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by emarsk
Thu Oct 27, 2016 2:55 pm
Forum: Your Studio & Gear
Topic: Audio Interface for Drum Recording
Replies: 9
Views: 9201

Re: Audio Interface for Drum Recording

I own a Presonus 1818VSL, it's quite good and works perfectly with Linux (any distro). I'm not sure how it compares with the Focusrite, it's a bit cheaper though. If you stick with 8 channels, I wouldn't bother with two room mics, especially for death metal. Maybe one, if you really like that kind o...
by emarsk
Mon Sep 12, 2016 1:25 pm
Forum: Plugins, Effects and Instruments
Topic: Noise reduction plugins?
Replies: 28
Views: 18685

Re: Noise reduction plugins?

Aeons ago I used Gnome Wave Cleaner . It's much better than Audacity, but it got old and I don't think it's actively developed anymore. I'm not even sure it still compiles on my Gentoo, but there should be a Debian package (look for "gwc"). It's not a plug-in, though, but a stand-alone pro...
by emarsk
Mon Sep 12, 2016 1:08 pm
Forum: Music Theory/Songwriting
Topic: Advice on All Fifths Tuning for guitar manual
Replies: 19
Views: 19990

Re: Advice on All Fifths Tuning for guitar manual

Just a side-note that may be of interest: Robert Fripp and Trey Gunn (if don't know who they are, fix that NOW!) use the "new standard tuning" which is a tuning by fifths with the highest two strings tuned by a minor third (to mitigate the problem of having the highest string too fragile).
by emarsk
Mon Sep 12, 2016 12:58 pm
Forum: System Tuning and Configuration
Topic: Laptop without wifi / USB conflict?
Replies: 9
Views: 5705

Re: Laptop without wifi / USB conflict?

I think this kind of info is incredibly hard to find reliably, I sometimes read of small differences from build to build of the same laptop model (some components not being exactly the same etc.). The first suggestion given here is "disable wireless internet" - and doesn't even mention con...
by emarsk
Mon Sep 12, 2016 12:45 pm
Forum: Linux Music News
Topic: Ardour 5
Replies: 63
Views: 34959

Re: Ardour 5

Regarding running a business based on free software, I think this not-so-old post is highly relevant: Ardour and Money, 2014 edition . So, if Ardour found a way to have an even more fruitful collaboration with Harrison via the demo plug-ins, well, that's good news for all of us. And about the guaran...
by emarsk
Sat Sep 03, 2016 2:23 pm
Forum: Backstage
Topic: Native italian speaker
Replies: 2
Views: 3181

Re: Native italian speaker

I do. Do you need some translation assistance or something like that?
by emarsk
Sun Apr 10, 2016 11:52 am
Forum: System Tuning and Configuration
Topic: How to make JACK work with laptop suspend?
Replies: 4
Views: 3939

Re: How to make JACK work with laptop suspend?

I use the ALSA JACK plugin (not the loop device) (http://jackaudio.org/faq/routing_alsa.html) and it works perfectly after a suspend.
by emarsk
Tue Oct 06, 2015 9:55 am
Forum: Linux Distributions & Other Software
Topic: Backing up my data.. program suggestions?
Replies: 16
Views: 7520

Re: Backing up my data.. program suggestions?

/source/* /target/ => copies everything inside /source into /target/ BUT --delete-before will not work. Also, it won't copy hidden files/directories (those starting with "."), not good for $HOME… Anyway, another vote for rsync here. Here's what I use for my backups: rsync -uFaxhiP --stats...
by emarsk
Tue Sep 29, 2015 12:05 pm
Forum: Developer's Section
Topic: EBU R128 compressor plugin?
Replies: 1
Views: 4704

Re: EBU R128 compressor plugin?

The LUFS measure is not actually that complicated: it's a couple of 2nd order filters (a shelf and a high-pass), a fixed gate, a windowing gate, and then an RMS measure on the sum of the channels. The specs are in this document . Your idea should be easily implementable (but I'm not a programmer so ...
by emarsk
Sun Sep 20, 2015 12:25 pm
Forum: Linux Distributions & Other Software
Topic: Make Firefox Use ALSA Loopback
Replies: 6
Views: 7341

Re: Make Firefox Use ALSA Loopback

My ~/.asoundrc looks like this: ctl.!default { type hw; card 2 } ## ALSA JACK PCM PLUGIN ## http://jackaudio.org/faq/routing_alsa.html ## http://www.alsa-project.org/main/index.php/Asoundrc pcm.jackplug { type plug slave { pcm "rawjack" } hint { description "JACK Audio Connection Kit&...
by emarsk
Sun Sep 20, 2015 12:13 pm
Forum: System Tuning and Configuration
Topic: [SOLVED] problems with 1818vsl
Replies: 11
Views: 7366

Re: [SOLVED] problems with 1818vsl

I now have a usb3.0 external HDD. disabling xhci across the system prevents me from being able to utilize the superior speeds enabled by usb3.0 so i was wondering if anyone has found a way to force linux to load the ehci driver when the 1818vsl is connected. I'm in the same situation, and I tried s...
by emarsk
Sun Sep 20, 2015 11:59 am
Forum: Backstage
Topic: I regret updating to Debian Testing
Replies: 7
Views: 6227

Re: I regret updating to Debian Testing

I've seen that before, those people must be crazy to allow their system to break like that... Oh, I'm one of them, . . I 've been another one for years, until I switched to Funtoo (so, even crazier, I suppose). My experience is that Debian Unstable is far more usable than Debian Testing. In Testing...
by emarsk
Wed Aug 26, 2015 8:35 am
Forum: The Producer's Area
Topic: Ultimate Subtleness: Ultimate Confidence Boost in Mixing?
Replies: 4
Views: 2738

Re: Ultimate Subtleness: Ultimate Confidence Boost in Mixing

So, by Graham's logic, 1dB times 40 tracks (and in 40 different ways) = 40dB increase? Or even a 40dB decrease? No, your conclusion is completely wrong (go read about the math that's behind dBs ). What he's saying is that applying a change on a bus is the same as applying that change on every singl...
by emarsk
Thu Aug 20, 2015 7:11 pm
Forum: Suggestion Box
Topic: Cookie Expiration and "Log me in automatically"
Replies: 6
Views: 8727

Re: Cookie Expiration and "Log me in automatically"

I never have to re- log in here, the cookie seem to be always valid (I don't remember since when).
by emarsk
Wed Aug 05, 2015 9:55 am
Forum: The Producer's Area
Topic: What is your workflow?
Replies: 4
Views: 2528

Re: What is your workflow?

15 mics for drums and bass? :shock: