On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 17:41 +1300, Richard Tindall wrote: > Howdy all. > > I checked with Ant offlist, to make sure someone had, and went around > yesterday to see what I could do to help him out. Ant's a programmer, > with a CPIT degree, earning from PHP. Brand new to Linux, but a most > worthy convert. > > Status: > > Anthony Brown wrote: > > >Hello All, > > > >This is my first email to you, my name is Ant by the way. > > > >I would like to know who could help me setup my computer for music > >production? > >software installed: > >Redhat with Planet-CCRMA kernel, > > > > > The above is enhanced for midi processing, & installed as per > instrustions, running well.. > > >Ardour, > >Rosegarden4, > >Jack > > > > > These too are good quality studio free/openware, running well but > subject to limited RAM (128MB) so can crash given work. Driver modules > for the sound card all look correct, with the midi port picked up by the > s/w. We had sound in from mic socket & out of spkrs, so it's a software > problem rather than hardware. > > >I can get sound to work, but need some help with getting the programs to do > >what I want... > >Manuals have been read, so I know what can be done and sort of how to do it, > >but I get stuck in some > >places... > > > > > Diagnosis: > > RedHat9 had been modified, as per instructions, but the expertise for > final tweaks is absent / OS damaged.. > > The kernel upgrade packaging used apt-get, and seems to have broken the > RH packaging subsystem. Installing any more packages is problematic, > because RH is now complaining about missing libraries & not offering up > how to find them - e.g. MC unobtainable at present. The original > libraries could have been replaced, it seems. > > >If it sounds like I know what I am talking about, then I am sorry.. I don't. > >All I can offer is $50 and a couple of beers to someone who can come over > >for 2-3 hours and help me > >get this going. > > > >Apologies if the email is too long, > > > >Take Care > >:Ant > > > > > > > Solution: > > Reinstall is probably the simplest option. > > To enhance this we need to find someone here onlist who has ever > connected a sythesiser/keyboard through a midi port under Linux, please. > And what distro did you use?
I have done that. > > Midi seems to be a common enough function, and I'd recommend using the > simplest s/w & most uptodate OS possible, to get it going in test mode, > before considering more specialist combinations. > > >-- > >No virus found in this outgoing message. > >Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > >Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.9/116 - Release Date: 9/30/2005 > > > - Anyone worked with Zend? Ant could easily be persuaded to dual-boot > his main PC, or may be already. Then he'd have still more Anti-Virus > security. :-) > > hth, >
