I found the problem - Gnome starts its own sound server for system event sounds - I hadn't realised this as I only have headphones connected to my soundcard at the moment & I only wear them when I listen to music. Anyway, I stopped the Gnome sound server & Audacity is happy once again. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction. Gavin. > Hi Jan, > > Thanks, but I am using Gnome 2.8 (standard with Ubuntu) & I don't have > any KDE stuff on my system (I am not a fan of KDE). > > Gavin. > > So back to square one, I'm afraid.. > > > Message: 2 > > Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 18:25:09 -0600 > > From: Jan Depner <eviltwin69@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Audacity error > > To: A list for linux audio users > > <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Message-ID: > > <1111451109.5277.7.camel@eviltwin> Content-Type: text/plain > > > > My first guess would be that artsd or some other sound thing is > > running. Try killall -9 artsd and see if that helps. If you're > > using KDE even the stinking system beep starts up artsd. > > > > Jan > > > > On Mon, 2005-03-21 at 17:52, Gavin Stevens wrote: > > > (de-lurk mode) > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I keep getting an error when starting Audacity. It reads "There > > > was an error initialising the audio i/o layer. You will not be > > > able to play audio". > > > > > > It then starts & works, apart from not being able to play what it > > > is doing. > > > > > > The strange thing is that it worked fine the first time I used it > > > (I recently "rested" Debian in order to try Ubuntu, so it's a new > > > installation). Every time since then, it has shown this error. > > > > > > Everything else seems to be working fine on the audio front: XMMS > > > is happy, MIDI is working, even Audacity is functioning, but I > > > have to play files saved in Audacity via XMMS. > > > > > > Is there something silly that I've missed? I can't work out why it > > > would play audio once & then not subsequently. > > > > > > Any help appreciated. > > > > > > TIA > > > > > > Gavin. > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 9 > Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 18:11:28 -0500 > From: John Check <j4strngs@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Hammond organ? > To: A list for linux audio users <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <200503221811.28917.j4strngs@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > On Wednesday 23 March 2005 04:16 pm, philicorda wrote: > > I wrote: > > > It's also really worth playing with the LADSPA swh impulse > > > convolver plugin. Guitar amps sound really good on hammond! Also > > > the TAP preamps are nice. A bit of fuzz and grit+limited freqency > > > range and odd resonances really brings it to life. > > > The one thing no midi hammond can ever do is the way different > > > tones come in at different times as you press down the key. This > > > means you > > > > can > > > > > kinda flick the keys and just get the top drawbar to plip a little > > > and the percussion to ping. > > > > John Check wrote: > > "Can you elaborate on that? Is it an artifact of the differing > > wavelengths or > > the physical construction?" > > > > It's the way all the key contacts don't touch the bus bars at the > > same time, so as you press down the key, the high drawbars and > > percussion sound first, and then as you press down a tiny bit more > > the other drawbars sound. I think my hammond's keyboard is probably > > more knackered than most so I notice it/ use it more. > > Gotcha. Thanks > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 10 > Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2005 15:21:55 -0800 (PST) > From: R Parker <rtp405@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] "MusicPad Pro Plus": Linux-based > notepad device > To: A list for linux audio users <linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Message-ID: <20050322232156.97599.qmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > that's excellent! > > ron > > --- Andreas Kuckartz <A.Kuckartz@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > For those interested in the use of Linux in more > > traditional environments: > > > > "Indianapolis High School Band Makes History by > > Performing First Paperless > > Concert > > > > "Instead of reading their music from printed sheets > > during their performance, > > the band members used a Linux-based notepad device > > from Freehand Systems called > > the MusicPad Pro Plus. This was the first time in > > history that a high school > > band gave a concert using digital music notation in > > place of sheet music." > > > > > http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=83186 > > > > --- > > > > On their website FreeHand Systems does not seem to > > mention that their product is > > Linux-based: > > http://www.freehandsystems.com/ > > > > Cheers, > > Andreas > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! > http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > linux-audio-user mailing list > linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://music.columbia.edu/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > > End of linux-audio-user Digest, Vol 18, Issue 83 > ************************************************ >
