Re: [LAU] Linux-audio-user Digest, Vol 64, Issue 27

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Date: Wed Jun 27 2012 - 15:02:36 EEST

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Today's Topics:

   1. jackd and alsa devices (Danni Coy)
   2. Re: jackd and alsa devices (Jeremy Jongepier)
   3. Re: jackd and alsa devices (Jari Suominen)
   4. Re: jackd and alsa devices (Danni Coy)
   5. Re: jackd and alsa devices (Victor A. Stoichi??)
   6. My mix of Dave's Blues (S. Massy)
   7. Re: My mix of Dave's Blues (Julien Claassen)
   8. Re: My mix of Dave's Blues (Ricardus Vincente)
   9. Re: My mix of Dave's Blues (Julien Claassen)
  10. Re: My mix of Dave's Blues (S. Massy)
  11. Re: My mix of Dave's Blues (Julien Claassen)
  12. Re: My mix of Dave's Blues (Dave Phillips)
  13. Re: a new song (Jostein Christoffer Andersen)
  14. Re: a new song (Dave Phillips)

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Message: 1
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 22:25:44 +1000
From: Danni Coy <danni.coy@email-addr-hidden>
To: linux-audio-user <linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden>
Subject: [LAU] jackd and alsa devices
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I have only been using jackd with the alsa back end for a short amount of
time (been a ffado user for many years). I am also dealing with a friends
cheap laptop which is having issues; basically the order of the alsa
devices is changing with every boot which means I have to configure jack
every time I want to use it.

Is there any way to get jack to remember the description of the device
rather than the number and search for that description on startup (then use
the device number if that fails). This would seem to me like a much saner
way of doing things to me.
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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:30:32 +0200
From: Jeremy Jongepier <jeremy@email-addr-hidden>
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Subject: Re: [LAU] jackd and alsa devices
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On 06/26/12 14:25, Danni Coy wrote:
> I have only been using jackd with the alsa back end for a short amount of
> time (been a ffado user for many years). I am also dealing with a friends
> cheap laptop which is having issues; basically the order of the alsa
> devices is changing with every boot which means I have to configure jack
> every time I want to use it.
>
> Is there any way to get jack to remember the description of the device
> rather than the number and search for that description on startup (then use
> the device number if that fails). This would seem to me like a much saner
> way of doing things to me.
>

http://jackaudio.org/device_naming

Jeremy

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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 14:31:37 +0200
From: Jari Suominen <jari.ak.suominen@email-addr-hidden>
To: Danni Coy <danni.coy@email-addr-hidden>
Cc: linux-audio-user <linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden>
Subject: Re: [LAU] jackd and alsa devices
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http://jackaudio.org/device_naming

2012/6/26 Danni Coy <danni.coy@email-addr-hidden>:
> I have only been using jackd with the alsa back end for a short amount of
> time (been a ffado user for many years). I am also dealing with a friends
> cheap laptop which is having issues; basically the order of the alsa devices
> is changing with every boot which means I have to configure jack every time
> I want to use it.
>
> Is there any way to get jack to remember the description of the device
> rather than the number and search for that description on startup (then use
> the device number if that fails). This would seem to me like a much saner
> way of doing things to me.
>
>
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Message: 4
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 00:25:45 +1000
From: Danni Coy <danni.coy@email-addr-hidden>
To: Jari Suominen <jari.ak.suominen@email-addr-hidden>
Cc: linux-audio-user <linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden>
Subject: Re: [LAU] jackd and alsa devices
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Thanks looks like I need to look at what it would take to have the gui
front end (Cadence) behave this way by default

On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Jari Suominen
<jari.ak.suominen@email-addr-hiddenwrote:

