Comments on: guitar playing on linux

By: Brian

Brian — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:03:24 +0000

Eh, maybe someone needs to schedule like a hack week for audio production applications. D: If I could program I’d love to help. >.< I’m still learning the very basics though.

By: work and travel

work and travel — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:13:15 +0000

Is there any information about this subject in other languages? Happy new year for everyone.

By: KoZo

KoZo — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:43:01 +0000

You should try Patchage which really simplifies the connections between applications.
I used to launch
Jack, start the server.
Patchage
Ardour
Ladspa effects (via JackRack)
Other optional apps

Then, you have your apps displayed as boxes in Patchage, and you just have to make the links. I used to do like this:
Capture (JamLab in my case, the Beringher in yours)
—> JackRack input
JackRack output —> Ardour input (be sure to create a new track)
Ardour output —> playback (your speakers).

Of course you can skip Ardour if you just want to play.

Cheers

By: mex

mex — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 02:00:01 +0000

I suggest caps ladspa effects:

http://quitte.de/dsp/caps.html

with a ladspa rack http://jack-rack.sourceforge.net/

By: Mark Sanborn

Mark Sanborn — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:13:17 +0000

I agree that is about the worst UI I have ever seen.

I have a Digitech GNX4 and I would love to do some recording and mixing with Pulseaudio and other apps in Linux but I haven’t found anything that great. It’s only a matter of time.

By: MadsRH

MadsRH — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:16:25 +0000

Great post!
I have, like Christian (#3) given up on Linux as a music tool.
The disconnection between Pulseaudio and Jack is spot on, and I really really really hope this area will get some attention in the future.
I’ve been looking for an open-source guitar amplifier emulator for Linux, but since I’m kind of a newbie or a non-tech guy, there’s simply too many issues for me to get it working properly. Anyway, this post was very useful – thanks :-)

//MadsRH
anotherubuntu.blogspot.com

By: iain

iain — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:24:06 +0000

there’s marlin in gnome svn
i’ve actually made it more or less work recently. I might even release 1.0 soon

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By: Frank Zimmerman

Frank Zimmerman — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:24:39 +0000

“jackrack” and “creox” are two other effects programs that could work for guitar (both are in synaptic). I’ve only played with them once or twice with a microphone, so I can’t say how useful they would be in the real world.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 02:45:51 +0000

You could give Creox a try for guitar effects; it’s a little old but it’s fairly easy to get to grips with if your needs are simple: http://zyzstar.kosoru.com/?creox