Thank goodness for bibme.org
I'm able to keep a database of my entire bibliography, which will be organized and formatted automatically. And its all online.
On another note, I've been invited to a place called dropbox, which seems to be a free online FTP tool which can sync really well to your computer.
A new possible direction: I want to be able to distribute not only my project, but the research for that project. All phone conversations, emails, websites, files, and maybe even hard copys of books all will be easily downloaded in one large zip file.
Zebra Project is coming out with a soon in a few weeks called "what could be." It will be available for download at my reverbnation website: www.reverbnation.com/thezebraproject.
Also made the first few seconds of my first CLAMP audio snippet, which so far features Renoise and Zynnaddsubfx, two pieces of software Im familiar with. You gotta start somewhere right?
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Banana
So I realize that some people may find this blog a little hard to understand. CLAMP hopes to be understandable by everyone at some level, but you won't find that here in this blog. Instead, check out my glossary page at this link.
So what exactly is the point of this post? Well, consider this a break from the techy talk. Instead of boring geeky rants, I give you this banana:
Enjoy, Kate.
-P
So what exactly is the point of this post? Well, consider this a break from the techy talk. Instead of boring geeky rants, I give you this banana:
Enjoy, Kate.
-P
Aeolus
Aeolus is a pipe-organ emulator for GNU linux. I had rediscovered today, and installed it problem free through synaptic. The trouble I had always had with Aeolus was the fact that could not get it to produce any sound. However, today I really messed with some controls and did some total experimentation, and whatdyaknow I got some really nifty sounds! Is this going on the list? It sure is.
PS: Random idea at 3pm: remember to make screenshots. Lots of screenshots. And remember to take notes on how hard it was to install software.
PPS: Ingen and Galan will be officially taken off the list.
PS: Random idea at 3pm: remember to make screenshots. Lots of screenshots. And remember to take notes on how hard it was to install software.
PPS: Ingen and Galan will be officially taken off the list.
Didn't install audacity
Of all the software to forget to install, I missed audacity, one of the first pieces of software to come to mind for me when I think of Linux audio software... DUH!
COOL IDEA AT 1 AM: make a folder with little clips of cool sounds i want to emulate. :D
COOL IDEA AT 1 AM: make a folder with little clips of cool sounds i want to emulate. :D
Sunday, February 14, 2010
CLAMP: qtractor, nekobee, AMS
Hey all!
Yesterday was a brief investigation into two applications, and a discovery of another promising one.
Alsa Modular Synthesizer:
Boy, its programs like these that make me doubt my project. It attempts to emulate voltage controlled modular synthesis like those developed by Robert Moog. Why does it it worry me? I doubt I'll be able to learn the software and use it to its full extent. Based on the some what open-ended documentation I read, I came to the conclusion that users of the synthesizer we're expected to have a previous experience with modular synthesizers. My experience with modular synthesizers is quite small, so I got lost a little bit reading this. However, AMS has many example files, and by the end of the night I was able to produce a basic sawtooth patch which could be midi controlled.
Nekobee:
This was a TB303 emulator I had heard about a year ago or so. Its a very simple synth, with a single oscillator, ADSR envelope, and a filter, but it can produce some really neat bass sounds. I could not find much information on this synth online, but this synth is easy enough to figure out.
Qtractor:
I literally just opened this application just to see if it works. I found this application on this website, and the screenshots I saw of this looked very promising. I found it on the ubuntu package manager, and installed it. Qtractor will be added to my Software List, which ofcourse is still in constant flux.
Thinking outloud, that software list is getting awfully big. It needs some organization.
Finally, I made a new page on my CLAMP page: Check it out!
Alright, I think thats about it.
-P
Yesterday was a brief investigation into two applications, and a discovery of another promising one.
Alsa Modular Synthesizer:
Boy, its programs like these that make me doubt my project. It attempts to emulate voltage controlled modular synthesis like those developed by Robert Moog. Why does it it worry me? I doubt I'll be able to learn the software and use it to its full extent. Based on the some what open-ended documentation I read, I came to the conclusion that users of the synthesizer we're expected to have a previous experience with modular synthesizers. My experience with modular synthesizers is quite small, so I got lost a little bit reading this. However, AMS has many example files, and by the end of the night I was able to produce a basic sawtooth patch which could be midi controlled.
