On Fri, 2004-08-13 at 15:40, John Check wrote: > On Friday 13 August 2004 12:30 pm, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 18:45, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > > > On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 18:24, Jan Depner wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2004-08-12 at 20:08, Russell Hanaghan wrote: > > > > > The documentation by noobs is a great concept! And not only that, the > > > > > "noob" learns in the process. > > > > > > > > > > So I *should* get busy and write that "live fx box How not to" huh?! > > > > > :) I can write a thesis on what NOT to do! > > > > > > > > Which, in many cases, is more important than what TO do ;-) > > > > > > > > Jan > > > > > > Actually, I'm approaching a point where I think I could write a > > > reasonable "how to" on this, especially after conquering the jack_fst > > > thing finally. Not to diminish the importance and usefulness of LADSPA, > > > I think to be able to use vst fx on a "live" box is important. > > > > > > I refer back to Austin Acton's "DAW on Mandrake" how to, written > > > probably a couple of years ago...it was simple, understandable, and by > > > golly...I'd have NEVER considered using Linux for audio If I had not > > > stumbled on it in a monthly email sent out by MDK! He did not seem to be > > > too proud of it but I sure as $hit thank him for putting it together! > > > > > > Subsequently, many crappy compiles, a few broken OS', mo' gray hair > > > later, I have found your "how to" *pop* on the Google radar and help > > > solve my audio woes more than once... > > > > > > I'll start laying out a format and see where it takes me. > > > > > > Cheers~ > > > > Want to poll the group on this...I'm ready to start taking a stab at > > documenting this for others to use... > > > > My question is this...how useful will it be in the big scheme of things? > > I think Ive only read posts from like 2 or 3 other people that even > > wanted to do this. Most seem to be creating music or recording it. I do > > that to but not very much lately and thats not what this system is set > > up for. > > Don't let other peoples apparent disinterest stop you. A good idea is a good > idea. Don't think about the people who are up on things, think about the > people who could use a killer rack on stage and have a used PC kicking > around. I won't...thanks for the encouragement. I started with just that; a spare pc and experimenting. Now granted it is only as my PA fx right now but that is due only to lack of time and I can only experiment so much before I approach the boundaries of danger...IE; Not having the box up for the next gig! I will start getting some stuff down in rough draft. R~ > > > > > I would write it in the context of running on Mandrake as that is what > > I've experienced. > > > > Write what you know. A little sed can adapt things for different distros. > Hey, that gives me an idea :) Oh yeah, next week is gonna be good times :) > > > Thoughts? Comments, input? > > > > R~
