Thanks for the post, this is great to see Vertov with fresh sounds! - Ben Lorenzo wrote: > The video is now online: > > Here: http://lorenzosu.altervista.org/kinoglaz/kino_en.html > Or here: http://www.viddler.com/explore/lorenzosu/videos/3/ > > Kind regards, > Lorenzo. > > > Lorenzo wrote: >> [ I try sending again as it seems my first message didn't get through >> maybe due to attached screenshots] >> >> Ok, sorry for the delay but yesterday I had a little time to write and >> recollect on this. >> >> The project consisted in the sonification of about 9 minutes from a >> Russian silent film made in 1924. >> >> My hardware set-up is pretty simple: HP laptop with ubuntu (9.04 >> currently), ZOOM H4 digital recorder, headphones, speakers. >> Software-wise: jack (qjack control), Ardour, Rosegarden, Pd-extended, >> various plugins (from the ready-made ubuntu packags), lots of other >> audio-related stuff not used in this project, video applications (see >> below). >> I built Ardour and Rosegarden myself due to the ubuntu packages >> notoriously being out of date for such applications. >> I made the mistake of compiling ardour with vst support which wasn't >> really necessary (I ended up not using any vst at all, having so many >> nice 'native' ones) and seemed to make it more crashy (all the crashes >> I got where Wine). Otherwise it was very stable. Anyway, fortunately I >> always had the 'ctrl+s tick' and Ardour has a very good undo/redo >> support amongst its many features, which keeps memory even through >> closing and reopening sessions. >> >> Audio + video (jack) - My first issue was to find a way to perfectly >> sync audio and video for use with jack-transport-aware applications >> (Ardour of course has no support for video - I think that's good). >> Research lead to basically two options for jack-transport and video: >> Openmovieeditor and Xjadeo, Because I wanted to use Ardour I was more >> attracted by xjadeo's minimal interface (basically a video window >> controlled by jack transport); I tried building xjadeo after >> discovering there was no package for ubuntu but couldn't successfully >> play video so used Movie Editor for quite a while; eventually someone >> created a launchpad repository for xjadeo and that did work (after >> transcoding the clip in the right format). >> I created a suitable qjack control profile and a simple script for >> launching the video in xjadeo, after which my fixed set-up was ardour >> and the small xjadeo window "always on top" - see screenshot-2.png - >> notice ardour was perfectly in sync with the video which was a must >> for me). >> >> Some of the material I had recorded with the H4 recorder and then >> trransfered as wav file directly to ardour or PD for editing/processing. >> Rosegarden and Pd were simply plugged into ardour via Jack, and >> usually recorded "live" (for Rosegarden I also used transport). Many >> sounds were created in Pd and recorded/edited in Ardour. >> I also used Pd as a stereo delay effect with a patch I made for some >> music composed in Rosegarden, I had some out of sync problems in this >> case, but easily solved them by manually realigning the clip. It may >> be I had something wrong in the configuration, but I wanted to get >> "the job done" so didn't investigate on the problem. >> In ardour I made massive use of volume and pan automation. >> >> Finally I exported the audio from ardour and imported both audio and >> video in Cinelerra where I added some titles and translations in >> English for the inter-titles in the silent film (the originals are in >> Russian, but the DVD edition I had was in Italian) and rendered the >> whole thing. >> >> I hope this might be helpful. I guess I wasn't very methodical in my >> description so if something isn't clear or you'de like more >> information don't hesitate to ask anything. >> >> Kind regards to the list, >> Lorenzo. >> PS: I plan to upload the video somewhere, but first I'de like to find >> out the best option (i.e. probably not youtube) >> >> Lorenzo wrote: >>> I'm finalising a lab project for an electronic music course which >>> consisted in the sonification of a silent film portion. All was done >>> in ubuntu linux. >>> If it is of interest I can write down some details, and I also have a >>> few screenshots. >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Lorenzo. >>> >>> Leigh Dyer wrote: >>>> James Stone wrote: >>>> >>>>> Interesting.. How do vocals work in a tracker environment? >>>>> >>>> >>>> If you want an example, there's a free album (someone posted on the list >>>> back when it came out, so full credit for my knowing about it goes to >>>> them!) produced entirely in Renoise that's available as both MP3s and >>>> the original Renoise files: >>>> >>>> http://hunz.com.au/2009/05/new-album-is-out-now-its-free/ >>>> >>>> If nothing else, it's a great example of the kinds of things (including >>>> vocals) that you can produce with Renoise. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Leigh >>>> >>>> >>>>> What's the situation with plugins for renoise under Linux at the moment? >>>>> >>>>> How does midi control work? >>>>> >>>>> James _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
