On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 05:22:15PM -0500, frank pirrone wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Ken Restivo wrote: > > Here are two short clips from last Friday night, of Linux being played live in a jazz-oriented context: > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuKqzVDR4wA > > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yc5O-esJ8ko > > > > Bass (via fluidsynth) is left hand, Rhodes (fluidsynth going through CAPS amp simulator LADSPA plugin in ecasound) and AZR3 are right hand. > > > > The sound quality of the video isn't great, buit the Linux Laptop which is making all the keyboard and bass sounds, is clearly visible in the videos. > > > > What's that running on my screen? > > > > 1) Emacs (with the setlist and changes of the songs) > > 2) A couple rxvt's > > 3) Ion3 tiling window manager > > 4) Xclock so the drummer and I could keep track of our set length > > > > A lot of times I close the latop lid. But, when I leave it open, I'd like to have something more interesting showing on screen if it's going to be visible from the audience. Any ideas/suggestions as to what to run, that would be visually interesting, but not too CPU intensive? > > > > Thanks. > > > > -ken > Kool as always, Ken. You are indeed the Bestivo. > > What soundfont have you loaded into fluidsynth? What recording device > did you use? They're both soundfonts that I gleaned off of teh internets. > > There appears to be some AGC pumping happening, so I'd mess with that - > probably turn it off if supported - to improve the dynamics of the next > recording. > > I understand it's just illustrative, but still a pity that not all the > music's subtlety comes through. > It's not a great video camera. I have a very good Zoom H2 recording, and at some point I'll sync it up with the high-res version of the video, and post it to somewhere like Vimeo where the higher quality would actually be preserved. > How about running some nice big VU meters or some visualization app in a > xterm to produce a more kinetic display for the edification of your > listeners/viewers? > Ah, of course, meterbridge! Thanks. > Alternatively, a scrolling display of the MIDI events would be cool, no? > Also very easy and lightweight: aseqdump in an xterm with a large font! Thanks again. > Gotta run...gig tonight at the local Buffalo Astronomical Association > club's holiday party. A very eclectic mix on tap for the revelers > including my "professional" debut on soprano recorder (Greensleeves duet > with a dude who runs the Buff. State planetarium and another member on > guitar accompaniment)! > Have fun, and post clips! -ken _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
