On Friday 12 December 2008 18:38:48 Ken Restivo wrote: > 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. Didn't I just see somewhere this week that youtube is going HD capable? > > > 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 drew _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
