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1. Re: Hi all! linux audio in Bristol? (Steve Netting)


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Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2014 11:27:51 +0100
From: "Steve Netting" <steve@track3.org.uk>
To: "Bristol and Bath Linux User Group" <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] Hi all! linux audio in Bristol?
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Ugh, a mix of top and bottom posting. Kinda difficult to follow!

I do a lot of music albeit not on Linux. I was interested to see Bitwig
released but disappointed that it's a Ableton clone. The most promising
DAW on Linux in a traditional sense is probably Rosegarden - previously
(still?) developed by some guys at Bath University. I'm unsure of the
state of this though.

Whilst I've not yet found it practical to move music composition to Linux,
everything else (3D modelling, video rendering and editing) *is* all done
under Linux.

I'd be interested in any discussions and success stories - as music has
been the only thing for years preventing me from totally ditching Windows.
No, OSX is not the answer either.


Steve
http://www.coherer.net


> Hello Lorenzo,
>
> I used to do a lot of fiddling with Linux audio and was involved in
> setting
> up some of the linux audio workstations at the trinity centre
> as well as live streaming from various gigs in bristol using a totally
> linux system.
>
> Linux audio has come a long way since then , a lot more of the pro audio
> cards have linux drivers and a lot of there fancier features
> are available. Also bitwig has brought a professional DAW to linux finally
> , i've been very impressed with it. Before then it was a bit
> of a battle getting a coherent and effective composition environment
> together with the likes of hydrogen , ardour and rosegarden.
>
> I've pretty much given up audio stuff myself because i now have a family
> and one of my ears doesn't work properly anymore but
> there are others lurking who are still using it and i'm sure if you talk
> about what you are doing they will emerge from the shadows.
>
> There are various funding sources available for projects like this that i
> might be able to connect you to if you can describe more about
> what you want to do.
>
> Cheers
> Amias
>
>
>
> On 24 August 2014 21:34, Nigel Sollars <nsollars@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Its somewhat semi pro ( I spose ), I helped out a friend put a nice
>> Linux
>> rig together to control microphones and other stuff to back up his
>> guitar
>> ... It was based on Ubuntu.
>>
>> The hardware iirc, was like a dual core dell system with a specialized
>> sound card. I had patched up a custom kernel with the RT patches see:
>>
>> https://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page
>>
>> Using Jack Audio and pretty much from what I recollect here:
>>
>> http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb03/articles/linuxaudio.asp
>>
>> The quality of his recordings was pretty cool actually, especially since
>> he moved to a house in West Virginia with a sealed basement.
>>
>> HTH
>>
>> Nige
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Aug 24, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Martin <inkubus@interalpha.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 2014-08-23 at 19:11 +0200, Lorenzo Cecchi wrote:
>>> > Hi all,
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > my name's Lorenzo, I'm a 27 Italian sound engineer moved in Bristol
>>> at
>>> > the beginning of May.
>>> >
>>> > I'm using linux (several distro, but mainly ubuntu) for common use
>>> > from years, and I keep using it for my audio projects.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I run a linux based home studio in Italy, and I'm willing to continue
>>> > my project here in Bristol, in a not so far future! Now I have no
>>> > space to put my recording stuff, so I brought from Italy just a
>>> couple
>>> > of mics, a couple of soundcards and the studio PC (now running
>>> > UbuntuStudio 13.10).
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I was wondering if is there someone using Linux to pro/semi-pro audio
>>> > purpose in your group. I would be really happy to know more about it
>>> > and to share my experience.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > Thank you in advance, hope to get a reply, even if negative!
>>>
>>> (Quite) a few years ago, one of the community centres in Bristol (the
>>> one in an old church -- it's name escapes me) did a number of audio
>>> things (IIRC they had their own studio) and a number of Linux things.
>>> I
>>> think they also did Linux audio things. That and Bristol Wireless
>>> might
>>> be worth talking to.
>>>
>>> HTH
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> - Martin
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
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>>
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