> http://jackaudio.org/device_naming
>
> 2012/6/26 Danni Coy <danni.coy@email-addr-hidden>:
> > I have only been using jackd with the alsa back end for a short amount of
> > time (been a ffado user for many years). I am also dealing with a friends
> > cheap laptop which is having issues; basically the order of the alsa
> devices
> > is changing with every boot which means I have to configure jack every
> time
> > I want to use it.
> >
> > Is there any way to get jack to remember the description of the device
> > rather than the number and search for that description on startup (then
> use
> > the device number if that fails). This would seem to me like a much saner
> > way of doing things to me.
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
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> > Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden
> > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
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Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:41:50 +0200
From: "Victor A. Stoichi??" <vicsto@email-addr-hidden>
To: linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden
Subject: Re: [LAU] jackd and alsa devices
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On 26/06/2012 16:25, Danni Coy wrote:
> Thanks looks like I need to look at what it would take to have the gui
> front end (Cadence) behave this way by default
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 26, 2012 at 10:31 PM, Jari Suominen
> <jari.ak.suominen@email-addr-hidden <mailto:jari.ak.suominen@email-addr-hidden>> wrote:
>
> http://jackaudio.org/device_naming
>
> 2012/6/26 Danni Coy <danni.coy@email-addr-hidden
> <mailto:danni.coy@email-addr-hidden>>:
> > I have only been using jackd with the alsa back end for a short
> amount of
> > time (been a ffado user for many years). I am also dealing with
> a friends
> > cheap laptop which is having issues; basically the order of the
> alsa devices
> > is changing with every boot which means I have to configure jack
> every time
> > I want to use it.
> >
> > Is there any way to get jack to remember the description of the
> device
> > rather than the number and search for that description on
> startup (then use
> > the device number if that fails). This would seem to me like a
> much saner
> > way of doing things to me.
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Linux-audio-user mailing list
> > Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden
> <mailto:Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden>
> > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
> >
>
>
>
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Hi Danni,

Another approach is to force the ALSA (or actually the kernel) to assign
persistent indexes to your cards. This is done through modprobe options.
See the post here
<http://artisan.karma-lab.net/predeterminer-indexes-peripheriques-alsa>
(in French).
Basically, you edit (and/or create) /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf to
look like this:

    options snd-usb-audio index=0 # this ensures that your usb card
    comes in first
    options snd-hda-intel index=1 # if you have an intel card...

You can list all the modules which are used by sound devices on your
computer by running " sudo lsmod | grep snd" this into a terminal. You
can set the index number for all of them, and then Jack should find them
always in the same place. This works even for software were you only
have a dropdown list with card index numbers (where method in
http://jackaudio.org/device_naming does not work).

If you have several usb cards, they will all use snd-usb-audio, but you
can still preset their indexes by specifying vendor/product numbers...
This is explained in detail in the post mentioned above. Please tell me
if you need an English translation.

After editing /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf, make sure you either rmmod
then modprobe the corresponding modules, or reboot.

Good luck,
Victor
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Message: 6
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 16:51:32 -0400
From: "S. Massy" <lists@email-addr-hidden>
To: LAU <Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden>
Subject: [LAU] My mix of Dave's Blues
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Hello, all,

Following my request, Dave Phillips was kind enough to send me session
stem tracks for his "On Board The Blues" song so that I could try my
handd at turning out yet another mix in this series. You can find the
result here:
http://www.wolfdream.ca/x/audio/dpblues/Phillips_-_OnboardTheBlues_SMmix.ogg
or: http://www.wolfdream.ca/x/audio/dpblues/Phillips_-_OnboardTheBlues_SMmix.mp3
As it's the first mix I'm able to share with this list, I would
definitely welcome any feedback you care to give: there are some very
good brains and sets of ears here.

Cheers,
S.M.

