Hi Steve, I just finished runs of 2 theatre productions that I ran off my laptop controlled only from my BCF2000. I'm not sure how much time you want to spend on it, but I used PureData to construct the interface. It took me about a full evening to get it together, but I already knew PD. It didn't have any automation as far as a cue list, but it did offer a way to play and loop samples and control their volume. Because PD tends to have audio dropouts when it's loading samples (AFAIK), I had to load all the samples into RAM before the show, which can be problematic if you have lots of long samples. It's still very much a work in progress, but It worked great for 2 shows so far. When I get back to my computer with the patch on it I can share it if you're interested. -spencer On 3/16/06, Steve Wahl <steve@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Is there a good linux program for playing sound effects cues, in my > case to accompany a theater style performance? > > The "ideal" solution would be able to do something like this: > > * play samples almost instantaneously when I push the right button > (some sort of pre-reading the begining?) > > * sample length allowed to be arbitrarily long (e.g. music, background > sounds.) > > * multiple samples playable at one time, so you can have background > sound(s) continue playing while playing another sound -- > e.g. surf/waves sounding in the background, and a ships bell or > whistle plays over it. > > * Probably some different modes for sample playing: > * On key down, sample plays through to end > * On key down, sample plays until key up > * On key down, sample plays until next key down (toggle play/stop) > * probably something else I haven't thought of. > > * Each sample would have individually adjustable volume -- maybe while > you're playing that background sound, you want to adjust it's level > w/o affecting any other samples you might play. > > * Controlable from the computer keyboard, or an external midi device > (e.g. my Behringer BCR2000) > > * Move through a list of cues, with notes about when each sound should > happen (e.g. I would type in the line that preceeds the sound...) > > The more I write this, the more a midi sampler or drum machine sort of > program seems like it'd be a start, except maybe for the individual > control of sample volume and cue notes. > > Anyway, does anyone have any suggestions? > > Thanks! > > -- > Steve Wahl steve@xxxxxxxxxx > >
