On March 26, 5:08 am <ish@email-addr-hidden> wrote:
> I feel JAmin will require with multiple tracks a lot of hardware
> resources while running and I think it only takes one stereo
> input(can not check it up because im re-installing my mach :) But I
> have used JAmin with ardour with multiple tracks/final mixdown and
> it works pretty well . To play these things live will require a nice
> sound card, which can give you low-latency audio that is very crucial
> with live audio. LADSPA Pugins are very good and some audio people
> will totally disagree that software can replace good hardware for
> live sound, but you can always trust your ears.
> boom
> <<>ISh
>
>
> On March 26, 3:50 am Iain Duncan <iainduncan@email-addr-hidden> 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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