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Synthesis: the act of putting different representa
Synthesis: the act of putting different representations together, and of grasping what is manifold in them in one act of knowledge. http://www.bright.net/~jclarke/kant/concept1.html
why do they have to have screens or physical input devices..
little projector
http://www.engadget.com/2005/09/07/toshiba-pocket- projector-for-cellphones/
little keyboard
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Re:Uh huh.
your wife called. she said you should stop dicking around with your linux boxen and give her some love.
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Re:CONTENTS OF MESSAGE
All work and no play makes Spirit a dull boy. All work and no play makes Spirit a dull boy.ll work and no play makes Spirit a dull boy. All work and no plkay makes Spit a dull boy.All lwork and no play makes Spirit a dull boy. All work and no play makes Spirit a dull boy.All work and no play makes Spirit a dull boy. All work and no play makes Spirit a dull boyAll work and no play makes Spirit a dull boy. All work and no play makes Spirit a dull boy. All work and no play akes psirit a dull boy.
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Re:Anime As A Valid Cultural Influence
1) What did happen? I'm as confused as the rest of us.
2) They are a secret plot to increase hospital funding.
3) <Insert Ranma, episode 1 summary > <Insert Ranma, episode 2 summary > ... <Insert Ranma, episode n summary>
4) Hire scientists from the future, get a mystic to power your creation, and super-size it at McDonalds.
5) This is a trick question. You can't. (Law 11, 2nd Corrllary).
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I went with planet CCRMA instead
Mostly because it was ready a couple of weeks ago when I was looking at Dave Phillips' page. This is where to find it. It runs on Red Hat 8 and everything seems to install well - I'm still casually working out some things here and there but Snd, Rosegarden and a few other things are working - haven't had a chance to try everything. One thing I've noticed is that other software packages I've downloaded elsewhere don't always get along with the libraries, probably because they were written with older distributions in mind.
One of the advantages is a special low latency kernel with ALSA built in. I've installed this and it's working.
I'll probably download the Turn-Key Linux Audio disc and see what I can get to work on my current installation - I downloaded and installed Red Hat 8 so I could check out Planet CCRMA, and don't really feel like switching to Mandrake. -
Anime physicsAnd then there's anime physics.
Like how you can jump on missiles in the air, and then they keep going in the same direction without deflection. All attacks must be called out by name, even if they're as simple as pushing a button on a control panel. The best pilots have hair that completely covers one eye. And of course, all the usual Hollywood ones like the guns that never run out of ammo (unless it's a plot point to run out of ammo), and the Stormtrooper Effect (best parodied by the Rambo scene in UHF.)
Don't even get me started on the Laws of Anime Cooking.
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Re:For those who don't have the CD...
I believe Csound should do the trick.
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Linux HDR suggestions
As with nearly every question pertaining to audio, MIDI, and music on Linux, Dave Philips' site is pretty much the definitive resource. You'll probably want the section on HDR software.
From the discussion on the Linux Audio Developers' mailing list, Ardour seems to be the most powerful of your options, designed to beat even ProTools.
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Linux HDR suggestions
As with nearly every question pertaining to audio, MIDI, and music on Linux, Dave Philips' site is pretty much the definitive resource. You'll probably want the section on HDR software.
From the discussion on the Linux Audio Developers' mailing list, Ardour seems to be the most powerful of your options, designed to beat even ProTools.
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this + csound = fun
I'd love to see what some of the CSound hackers to do with this. CSound is basically a programming language for sound and music, where you define the sound of the instruments as well as what they play programmatically. Take a lisp program to analyze these results and write csound scripts in real time, and you've got a recipe for fun!
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i have BFA in computer Art!but i had to fight to get it.
the school didn't have a formal major so through the help of two professors, i created my own major and worked on hacking up cool interactive pieces for the last two years of school!
i would program sound synthesis in a program called CSOUND and in Common LISP that interacted with realtime video signals...
it was wacky for sure but it 'twas Art!
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Linux Sound & MIDI website
Are you aware of the Linux Sound & MIDI site? (There is also a European mirror) It's the best collection of links to Linux music-related software and documentation I've found.
Here's their Music Notation page.
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Linux Sound & MIDI website
Are you aware of the Linux Sound & MIDI site? (There is also a European mirror) It's the best collection of links to Linux music-related software and documentation I've found.
