On March 26, 5:08 am <ish@xxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxx> 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 > > >
