Good luck and have fun! - Mark On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 7:51 AM, Patrick Shirkey <pshirkey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > I am running an event in Sydney this Fri 26. It's my first real Linux > Audio gig for almost 6 years so it's well overdue. this is going to be a > purely DJ set but I am going to do as much as possible with Linux tools > just for the fun of it. I figure I might as well push my self and the > tools rather than play it safe with standard equipment. > > Details here: http://djcj.org/events > > I thought some of you might be interested in the tools (weapons) I have > chosen for this one. > > jack2 > qjackctl+alsa_out > jackEQ > jack-rack > alsaplayer x 2 > Hydrogen > LiVes > vlc > xjadeo > mplayer > > > I am running it all on my Compaq Presario cq40 dual core AMD Turion, 4GB > RAM with onboard ATI /radeon graphics and hda_intel audio. Dual Monitor > setup running closed source ATI drivers for opengl hardware acceleration > and Gnome desktop on Fedora 11. I'm also currently upgrading to f12 a > second Toshiba notebook. Single core Intel Celeron, 2GB RAM, nVidia > quadro graphics which I might take along too for additional graphics and > to take some load off the primary machine if I can get it all upgraded > and running smoothly in time. In that case I will run the audio tools on > the main machine and LiVes on the other. > > For master audio output I will be using my maudio USB Quattro with > jackEQ as always. I will be running the quattro into the house pioneer > dj mixer for additional control and fx and will have 2 cdj's for > additional sampling mayhem and backup in case anything goes wrong with > the primary machine... > > I also have an external vga->composite adapter box to allow me to > connect to the inhouse projector. > > Unfortunately with all that running I don't think the disks will be able > to cope with recording the session. With LiVes in the mix I'm looking at > a stable 80 - 90% CPU load. Currently the memory is stable at 65%. If I > get the second machine up I will look at piping the house mix back into > the system and record the whole thing on the second device for the > quattro. alsa_in to the rescue there too. > > > > Cheers. > > -- > > The power to regulate the money supply is also the power to regulate it's value. > > Maximise profits regardless of social and environmental costs > > Patrick Shirkey > Boost Hardware Ltd > > _______________________________________________ > Linux-audio-user mailing list > Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user > _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user
