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by GuntherT
Sat Feb 17, 2024 2:46 pm
Forum: Computer Related Hardware
Topic: I need help! What is the most perfectly functioning audio/midi Interface for Linux?
Replies: 22
Views: 1240

Re: I need help! What is the most perfectly functioning audio/midi Interface for Linux?

The UMC204HD is a good option for a straight-forward and economical device. I have owned a UMC1820 since 2018 and use it daily as my desktop's soundcard, and it is still working as well as the day I bought it. There was a YT video I watched where a guy measured the noise floors of multiple 2 input u...
by GuntherT
Thu Jan 25, 2024 4:27 am
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: (SOLVED) EZDrummer 3. Anyone got it to work?
Replies: 5
Views: 3156

Re: (SOLVED) EZDrummer 3. Anyone got it to work?

That makes sense. Bottles applications appear to be akin to Flatpaks, which sandbox programs, meaning a host (Reaper in your case) can't communicate with it.

by GuntherT
Wed Jan 17, 2024 4:22 pm
Forum: Computer Related Hardware
Topic: Focusrite Scarlett Gen 4 mixer driver
Replies: 32
Views: 141742

Re: Focusrite Scarlett Gen 4 mixer driver

dzonitheboy wrote: Tue Jan 16, 2024 3:05 pm

I just bought Scarlett 4 and Mic,

It's not working on my linux, I tried changing audio card to scarlett.

Can somebody help me, my mic doesn't work

You should start a new thread and provide more details about your hardware, software, and what you are trying to do.

by GuntherT
Wed Dec 13, 2023 3:50 pm
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: vocal recording via ardour
Replies: 6
Views: 4039

Re: vocal recording via ardour

The Linux Studio Plugins cover a lot of bases and get good marks from others on their code quality: https://lsp-plug.in/ The Socalabs, Zam, and x42 plugins include the basics and have a simpler set of controls: https://socalabs.com/ https://www.zamaudio.com/ https://x42-plugins.com/x42/ If you downl...
by GuntherT
Tue Nov 21, 2023 6:00 pm
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: Melonix
Replies: 14
Views: 6464

Re: Melonix

People using Apple and Microsoft tells me they have money Any non-Apple and non-Chromebook PC one buys off-the-shelf in the US has Windows pre-installed on it. Last year I bought a new laptop for $119 at Best Buy on Black Friday, the cheapest laptop in existence at the time, and it came with Window...
by GuntherT
Wed Nov 08, 2023 5:24 pm
Forum: Marketplace
Topic: Fundraiser: Expediting Linux Support for Focusrite Scarlett 4th Gen Devices
Replies: 35
Views: 50762

Re: Fundraiser: Expediting Linux Support for Focusrite Scarlett 4th Gen Devices

Your work on this is very impressive, geoffrey . I'm glad to see the support you received from the community and Focusrite. I hadn't considered their devices in the past because the internal mixing software was not available on Linux (at least not for all models or with a UI as polished and easy to ...
by GuntherT
Mon Oct 23, 2023 7:27 am
Forum: System Tuning and Configuration
Topic: New wiki article on installing a Linux audio system
Replies: 22
Views: 7904

Re: New wiki article on installing a Linux audio system

My two cents on swap and some questions about the recommended packages... It is really easy to setup ZRAM in Debian 12 to handle swap duties if you don't want a swap partition for whatever reason, which will prevent edge-case performance problems that could perhaps occur if no swap is present at all...
by GuntherT
Wed Sep 27, 2023 4:47 pm
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: AP-Linux jack rack alternative...
Replies: 14
Views: 3281

Re: AP-Linux jack rack alternative...

What I seek is a distro which by default installs only the very basic necessities and that the overall sound quality is as high as possible. What was it about AP Linux that provided higher sound quality than any other distro? I am dubious of claims such as this: "The unnecessary services and d...
by GuntherT
Thu Sep 14, 2023 10:18 pm
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: CALF plugins?
Replies: 71
Views: 15034

Re: CALF plugins?

Fair. My understanding of what a straw man is seemingly incorrect. To clarify, I didn't intend to misrepresent your position or put words in your mouth. I was just pointing out that regardless where the truth lies on the topic of code quality, the GTK2 issue still exists and in my view, it alone is ...
by GuntherT
Thu Sep 14, 2023 3:41 pm
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: CALF plugins?
Replies: 71
Views: 15034

Re: CALF plugins?

Impostor wrote: Thu Sep 14, 2023 3:33 pm

Maintained today, abandoned tomorrow. Could happen to LSP too...

Straw man. :)

True, but CALF was abandoned years ago while LSP is still making continuous releases, so those plugins will surely survive longer.

by GuntherT
Thu Sep 14, 2023 3:15 pm
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: CALF plugins?
Replies: 71
Views: 15034

Re: CALF plugins?

Bashing CALF plugins is an at least 5 year old hobby of Ardour (and its commercial brother Mixbus) users :mrgreen: It is not my intent to bash CALF plugins, but it does seem there are legitimate technical issues that are a fair point of consideration when deciding to use them or an equivalent plugi...
by GuntherT
Thu Sep 14, 2023 3:11 pm
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: CALF plugins?
Replies: 71
Views: 15034

Re: CALF plugins?

Hmmm....whose graph should I believe? :) Yeah, I made that graph up. Right. My point is not that I "don't believe" x42, my point is that his issue with ardour+calf does not occur here with muse+calf. So I cannot regard his issue as a (significant) flaw at all, regardless of where his issu...
by GuntherT
Thu Sep 14, 2023 2:34 pm
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: CALF plugins?
Replies: 71
Views: 15034

Re: CALF plugins?

Hmmm....whose graph should I believe? :) x42 is an expert. He makes major contributions to Ardour, has written an entire set of plugins himself, and he has a doctorate degree in digital audio. I trust he knows what he is taking about and also trust if the problem was with Ardour's automation, it wou...
by GuntherT
Wed Sep 13, 2023 8:24 pm
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: CALF plugins?
Replies: 71
Views: 15034

Re: CALF plugins?

I am not happy with posts like "As for the rest of them I pretty much avoid them largely due to the bad press here" "I will avoid the Calf plugins from now on although I liked the gui and the handling very well. This means that people don't trust their ears but rely on some technical...
by GuntherT
Fri Sep 08, 2023 8:16 pm
Forum: Recorders & Sequencers
Topic: Recommended software/workflow to start with
Replies: 20
Views: 15530

Re: Recommended software/workflow to start with

I've decided I'm going to start off by trying Qtractor and Surge XT, and maybe some of the CALF plugins. We'll see how things go from there. You may want to reconsider using CALF plugins. If they work for you, great, but they have several known issues. The project is not seeing much active developm...