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Message: 7
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:10:12 +0200 (CEST)
From: Julien Claassen <julien@email-addr-hidden>
To: "S. Massy" <lists@email-addr-hidden>
Cc: LAU <Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden>
Subject: Re: [LAU] My mix of Dave's Blues
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Hi Massy!
   Nice work. That sounds like Nama is getting an outing. :-)
   So youalso decided for the rather dry and small version, what I call 
singer/songwriter sound. did you add any reverb at all? If so, it was done 
very subtlely. For my liking it's a little to narrow in the stereo panorama. 
did you apply EQ'ing and/or filtering to the instruments?
   It's certainly a mix to listen to. But it still feels a little bass heavy 
(maybe around the good old 150Hz point, but not sure). It's definitely a 
working mix, in contrast to a working-mix, if you catch my meaning. Still I 
feel, that you might have used reverb a little more liberally overall. 
compression seems allright. In the beginning I had the feeling, that it 
sounded overcompressed, but that quickly disappated. If the sounds had a 
little more room to breathe, I feel, that it would also be transparent enough. 
So basically frequencies seem OK.
   But now, that all five mixes are supposedly in, I'd still vote for Jason's 
mix a smy favourite. Due to the drums of course, but also due to the general 
atmosphere, the room, the EQ'ing. Perhaps not totally faithful, to what there 
was originally, but very pleasant to the ear of the beholder, in that case 
being me. :-) No slamming of any other mix, there wasn't any mix among them, 
which I would happily take and listen to again. They were all in their own 
ways faithful to the piece.
   Warmly yours
           Julien
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable;
Free And Jubilating Amazement Revels, Dancing On - FLOWERS!
======      Find my music at      ======
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"If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day,
so I never have to live without you." (Winnie the Pooh)
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Message: 8
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:17:06 -0400
From: Ricardus Vincente <wizardofgosz@email-addr-hidden>
To: Julien Claassen <julien@email-addr-hidden>
Cc: LAU <Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden>
Subject: Re: [LAU] My mix of Dave's Blues
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On Tue, 2012-06-26 at 23:10 +0200, Julien Claassen wrote:
 So who all has contributed mixes up to this point? Not sure I have
heard all of them.
 Ricardus...
> Hi Massy!
>    Nice work. That sounds like Nama is getting an outing. :-)
>    So youalso decided for the rather dry and small version, what I call 
> singer/songwriter sound. did you add any reverb at all? If so, it was done 
> very subtlely. For my liking it's a little to narrow in the stereo panorama. 
> did you apply EQ'ing and/or filtering to the instruments?
>    It's certainly a mix to listen to. But it still feels a little bass heavy 
> (maybe around the good old 150Hz point, but not sure). It's definitely a 
> working mix, in contrast to a working-mix, if you catch my meaning. Still I 
> feel, that you might have used reverb a little more liberally overall. 
> compression seems allright. In the beginning I had the feeling, that it 
> sounded overcompressed, but that quickly disappated. If the sounds had a 
> little more room to breathe, I feel, that it would also be transparent enough. 
> So basically frequencies seem OK.
>    But now, that all five mixes are supposedly in, I'd still vote for Jason's 
> mix a smy favourite. Due to the drums of course, but also due to the general 
> atmosphere, the room, the EQ'ing. Perhaps not totally faithful, to what there 
> was originally, but very pleasant to the ear of the beholder, in that case 
> being me. :-) No slamming of any other mix, there wasn't any mix among them, 
> which I would happily take and listen to again. They were all in their own 
> ways faithful to the piece.
>    Warmly yours
>            Julien
> 
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
> Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable;
> Free And Jubilating Amazement Revels, Dancing On - FLOWERS!
> 
> ======      Find my music at      ======
> http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html
> .....................................
> "If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day,
> so I never have to live without you." (Winnie the Pooh)
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Message: 9
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:24:06 +0200 (CEST)
From: Julien Claassen <julien@email-addr-hidden>
To: Ricardus Vincente <wizardofgosz@email-addr-hidden>
Cc: LAU <Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden>
Subject: Re: [LAU] My mix of Dave's Blues
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Hi Ricardus!
   Mixes have been submitted in Dave's original mail by:
Dave, Fons Adriaensen, Jason Jones and McGruff. Then you sent yours and now 
Massy's.
   Warmly yours
        Julien
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable;
Free And Jubilating Amazement Revels, Dancing On - FLOWERS!
======      Find my music at      ======
http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html
.....................................
"If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day,
so I never have to live without you." (Winnie the Pooh)
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Message: 10
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 17:26:26 -0400
From: "S. Massy" <lists@email-addr-hidden>
To: Julien Claassen <julien@email-addr-hidden>
Cc: LAU <Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden>