Here's their Music Notation page.
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Re:woo, you don't look too hard do you?> 6. Digital audio editing packages (ProTools, etc.)
SLab is an excellent multitrack recorder/mixer. It is not up to snuff with ProTools yet (though no program is on any platform).
Other Linux audio related links include (sorry if some links are bad, I haven't updated this list in awhile):
Multitrack audio recording/mixing:
Ardour
Slab
Snd
Midi Sequencing:
Jazz++
Rosegarden
Brahms (I THINK this is a sequencer)Sound editing / effects processing:
MixViews
ecasoundAudio creation (synth emulators):
Ultramaster RS-101 and Juno6 CSound
Cecilia (requires Csound)Notation:
Lilypond
Rosegarden
MupAwesome pages with links to everything you wanted to know about Linux audio:
Applications for Open Sound System
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Bleargh! More gushy techno-spiritualism!
Oh, my, so much fluff, so little time
...Cyber-"space" isn't. The point should be obvious, and it worries me that it isn't, and needs to be explained. All of us, every last one of us, live in what gets referred to disparagingly in cyberpunk novels as "meatspace," the real solid physical world. OK, so some of us spend more and more time staring at computer screens. That no more means that we "live" in "cyberspace" than the fact that I spent a lot of time one year reading Lord of the Rings meant that I lived in Middle-Earth.
Tools don't provide meaning. Again, I would hope this should be obvious. It is right to look for a moral and spiritual foundation for society (Jon is on the right track here), but the things we build and use can never provide that foundation. The technical theological term for this is idolatry, and it is the thing warned against most strongly in the Judeo-Christian religious tradition. This is not new with the Internet; it goes back at least as far as Babel.
Try some non-techophile authors. In particular, Jacques Ellul's The Meaning of the City (Amazon, my review) is relevant to a discussion of technology and any supposed "New Jerusalem."
The real New Jerusalem doesn't have a monthly access charge. In Revelation, New Jerusalem is the symbol of eternal shalom, of God's justice and mercy for all who will enter and be citizens. There is no poll tax -- in fact, the global poor are probably in a better position than the global rich (which includes anyone with a computer and Internet access). It strikes me as
... almost obscene, to take the symbol of universal relief from oppression and suffering, and claim that the plaything of the rich techno-elite will take its place. -
Re:GPS, display and interface issues
I haven't used any of these myself, but they might work for you: a list of speech synthesis and analysis software for Linux.
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Re:Linux software solutions
Everything you need to edit stuff from web content to film.
Don't forget the GIMP either. Works great for all sorts of effects if you know a little Perl.
Be sure and check out Sound & MIDI Software For Linux for a whole slew of audio tools.
The makers of Broadcast2000 have some great mpeg-2 encoding tools as well.
Use Linux for your project! It gives you total access to your media, it's stable and cheap. I've been using it to edit my documentary and I'm really happy with it.
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Re: Soundcards for Pro AudioFirst of all, this may have already been mentioned, but there's an excellent linux audio site here.
As for soundcards, I'm not heavy into PC-based recording, but I know names like Creative and Turtle Beach are NOT the choice picks.
There's a report on PC sound cards at PC AV Tech that does some real quantitative comparisons, and includes some pro cards. The summary is here.
As for brands, start with
- Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU)
- Yamaha Although I can't seem to find the popular DSP factory in a few minutes of looking on the site.
- Echo Audio make the Gina, Darla, and Layla cards that used to be distributed by Event Electronics
- Aardvark Audio
- Digidesign
- Sek'd
- Soundscape Digital Technologies
- DSP FX makes an effects processing card
Somebody mentioned older Pro Tools hardware available cheaply, but I don't know if that's usable without the Digidesign software.
I think most pro applications and users would be covered by the brands above. I know the basement hobbiest may not go for those cards, but I think most people coming from a music/studio background will.
Are these brands supported under *nix? It's hard enough getting stable drivers for some pro cards for NT or 9x. I don't imagine that there's the audio equivalent of the gaming industry pushing manufacturers to release hardware specs so that open drivers can be written by the community.
I have to think that driver support for the pro audio cards will be a critical issue in the near term... I would even consider getting involved in this type of project over the summer once I'm finished school (12 days until I finish classes for my EE!!).