Nekobee:
This was a TB303 emulator I had heard about a year ago or so. Its a very simple synth, with a single oscillator, ADSR envelope, and a filter, but it can produce some really neat bass sounds. I could not find much information on this synth online, but this synth is easy enough to figure out.
Qtractor:
I literally just opened this application just to see if it works. I found this application on this website, and the screenshots I saw of this looked very promising. I found it on the ubuntu package manager, and installed it. Qtractor will be added to my Software List, which ofcourse is still in constant flux.
Thinking outloud, that software list is getting awfully big. It needs some organization.
Finally, I made a new page on my CLAMP page: Check it out!
Alright, I think thats about it.
-P
Friday, February 12, 2010
CLAMP: top 3 major accomplishments
Its febuary break, and CLAMP is trudging along now! Much software that I hoped to install has been installed already, and I've made some personal breakthroughs.
To name 3:
1. The realtime Linux Kernel: used to optimize and prioritize programs the computer executes, the Linux kernel has always been a bit of a mystery for me and something far off in the distance. Thanks to a few easy to follow tutorials and references, getting the realtime kernel to work with my audio programs was surprisingly problem-free. Well, EnergyXT had some issues, but we'll fix that issue when we get there.
2. WineASIO: Still not entirely sure what the full use of this is, or what ASIO is, but it was needed to hook up reaper to jack. smells like a point of research for me! Reaper is so far golden for me under the Linux-RT kernel and WineASIO and I hope to be making some music with it soon!
3. Bristol: I haven't used it too much, but this software appears to be too good to be true. Its an emulation of many major vintage synths including the Juno-6 and the minimoog. It even has SID-chip inspired synth. I believe I compiled this one from source because it wasn't working right when I installed via synaptic (suprise suprise.) More to come on this bit of software.
Alright, theres my little tidbit for you today.
Til next time,
Paul
To name 3:
1. The realtime Linux Kernel: used to optimize and prioritize programs the computer executes, the Linux kernel has always been a bit of a mystery for me and something far off in the distance. Thanks to a few easy to follow tutorials and references, getting the realtime kernel to work with my audio programs was surprisingly problem-free. Well, EnergyXT had some issues, but we'll fix that issue when we get there.
2. WineASIO: Still not entirely sure what the full use of this is, or what ASIO is, but it was needed to hook up reaper to jack. smells like a point of research for me! Reaper is so far golden for me under the Linux-RT kernel and WineASIO and I hope to be making some music with it soon!
3. Bristol: I haven't used it too much, but this software appears to be too good to be true. Its an emulation of many major vintage synths including the Juno-6 and the minimoog. It even has SID-chip inspired synth. I believe I compiled this one from source because it wasn't working right when I installed via synaptic (suprise suprise.) More to come on this bit of software.
Alright, theres my little tidbit for you today.
Til next time,
Paul
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Happy new year?
Hello World.
My life in bullets:
-Im at the school library. Thank goodness for C-block frees. I thought I'd write a little something here.
-Happy new year. Seriously. I don't think I've made a post since the new year. Very sad indeed.
-January. What a month. 5 concerts and 2 auditions in 4 weeks. Im glad this is over with.
-CLAMP, an investigation of Music on the Linux platform, can be seen here c-l-a-m-p.wikispaces.org. its my project and it will be my life soon. check it out.
more updates on CLAMP and life to come cya!
My life in bullets:
-Im at the school library. Thank goodness for C-block frees. I thought I'd write a little something here.
-Happy new year. Seriously. I don't think I've made a post since the new year. Very sad indeed.
-January. What a month. 5 concerts and 2 auditions in 4 weeks. Im glad this is over with.
-CLAMP, an investigation of Music on the Linux platform, can be seen here c-l-a-m-p.wikispaces.org. its my project and it will be my life soon. check it out.
more updates on CLAMP and life to come cya!
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