Dear Russel, As a former Cakewalk user (the first version I used was a 1992 DOS one!) I know how you feel. I just posted my experience in managing to do a complete project (much different from the scenario you depict) entirely in linux... so let me first wish you all the best in pursuing you musical career/inspiration/mission! To go into you question, I'm not much of an acoustics expert but I do have experience of bad recording environments, As a less scientific and more 'hand-crafted' solution I have seen that microphone/instrumen(s) placing may help a lot with experimentation and 'ear tests' when refurbishing the room is not an option (or the room is simply the one you get). I also guess that *light* effects and eq might help in post-production process. I work in a famous auditorium which is assumed to have been designed for good acoustics, but I hear very diverse, subjective opinions on the topic, so I guess there is no 'perfect ambient' for sound, although a good environment can help. Just my two pennies anyway. All the best, Lorenzo Russell Hanaghan wrote: > Hello LAU, > > While I have not been active on this list in a long time, I have been > watching from the side stage and it's nice to see the string of various > information and experience still flowing thru the LAU community. > > I'll get to my questions as they relate to the subject title in a sec > but firstly, a little back ground on some significant changes I have > going on and how they may relate to the furthering of open source audio... > > I have left the corporate grind and world of regular income for purposes > of pursuing my all time passion. I have not a pot to piss in nor a > window to pitch it out of in terms of capitol and am largely doing it on > faith! My core products are fretted instrument and amplifier / music > related electronics repair, recording and demos, small PA system rentals > and also working as a musician for hire, primarily doing my solo thing. > In another post I will speak to my dilemma of being unhappy using Sonar > 8 on Windows Vista and looking for some possible encouragement to > consider going totally open source! > > I have rented a large warehouse type space (2600'sq) in the Nth Cali > foothills and within there are several spaces dedicated to the various > products I alluded to. The main room that we do live music in is a good > size, approx. 30'w x 40'l with 17' ceilings. It's predominantly drywall > and stud construction and also with a 17'x10' metal roll up door. It has > a concrete floor with industrial carpet covering it. I have just > described something of an acoustical nightmare, likely only topped by an > aircraft hangar with corrugated iron walls and roof! :) We have been > doing some live stuff thru a PA in this room and it's a sure fire way to > reveal how the room reacts. The room produces some high freq (2k - 5k) > boosts as well as some 150 to 400hz bumps. While I have implemented some > baffles to reduce live high freq bounce, these only serve to deaden the > room and not change tonal characteristics. How I go about changing the > mechanics of the room will be dictated largely by economics but in order > to assess this, I'm looking to to some spectrum analysis. > > Has anyone set up a laptop and microphone and open source apps and > performed this to some success? I need a tone generation source as well > as an analysis tool. It needs some bias adjustment for mic and sound > card inherent response I should think. That said, it does not need to be > a perfect tool. If I can get some form of reliable, self referenced > measurement, that would give me something more than the guess work I am > currently using from my head and my ears. > > TIA for your input and ideas. > > Russell > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user > > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
