KVR Audio

HEV-E · Post by **HEV-E** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 1:01 am

Just got Bitwig running on Linux book And dig it

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 7:06 am

MachFront wrote:The Land of the Lost (and extremely frustrated)!

Can anything or anyone tell me how to in the way you might tell a mentally deficient five-year-old so that they could do it?

Reaper works fine in a 32 bit linux, when you have wineasio installed.
The wasapi device in reaper also works well in some cases.

Good connections and related tutorials at this link:

http://libremusicproduction.com/

As a rule, google the name of the app, and youtube, and you'll
get videos that often start with connections, despite your initial dry runs.

ubuntu hydrogen youtube
qjackctl zynaddsubfx youtube
and then follow the sidebar videos taking notes.
Play a cd into your line-in, so you can hear when audio connection is sucessful.
Put a heavy object on the keys while testing for midi connections.

There are also some how-to posts back in this thread, and apps
might have some docs at their sourceforge or git page,
or a text file in the downloaded archive.

A locked covered toolbox may look tidy,
but a toolbox with the lock off, and wide open
will be far more liberating once you sort the basic tools
according to your wants and needs.

'System' is your souncard i/o
Instruments on the left side, headphones/monitors/recording app
on the right side.

An fx app like rakarrack will have an entry on both
left and right, the one on the right receiving sound from an instrument,
and the one the left, sending the effected signal to System, on the right.

Click the widget by System to open the view of
individual connections, a stereo pair, or maybe 4, 8 or 16 etc
depending on your software instrument, soundcard, and daw
Cheers

MachFront · Post by **MachFront** » Mon Oct 19, 2015 11:00 am

So, in other words, you can't....and I'm still lost. You can't simply say, not a fault of your own but of the OS, click this then do this or that, then click this or that..... with a basic install of a well-known and highly supported Linux distro, one cannot simply tell someone to simply and just and only "do this then that". I start Jack, then Hydrogen, the Seq24 and only Hydrogen is shown. How could I connect it to Seq24 when it's not even shown in the QtJack...um..thing...?
So, basically, your answer is: look elsewhere all over like you've already done and clearly have not found straightforward answers to. ?
You're an awesome member here, glockraw so I don't mean to seem I'm being disrepectful or otherwise a jerk toward you specifically (in fact I was looking forward toward you answering), but what I see in your 'answer' is, basically: run a search in amongst all these places you've already done and have not found an answer....
Ya know?
Don't sweat it (at least now) because I've already given up and have deleted the (proven useless) linux partition and am now wrestling with issues with my factory reset Win 7 install/partition since it's acting up....but at least I'll be able to find answers and have folks actually respond to the issue on Win forums (unlike the three Linux forums I asked about the above issues and others and no one at all even attempted to help over the last two weeks +)....

NystagmusE · Post by **NystagmusE** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 5:19 pm

I don't use WineASIO nor JACK and Reaper (32-bit Windows) works fine on my system. I upgrade Wine though, since the version that comes with Ubuntu Studio is old. JACK and WineASIO turned out to be unstable for me. I got OK results with just ALSA and even OK results with PulseAudio once I configured it better for DAW use (adjusted buffers to be smaller). I use the WASAPI device and disable unused SoundCard inputs for a performance boost. Other than that, I do the normal configuration settings in Reaper. I chose Ubuntu Studio since it already has a low-latency kernel and comes with some audio editors and stuff like that. I don't even use the Linux VSTs nor Linux DAWs at all.

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Wed Oct 21, 2015 6:29 am

MachFront wrote: Don't sweat it (at least now) because I've already given up and have deleted the (proven useless) linux partition and am now wrestling with issues with my factory reset Win 7 install/partition since it's acting up

Very strange, I'm sure a post, or an edit, included information about the redo-MBR command...

poof :evil (edit: Now I discovered that post is in another related thread)

Anyway, hope win7 returns to useable form. For future reference,
after the dust settles, linux can be installed to external usb drives,
a better option than dual-booting, in some cases.
Hydrogen, yoshimi synth, and rakarrack multi-fx
are a good focus to start with.

avlinux is a remastered fully configured system,
that can be booted from a dvd, installed on an external
usb drive, with such apps configured and ready to use.

A published seq24 article, late as can be, from Dave Phillips:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8304

Cheers

NystagmusE · Post by **NystagmusE** » Mon Nov 02, 2015 12:00 am

Well I finally bit the bullet and installed the KXstudio repos onto my Ubuntu Studio v14.04.3 LTS system.
I don't really need any of that stuff, but it will be nice to have it available in case I want to try some actual Linux DAWs.
I did try LMMS in the past and it was OK. Also I remember using WineASIO and it was worth a try for a while.
Anyways the download went alright so I'm kind of eager to see how things are now. As I said in many other posts, I currently use FL Studio and Reaper via Wine and it works out for the most part. I also have EnergyXT (win 32-bit) installed as a backup DAW.

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 9:10 pm

Good to see things are working out. 2016 is going to be a good year
for linux musicians!

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Sat Nov 07, 2015 9:54 pm

preset support is getting better in linux. LV2 plugins can be run as standalone apps,
with load and save for presets. A command lv2ls lists the lv2 plugins on the
system, copy/paste from that list, appending to a command jalv.gtk
and your plugin gui will be ready for audio/midi connections.

