Have you looked at JAMin? http://jamin.sourceforge.net
Jan
On Fri, 2005-03-25 at 20:50, Iain Duncan wrote:
> I would like to set up a small mastering rack just before sound output
> for live shows, this is on linux. Essentially I'm hoping to have about
> 8-12 channels of audio go out of csound5 via jack and into some sort of
> host for plugins and mixing down to four channels of final audio out.
> All I want to run are a few compressors and some eq, with easy access to
> the control parameters and graphic vu meters of the compression. Ideally
> these plug ins would also be controllable via midi cc's and some form of
> API so I can make my own gig front end integrated with my csound user
> interface. Questions:
>
> Is this feasable with csound5 now? Has anyone gotten multi-output
> working well with Jack?
>
> What should host the plugins? Ecasound looks promising, but will I be
> able to get graphic vu meters of the compression action? Does that even
> work properly, ie can the screen respond fast enough? Anything else I
> should look into? Jammin seems heavy me thinks.
>
> Which plugins should I use? I'd like minimal cpu use, but a good easy
> over compressor ( soft-knee ), a good final limiter, graphic eq, and
> paramateric eq. Compressor must have accurate controls for attack,
> release, ratio, threshold, and some form of knee control.
>
> Is this even feasable? Are the LADSPA plug-ins good enough now to
> replace hardware in the $300 compressor, $100-200 eq range? I don't
> expect it to sound as good as TL-Audio tubes or anything, but I won't
> drop $300 on an FMR or buy a bunch of ProSonus's if a plugin can sound
> as good as that.
>
> All suggestions welcome, thanks.
> Iain
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