Studio 13.37 is out!

[slowpick]

I tried the dssi-vst setup in 1337, with the great U-he synthesizer collection, since they all
have excellent internal preset handling. The free synthesizers TyrellN6, Bazille, Triple Cheese
work fine, as does ZebraCM, found on every Computer Music Magazine dvd, and the new
commercial synth Diva. The flagship Zebra 2, and its free colt, Zebralette, work, but the latest
release has changed the default paths, so I need to sort those out.

For these, I copied over the folders from a linux wineasio setup, and linked the .dll's
to /usr/lib/dssi/dssi-vst, and to start them,

cd /usr/lib/dssi/dssi-vst

vsthost ZebraCM.dll

etc

Got Zebra2, Zebralette, MFM2, and ACE working, I had to ignore the installers suggestions,
and manually enter a path in the installer fields, and also add a font, l_10646.ttf to the
.wine/drive_c/windows/fonts folder.
For path, /root/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Steinberg/VstPlugins for the .dll files,
and /root/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/u-he for the data folders.

There are excellent youtube tutorials on some of these. The score of the recent Batman movie
was largely done in Zebra2. It's full-function demo must be restarted every 13 minutes (ballpark)
or it plays notes other than your key-presses. The ACE demo has some quiet vinyl crackle.
Bazille and ACE are old-skool patch cable synths, some of you may have grown up using
something like that, and have great fun using them.
Must be 1500 presets amongst the herd, counting the free ones at the u-he web site

[l0wt3ch]

Thanks for the feedback, slowpick!

Why don't you keep trying stuff, and let us know what you think!

[slowpick]

Assuming most reading this won't yet be Puppy linux users, efficient,
portable, sophisticated, and fun, are descriptive. Many users first tasks
will be choosing a video setting from xorgwizard, offering to probe,
choose from a list, and test, so various trial and error can be performed,
a crucial and flexible way of accounting for diverse video setups.

Next up would be testing/configuring sound
in qjackctl, and then an internet connection. I copied a wvdial.conf from
a partition, chose a nouveau nVidia driver, unmuted the mixer, and verified
the m-audio card was selected in qjackctl.

At this point, one should choose to resize the personal storage file,
from a utility menu option, and the resize occurs at the next boot.
At first shutdown, you will be prompted for a save file, a squash
file system to hold your new personal settings.

After reboot, resizing was executed, and I looked in /usr/bin, and /usr/lib/dssi,
and copied over a few favorites.
The default selection is excellent, with calf plugins, guitarix, and rakarrack
ready to transform hydrogen, zynaddsubfx, and calf monosynth. I like working
with 3 rakarracks, one each for left and right, and a third to add some unity
in stereo.

With the OS running in ram, and cpu usage nicely divided, recording is trouble free.
I copied over a Reaper folder, and went to work on configuring the U-he collection.
So far, it's been very positive and productive, with linux and windows sounds
mixing happily together.

[l0wt3ch]

Assuming most reading this won't yet be Puppy linux users, efficient, portable, sophisticated, and fun, are descriptive.

Studio 13.37 contains 14% Slacko 5.3.3.

Many users first tasks will be choosing a video setting from xorgwizard, offering to probe, choose from a list, and test, so various trial and error can be performed, a crucial and flexible way of accounting for diverse video setups.

Unlike previous versions, Studio 13.37 should boot straight to desktop in the vast majority of cases, without any tinkering. (Of course, xorgwizard is there if you need it.)

Next up would be testing/configuring sound in qjackctl, and then an internet connection.

Wired internet should be automatically set up at boot. Wireless is usually pretty easy. No configuration should be necessary for realtime with qjackctl, but most people can achieve much lower latencies by adjusting the "frames/period" setting.

At this point, one should choose to resize the personal storage file

Studio 13.37 doesn't come with a save file, you create one (if you want) on first shutdown. By default, it creates one on the usb stick itself, so that your settings and changes can travel with you. Resizing shouldn't be necessary as a general rule.

The default selection is excellent, with calf plugins, guitarix, and rakarrack ready to transform hydrogen, zynaddsubfx, and calf monosynth... With the OS running in ram, and cpu usage nicely divided, recording is trouble free. I copied over a Reaper folder, and went to work on configuring the U-he collection. So far, it's been very positive and productive, with linux and windows sounds mixing happily together.

Good to hear!

Studio 13.37 is actually extremely noob-friendly. You basically just boot from the stick, and voila!, everything just works. While it does come with all the features an advanced user like Slowpick would appreciate, the nice thing about Studio 13.37 is you don't have to be "leet" to use it!

[falkTX]

for anyone wondering if this is legit or not... l0wt3ch is actually slowpick too (same person, 2 different nicks).
they are just trying to keep some conversation to draw people's attention to this.

[l0wt3ch]

for anyone wondering if this is legit or not... l0wt3ch is actually slowpick too (same person, 2 different nicks).
they are just trying to keep some conversation to draw people's attention to this.

LOL!

Are you really that desperate and jealous, falkTX? Now you really look ridiculous!

I'm sure the moderator can confirm that Slowpick and I are separate individuals. You know, considering that we live in different countries and everything.

[slowpick]

Well, I have my eye on a lot in Fort Fraser, so I can fish and hunt,
do the roots and berries thing etc, if Obama gets re-elected

[slowpick]

for anyone wondering if this is legit or not... l0wt3ch is actually slowpick too (same person, 2 different nicks).
they are just trying to keep some conversation to draw people's attention to this.

Actually, I came here out of pitty for guitar playin' fools at GAM who sometimes tried linux.
Saw they were trying all kinds of nonsense, hoped I could spare a few
from self mutilation. Somehow stumbled upon this motly crew

My advice? Stick to coding, your net forensics are pathetic.

[slowpick]

While it does come with all the features an advanced user like Slowpick would appreciate, the nice thing about Studio 13.37 is you don't have to be "leet" to use it!

Actually, I'm more like a binary wrecking ball with a search engine, than an expert,
as proved by my trail of misinformation and assumptions above. But I'll know more in May,
than April, so I remain hopeful.

It did boot nicely in an unguarded laptop that was nearby, the innards of which
are nothing at all like my old egg-crate computer

[l0wt3ch]

Much has been written about Microsoft's use of FUD in the software industry, but as you can see there is much more hostility from those who are supposedly "the good guys" in the Linux community.

Not only do we have a huge group of people who refuse to pay for anything, no matter how reasonable the price, and react with hostility to anyone trying to start an open source business, but we also have pathetic egomaniacs who think they're somebodies because they wrote some obscure program or something, and attack out of jealousy.

(Not to mention the self-appointed GPL lawyers and school-aged wannabe "reviewers" lol.)

[brummer]

[studio32]

'Ignore, it's just not worth it' would have been a better text for you @brummer and others

[raboof]

fuck off

Can we moderate this out please?

[brummer]

fuck off

Can we moderate this out please?

well, it's just a picture, anyhow, it's edited to your pleasure.

[slowpick]

It's better to let people know the truth. The old version
was more honest.