A nice collection of sfz samples have been tweaked for improved use,
by j_e_f_f_g who has put in many long hours, trying to build a better sfz orchestra.
They are hosted at gmacs AVLinux website, http://www.bandshed.net/sounds/sfz/
Jeff spent "hours and hours and hours hand-editing every single sample to remove "audible defects" such as intonation problems, uneven volume, noticeable changes in timbre, etc."

gmac has some very nice hydrogen drumkits in the sounds folder, nearby.

A new website to aid linux musicians is growing nicely, in the authors words:

"Hey everyone, this is a project I've been working on for some months now and now I think it's ready for some beta testing. https://musical-artifacts.com/ is a place to collect free 'musical artifacts', that is, pre-sets, configuration files, soundfonts, etc. make them searchable and taggable and give credit to authors."

There is a growing number of Guitarix presets, among others,
which should help people curious about it's capabilities.
Cheers

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Fri Jan 01, 2016 9:33 am

j_e_f_f_g and gmac have made quite a few additions recently,
to the above-mentioned efforts.

Santa brought me the latest 'Studio 1337 V 2.3'
and it's a delight for vst users. Wineasio comes pre-configured
and ready for action. I installed the latest reaper, created
a traditional Program Files/Steinberg/VstPlugins path filled with goodies,
copied over the registry files to reflect ownership,
and shezzam

I also enjoyed the new colors and wallpaper, no big push to change
the eye candy.

You can resize the squash-fs save-file in up to four-gig chunks, one for each reboot,
so I ran the drill 5 times, to hold my collection of plugins that run in wine.
Need to get a 32 gig usbstick to hold it, but small SSD's are so cheap, I think I'll
go that route instead, and avoid Carl's Junior for a month to cover the bill.

Got the linux versions of Zebra, Bliss, and Bitwig? Don't let the boring forces of nature
hold you back, good times in 2016 are calling

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Sun Jan 10, 2016 5:54 am

The great zynaddsubfx synthesizer has been made into a linux vst
by falkTX, boss-man of the KX-Studio project.
The first release worked fine in qtractor and bitwig,
and I was also able to sample zyn presets with the linux version
of the discoDSP sampler, Bliss. This opens up a lot of potential, since
zyn is 16 part mullti-timbral, with some great layered combos awaiting,
and Bliss programs can enable using great sounds from mega-synths
with sonic accuracy that might crush a cpu in poly mode,
or with sound quality set at

divine

The new Helm synth, and the old, but regularly updated amsynth
are also linux vsts that worked with Bliss, not to forget discoDSP's
own linux version of Discovery Pro, and of course the great U-he linux collection.
2016 will be a fun year for linux musicians.

NystagmusE · Post by **NystagmusE** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 2:54 am

If anybody is thinking about installing Ubuntu Studio or is in the early stages and you need some configuration tips, PM me and I'll try and get back to you as soon as I can. Criticizing people surely doesn't get anything accomplished. But digging in and setting things up and researching the missing bits does get stuff done. There will probably be an upsurge in April of some Linux use because that's when the Ubuntu Long-Term-Support versions get a major upgrade and a lot of the popular other Linuxes are based upon Ubuntu so they will be getting the update too.

The main ideas is to get a system up and running and making music instead of arguing on forums about it. Like I said, PM me if you need to and I will try to provide specific answers to specific questions or point the way towards resources that I think would have the best answers.

glokraw, your'e on my ignore list.

Greenstorm33 · Post by **Greenstorm33** » Fri Jan 15, 2016 3:22 am

Seeing this thread reminds me, are there any tricks to getting USB midi devices to work on Linux (specifically, in FL Studio running under Wine)? That's the one big thing that's holding me back from fully transitioning my musical endeavors to Linux right now. Judging by a search of this thread, a few people's controllers apparently just worked out of the box, but my Yamaha YPG-235 doesn't seem to fall into that category.

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:02 am

Greenstorm33 wrote:Seeing this thread reminds me, are there any tricks to getting USB midi devices to work on Linux (specifically, in FL Studio running under Wine)? That's the one big thing that's holding me back from fully transitioning my musical endeavors to Linux right now. Judging by a search of this thread, a few people's controllers apparently just worked out of the box, but my Yamaha YPG-235 doesn't seem to fall into that category.

qjackctl 'Periods/Buffer' setting should be 3 for a usb device.
If there is a local on/off' switch on the YPG keyboard controls, try using
local off'. Might be labeled as 'Omni off'. An older yamaha DGX 300/500
can be had for good prices, and they use 5pin midi, have more effects
available, and a full XG soundset to effect in linux. But you will need
an midi or audio/midi interface with the 5pin i/o

I've read that wine/wineasio audio may need an all-32 bit setup for awhile yet.

also, a command is needed after installing wineasio:

regsvr32 wineasio.dll

Search synaptic for usb, and look for usb libs are not installed yet.

wineasio flstudio in ye olde search engine brings up a lot of discussions.
Cheers

glokraw · Post by **glokraw** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 3:04 am

NystagmusE wrote:
glokraw, your'e on my ignore list.

Why?

Ben H · Post by **Ben H** » Sun Jan 17, 2016 4:27 am

The biggest thing preventing Linux from becoming a more widely adopted OS, is the elitist and snobbish attitude of the Linux community itself.

The linux DAW thread