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Jack2 and asynchronous mode
Recently I became aware that the Jack Audio Connection Kit‘s second version, called Jack2, has a mode called “asynchronous mode“, which is different from Jack1’s mode of operation, now referred to as “synchronous mode”.
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Matrix-convolver
A common tool in any digital musician’s toolbox, particularly guitarists, is impulse responses. They capture a snapshot of the sonic characteristics of a speaker cabinet, which can then be replicated digitally. This makes it much easier to work in a … Continue reading
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Zynthian and Yoshimi
I recently decided to purchase a Zynthian device, which is a Raspberry Pi based hardware device which hosts Linux plugins to produce or process sound. You can for instance run a synthesizer on it like ZynAddSubFX (which I believe is where they got their name “Zynthian”, although I’m not sure about that), and play it using a connected keyboard. Or piano. Or organ. Or any other of a load of plugins and effects that come with it. You can also install your own, as long as it’s in the LV2 plugin format. All in a compact package that is rugged and easy to take on the road. Continue reading
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Getting good performance with Windows VSTs in Linux
I do all my music making in Linux, but it’s no secret that the number of available plugins is vastly larger for the Windows platform than for Linux. Luckily, Alexandre Bique has made the nifty vst-bridge that enables you to … Continue reading
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Lessons learned with Dropbox and UnionFS-FUSE
I’m an avid user of Dropbox, and also of the fantastic layered filesystem UnionFS-FUSE. However, I found that they don’t work well together. Whenever I tried to mount a unionfs folder somewhere where Dropbox could see it, Dropbox would seemingly … Continue reading
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Jack2DSSI version 0.2 is released
A new version of Jack2DSSI, version 0.2, has been released. For those not in the know, Jack2DSSI is a DSSI plugin that can host Jack audio clients inside it. It adds several fixes and compatibility options to make it even … Continue reading
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Jacktube bugfix release
Jacktube v0.31 is out, which is a bugfix release, and it should be much more stable thanks to this. Check it out at the Jacktube homepage.
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Introducing Jack2DSSI
For a long time it annoyed me that certain Jack applications in Linux did not have a plugin version, so it could not be used inside a DAW without manual port routing and launch scripts, etc. Yoshimi is one example, … Continue reading
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Jacktube 0.30 is out
My carpal tunnel problems have been less severe lately and I have gotten the chance to do some coding again! I will write more about that later. In the meantime, for those who are not familiar with Jacktube, it is … Continue reading
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Introducing dssi-vst-rt
Since the original dssi-vst project seems to have halted development, I have decided to fork the project, and dssi-vst-rt is the result: A VST plugin wrapper dedicated to providing real time performance from VST plugins. I also made a more … Continue reading
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