Up until recently, I had not been able to really test the usefulness of the LADI Session Handler (“Ladish” for short) as the Gentoo packages seemed to both require and conflict with the Lash software. However, recently, I’ve found how to untangle the mess, and am now able to run …
Rosegarden is a useful program for producing music; it has all kinds of features, and a lot of flexibility in how you want the music to come out. It is a combination MIDI sequencer and DAW, and has support for a number of synthesizer and sampler plugins, as well as …
The QT Jack Control application is among the most feature-rich applications for managing Jack connections there is. However, it doesn’t make for a very attractive patchbay; outputs are always on the left, and inputs are always on the right, and each program that has both will show up on both …
In the previous article, I covered the use of the Internet DJ Console (abbreviated as IDJC). However, in that article, the configuration options were glossed over, mainly because there are a lot of settings, and the defaults are a decent starting point. In this article, I will go into more …
The Internet DJ Console (commonly shortened to IDJC) is a streaming audio console that can allow you to DJ over any shoutcast or icecast server, and even record your shows for inclusion into a podcast later. While not quite as feature-rich by itself as better-known programs like Sam Broadcaster, the …
Okay, you’ve laid all your tracks, mixed them into a good arrangement, adjusted them to their clearest, and now you’re ready to start the process of mastering them. Perhaps you want to bring out the punch of the drums, the crunch of the rhythm guitar, and the wail of the …
We’ve covered most of the important parts of the Linux audio system, so we’re now ready to use the first major application, a digital audio workstation, or DAW. There are several DAW programs available for Linux, including Rosegarden, Traverso, and the well-known Audacity editor, but for Jack, the most flexible …
Once the system has been prepared, and Jack Control has been set up, all we need to do now is use Jack. For this, we need other programs to work with Jack. For the examples in this article, I will use a relatively simple program, called “Jack Rack.” This program …
While it does provide extreme flexibility for an audio system, Jack itself is a platform, and not a program one “uses.” This means that without a front-end graphical interface, it is nearly completely useless. The QT Jack Control program (Which I’ll just call “Jack Control” from now on) is one …