Still, I'd love for somebody to correct me.
Christopher - Mark of the Unicorn (MOTU)
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Multitrack recorders/mixers
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Multitrack recorders/mixers
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CSound!Csound is to other composing software what C is to VB or Delphi. It's a completely modular software synthesis tool, but with no limits on the number of oscillators or filters. It can be a bit cryptic, but is phenomenally powerful. It's also older than dirt - I've been using it under NEXTSTEP and Linux since 1996, and it was at that time already 10 years old, having been developed in the mid-80s by Barry L. Vercoe at the MIT media lab. New features have been added over time, naturally, and it's available for pretty much any OS, or as source should you want to port it to your own favorite environment.
Here are a couple of good links on the subject:
http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/lin ux_csound.html
http://mitpress.mit.edu/e-boo ks/csound/frontpage.htmlI haven't the time to explain it further, but it is far and away the most powerful sound package I've ever used. Even without a pretty GUI for composing, it's worth checking out.
-Isaac
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Sound & MIDI Software For Linux
Check out the Sound & MIDI Software For Linux page at http://www.bright.net/~dlphilp/linuxsoun d/ Woogie
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Good.
Finally. The one thing Linux needs and is severely lacking is good multimedia studio software. Correction. Any multimedia studio software. The only projects are not really in active development from what I can tell, except Melys, and that's fairly new. KeyKit is pretty cool, although a bit ugly by modern standards, but it has a few problems, especially the license.
As you can see from general searching and The Linux Sound and MIDI page, there isn't much else going on. I don't even see an attempt at a nonlinear video editor.
Also there are some unfortunate driver issues. I requested specs for the Motu MTP AV after purchasing one, only to get a reply that the information wasn't available to the public... so I can't write a driver, and am forced to use it like a cheap MIDI switch. (I'm going to continue to bug them, of course. It would benefit them and the Linux community to at least have open drivers. They sell more, we get software support and better, more capable studios.)
This really is a step in the right direction for the Jazz people, though, since they don't have a lot of regular updates. Hopefully they will use a Free(tm) license like the GPL. I applaud them in their decision, though, this is something I've been hoping for for awhile. Thanks guys!
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Re:Major Significance for Open Source SB Live Driv
But we can always program our own reverb algorithms. Already, the Turtle Beach Fiji/Pinnacle cards have a Motorola 56001, fully programmable under Linux. See Sound & MIDI Software For Linux for details.
I'm sceptical though towards seeing sound card DSPs used in general data processing. Isn't the data path too slow? It's only 48000 kHz * 2 channels * 2 bytes/channel = 192kbps. For example, mp3 encoders such as LAME are already a lot faster than this on fast PII/III's. And on the Athlon, doubly so. -
Re:what's up with midi on linux?Try Rosegarden. The new version (3.0) will be a complete rewrite, but development seems a bit slow (I think the main developer is away for a while). There's also kooBase, which I haven't been able to compile yet, and Jazz (shareware)
This page is a good place for music/sound software for Linux.
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List of Linux speech synthesis / analysis links
Not much help on the telephony-specific angle, but for general purpose speech synthesis and analysis info for Linux, check out the Linux Audio Developers' Resource Page.
Why does it seem like suggesting this link is my answer to many Ask Slashdot questions? Maybe we need a FAQdot!
Div.
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Re: No API support for > 2 channels... UNTRUE
The limiting factor in getting multichannel sound out of your sound card is seldom the driver; it is almost always the card itself. If your card has more than two physical channels of output, chances are that the driver can address them, although many applications are not designed to take advantage of this.
Quadraphonic and other more-than-two channel sound is well supported with all the Linux sound drivers I know, including both the free and commercial versions of Opensound (OSS), and its more modern free competitor ALSA.
If you have more than one sound card in your machine, you can even use a few audio channels from each at once to drive different speakers.
One program I know that can handle quadraphonic sound (maybe more) is Csound. It is a difficult program to learn, but very powerful and might suit your purpose (it is general enough to suit many purposes). Information about this and just about everything audio-related for Linux is available at the Linux Audio Developers Resource Site.
Hope this helps,
Div.
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But my grandest creation,
As history will tell,
Was Firefrorefiddle,