work with Linux
Replies: 14
Views: 25594

Re: Small guitar interfaces that work with Linux

If a device works with iOS it's likely to work with Linux. You said you got burnt with class compliance. This could be due to a bug in ALSA that was allegedly fixed in kernel 5.11 related to implicit feedback and how ALSA deals with that. ALSA claims to support class compliance and it should in theo...
by merlyn
Sun May 02, 2021 3:11 am
Forum: Linux Distributions & Other Software
Topic: SOLVED: MX Linux - why is there still a Home folder?
Replies: 10
Views: 6370

Re: MX Linux - why is there still a Home folder?

OK. My impression is that you have done what you want, but you don't realise you have done it. :) Your /home/<user name> is on a separate partition. I don't know a huge amount about WINE but I do know WINE stuff goes in /home/<user name>/.wine -- this is now on a separate partition. If you re-instal...
by merlyn
Sun May 02, 2021 1:09 am
Forum: Linux Distributions & Other Software
Topic: SOLVED: MX Linux - why is there still a Home folder?
Replies: 10
Views: 6370

Re: MX Linux - why is there still a Home folder?

When I install apps and programs will they still go to the Home partitions or the Home folder in File System? Is this the question? There is no 'or' in this question -- they're the same place. I used to have a separate /home partition, in fact it was a separate drive. The reason for this was that m...
by merlyn
Sun May 02, 2021 12:32 am
Forum: Linux Distributions & Other Software
Topic: SOLVED: MX Linux - why is there still a Home folder?
Replies: 10
Views: 6370

Re: MX Linux - why is there still a Home folder?

pax-eterna wrote:/dev/nvme0n1p3 on /home type ext4 (rw,relatime)
/dev/nvme0n1p3 is mounted at /home

What you're calling 'Home' is /home/<your user name> which is a folder on the separate partition.
by merlyn
Tue Apr 20, 2021 12:02 pm
Forum: Newbies
Topic: Behringer AI so quiet it's barely audible
Replies: 14
Views: 7914

Re: Behringer AI so quiet it's barely audible

I was using Ardour and realised that my 0dBFS advice could lead to confusion about the internal bus in Ardour. Internally Ardour uses a 32 bit float bus so it is possible to go over 0dBFS internally . In other words you don't have to worry too much about the level of tracks inside Ardour. The Master...
by merlyn
Mon Apr 19, 2021 1:04 pm
Forum: Backstage
Topic: LNXMuSCNS video meet Saturday April 17 / 6pm GMT / 8pm CEST / 14.00 EDT
Replies: 4
Views: 7421

Re: LNXMuSCNS video meet Saturday April 17 / 6pm GMT / 8pm CEST / 14.00 EDT

Thanks to briandc , Fmajor7add9 , LAM , SpotlightKid , PieterPenninckx , robbert-vdh , rghvdberg , dreamer , Michael Willis , and Sahaathyva for joining the video meet for a good chat. I hope I didn't forget anyone. Abandonware -- it's probably fixable but needs ongoing maintenance. Arch PKGBUILDS c...
by merlyn
Fri Apr 16, 2021 3:28 pm
Forum: Music Theory/Songwriting
Topic: key of G# major?
Replies: 14
Views: 12684

Re: key of G# major?

Guitarists tend to like sharps, saxophonists tend to like flats. Jazzers like flats, rockers like sharps. Old school jazzers think E is a weird key the same way rockers think Bb is weird. "Why not make it A and then I get all those open strings?" :) At a gig it's good to play in a variety ...
by merlyn
Fri Apr 16, 2021 11:10 am
Forum: Music Theory/Songwriting
Topic: key of G# major?
Replies: 14
Views: 12684

Re: key of G# major?

But no (and with this I don't mean to characterize YOUR response), what I get is no end of bleeding-edge-theory-A beating the royal crap out of bleeding-edge-theory-B ...or trying to :lol: I've made up my mind: there is NO G# major, end of story! There are NO 8 accidentals at the bottom of MY 5ths ...
by merlyn
Thu Apr 15, 2021 3:39 pm
Forum: Computer Related Hardware
Topic: Desktop, towers, racks, remote controlled by VNC, extension cable to interface
Replies: 13
Views: 3777

Re: Desktop, towers, racks, remote controlled by VNC, extension cable to interface

Fmajor7add9 wrote:What's the ethernet interface req. for such a catch all connection? Would you recommend high quality cat5 like Denon's AK-DL1?
No I would not recommend that cable. :lol:
by merlyn
Thu Apr 15, 2021 2:21 pm
Forum: Computer Related Hardware
Topic: Desktop, towers, racks, remote controlled by VNC, extension cable to interface
Replies: 13
Views: 3777

Re: Desktop, towers, racks, remote controlled by VNC, extension cable to interface

It would be better if you could send everything over a network cable. VNC doesn't send audio over the network. For VNC software I have found tigervnc is good. It's a different world from having e.g. a KVM switch with tons of wires everywhere. Using VNC without audio the remote machine only needs a p...
by merlyn
Thu Apr 15, 2021 12:36 pm
Forum: Music Theory/Songwriting
Topic: key of G# major?
Replies: 14
Views: 12684

Re: key of G# major?

D-Tuned wrote:I'm a little confused, especially since there is no G# major key
In theory there could be -- it's just a bit bonkers to use it. G# has 8 sharps (all the notes sharp with one of them being a double sharp). Ab has four flats, which is a bit easier, don't you think?
by merlyn
Wed Apr 14, 2021 5:01 pm
Forum: Linux Distributions & Other Software
Topic: Why I can't get away from Windows (for now)
Replies: 30
Views: 24539

Re: Why I can't get away from Windows (for now)

For balance what we need is a vicious rant about how bad Windows is ... Windows 7 is bad. I recently bought a keyboard (qwerty style) with a backlight that needed a firmware update to stop certain keys (ironically one of them being the Windows key) burning my eyes out my head. You guessed it the fir...
by merlyn
Wed Apr 14, 2021 12:38 pm
Forum: Computer Related Hardware
Topic: New old laptop, interface with 8-12 inputs, (saffire) firewire perhaps
Replies: 7
Views: 3545

Re: New old laptop, interface with 8-12 inputs, (saffire) firewire perhaps

A kind soul ran out of fire and just gave me a https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/m- ... ewire-1814 And you want to use that with a laptop? Years ago I helped my friend set up a ... eh ... Windows laptop with a Firewire interface. At first it didn't work and this was due to the Cardbus Firewire a...