641

(21 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

yep, that seems to be the idea.

anyway, as it's a software config it should be possible to work around somehow. i remember reading something about recompiling certain kernel modules... well, you'll have to research yourself.

alternatively, you can of course always plug your line-out (or even headphone-out) into the line-in. it requires soldering in a resistor or capacitor though. to be honest i haven't tried it myself. but there are a lot of websites about this, so just get googling wink

642

(21 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

you don't happen to have a DELL netbook? dell has a policy of disabling internal mix recording, which would explain why the sliders don't show up in alsamixer. they offer a patch for that, too, but not for linux sad

643

(21 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

@The Silph Scope: if you give me some hardware specs, maybe i can help. generally this can be due to a number of reasons, eg. incorrect setup of sound device (try F6 in alsamixer), using an external (usb) sound device, or conflicting drivers (jackd/pulseaudio). also make sure to start alsamixer before you start audacity. in any case you might want to try recording through pulse instead, by using the Pulse Audio Volume Control tool. if it's not installed,

$ sudo apt-get install pavucontrol

good luck.

644

(21 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

on ubuntu, recording the stereo mix in audacity works a little different than on windows.

you have to select the source via alsamixer rather than in audacity itself.

to do this, open your console, then type

$ alsamixer

(without the $ obviously)

now hit F4 to get to the recording tab, then select "Mix" as the source of your recording.

Now start Audacity and you can record from whatever source you select in alsamixer.

edit: if that doesn't work then disable jack before starting alsamixer -

$ kill jackd

645

(16 replies, posted in Commodore Computers)

yaaahh the famous vicious sid demo. do you know if the source code of the routine is available anywhere?

bw don't forget to check the best part of that demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZW2XKSWUPLw

646

(2 replies, posted in Releases)

WHOOOOAAAAAAAA!!!!!!  AAAA+++++++++ rating for incredible awesomeness!!!! Download highly recommended, will send cash too when i have some.

647

(4 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

grrr. i hate phone calls. anyway thanx m8

648

(4 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

what's a tax assessor? and more importantly, why does he not have an email address? do you mean i actually have to call them???

i'm trying to find some information on an old US software publisher that made some interesting music tools back in the early 90s.
does anybody know if there's a researchable business registry or something?

the company i'm looking for is Forben Software Engineering, Inc 33 Oakridge Road Bloomfield, NJ 07003.

650

(21 replies, posted in Software & Plug-ins)

a general tip if you are new to linux and have problems setting up your audio software: try to stay away from jack and pulseaudio. they are wonderful tools if you can get them to work. but most of the time they are just causing problems.

btw my opinion: linux+music=awesome

651

(12 replies, posted in Releases)

extremely doubleplusgood.

652

(174 replies, posted in Sega)

hehe i understand you perfectly well. i'm not saying it shouldn't be changed (the current behaviour is definately not optimal), i just want to keep the current behaviour as an option. but if that is problematic to implement then i won't insist wink

to explain my example. assume you have a pattern with 64 ticks that you want play 4 times in a row. now, you want to put an envelope that oscillates the volume every 80 ticks (as would be a common feature in techno music), without creating a new pattern every time. with the current envelope behaviour this can be done very quickly, plus i can recycle the same pattern 4 times rather than creating a new one for every volume envelope constellation.

653

(174 replies, posted in Sega)

think shifting volume envelopes, ie envelopes that stretch out for more than 1 pattern, and that don't follow the main time signature.

SKGB wrote:

Yeah, i really don't understand how anyone could consider this a 'shop. You can tell just by looking at Miles' tie alone that this was hand drawn.

eh? i think the whole point was that it isn't hand-drawn. hand-drawing would be take put the original in front of you and recreate it from scratch. posterizing, pixelating and then some manual correction is not hand-drawing (though still a work of art imo)

SKGB wrote:

This just goes to show how technologically inept and out of touch the current judicial system is.

that's very true though.

655

(174 replies, posted in Sega)

ahh, maybe "note and track envelopes" isn't the appropriate term. i don't know how the fm envelopes works since this isn't in my field of interest xD anyway-
by note envelope i mean an envelope that is reset by next note trigger.
by track envelope i mean the opposite, no reset on trigger, so you can make long envelopes that stretch out over 1 or more patterns, independantly of note triggers.
if you change it, then those would have to be entered manually via volume column, means workload is increased by factor 10 at least.

656

(174 replies, posted in Sega)

i can see what you mean, but damn, i'm already getting used to these long track envelopes. it's very cool feature i think. couldn't you make it an option, so people can chose between note envelopes and track envelopes? maybe use the AM switch to toggle the option?