Subject: Re: [LAU] My mix of Dave's Blues
Message-ID: <20120626212626.GA6597@solidbox>
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Hey, Julien, thanks for the response.
Yes, there is reverb on everything: jconvolver for the instruments, and
a plate on the vocals, but very conservatively applied, as you noted. I
was going for an accoustic  or small venue feel, which I felt was best
suited for this song; but that's an aesthetic, which means subjective,
decision. 
The stereo field is indeed narrow: I tried widening it, but didn't like
the result, so I stuck to something more crowded.
There is EQ on most things, guitar especially. I agree about the
low-mid hump, wwhich is the only thing I would have further refined when
listening to the mix again today after a couple days rest. Low-mids were
one of the challenges in this mix: I removed a fair bit, but perhaps
could have removed a touch more. On the other hand, I feel the low-mid
punch gives a bit of a balsy feel which is not entirely unpleasant, but
does not necessarily translate well in every speaker/headphone.
Thanks again.
Cheers,
S.M.
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Message: 11
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:33:23 +0200 (CEST)
From: Julien Claassen <julien@email-addr-hidden>
To: "S. Massy" <lists@email-addr-hidden>
Cc: LAU <Linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden>
Subject: Re: [LAU] My mix of Dave's Blues
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Hi Massy!
   Hm, maybe you might have gone with some different compression on the bass 
and thus tried to keep the low-midhump more behaved. I don't know.
   The reverb is very modestly applied. A touch more might not have been bad, 
same room sizes, IR-reverbs. But that's all personal taste.
   For the widening of the parnorama. You might have experimented with some 
very short stereo delay on the tracks, thus keeping some glue on a very 
reduced level. Delay length between 12-18ms. I've had good experiences with 
the etd and 2143. Lately the latter is my favourite, I have more control over 
it.
   Did you apply some highpass filter to the guitars? You could you know, same 
for the vocals. probably take a filter with a shallow slope, seeing, that the 
arrangement is that small.
   Warmly yours
           Julien
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Such Is Life: Very Intensely Adorable;
Free And Jubilating Amazement Revels, Dancing On - FLOWERS!
======      Find my music at      ======
http://juliencoder.de/nama/music.html
.....................................
"If you live to be 100, I hope I live to be 100 minus 1 day,
so I never have to live without you." (Winnie the Pooh)
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Message: 12
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 18:21:45 -0400
From: Dave Phillips <dlphillips@email-addr-hidden>
To: linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden
Subject: Re: [LAU] My mix of Dave's Blues
Message-ID: <4FEA35F9.6050602@woh.rr.com>
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Greetings,
A quick note regarding the other mixes. I'm working on a Web page that 
includes links to all the mixes, hopefully the page will include a form 
for feedback. I also plan to make the session and stems publicly 
available, perhaps users of other DAWs (non-Linux even) will take a 
crack at making me sound better. :)  And btw, there's another very nice 
mix from Matt Francomb that was announced on the Ardour forum. I think 
that's six mixes so far. So if you missed the other mixes they'll be 
on-line in a single location soon. Meanwhile you can access them all 
through this thread on KVR-audio :
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=351849&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=
(Sorry if the mailer splits the URL).
Best,
dp
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Message: 13
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 10:27:16 +0200
From: Jostein Christoffer Andersen <josteinchristoffer@email-addr-hidden>
To: linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden, 	Dave Phillips
	<dlphillips@email-addr-hidden>
Subject: Re: [LAU] a new song
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On Tuesday 19 June 2012 10.45.00 Dave Phillips wrote:
..
> After putting up my last song I made the session available to anyone
> who asked for it. Five intrepid souls downloaded it, three of whom
> have already responded with their own improvements to the mix. Check
> 'em out, they're all different, and IMO each one has its virtues and
> drawbacks. Without further ado, the remixes :
Sorry for being late. In addition, both Dave's and LAU's mailservers are
rejecting me (since at least one and a half week ago), but I try again with
my gmail account. Here is my take on Onboard For The Blues (warning, long
URL), enjoy:
  Ogg:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11909204/dave_phillips/dave_phillips-onboard_the_blues-jostein_andersen_mix.mp3
  MP3:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11909204/dave_phillips/dave_phillips-onboard_the_blues-jostein_andersen_mix.mp3
I'm using my gmail address from now on - at least until the LAU/woh.rr.com-
vait.se issues are resolved.
Jostein
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Message: 14
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 07:40:55 -0400
From: Dave Phillips <dlphillips@email-addr-hidden>
Cc: linux-audio-user@email-addr-hidden
Subject: Re: [LAU] a new song
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Greetings,
In addition to Jostein's excellent arrangement I received this one from 
Raffaele Morelli :
http://linux-sound.org/audio/get_on_board_the_blues_rmorelli.ogg
I'm losing count now, but I think that makes seven different mixes.
Best,
dp
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