Re: [SLUG] Software Query.
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 02:49:09PM +1000, Bill Bennett wrote: Two problems, actually. 2) A friend has some software from, I think, SoundForge, whereby he can plug in his turntable to his computer and store an analogue file for subsequent (a) converting to digital and (b) editing---meaning that BLOODY piano pedal squeak that ruins any enjoyment of a certain jazz LP could be edited out. (Alright, apologies for introducing coarse and unseemly language into SLUG's driven snow. I was overcome at the prospect of a resurrection.) Unfortunately, the friend is a follower, if reluctantly, of Microsoft. He couldn't tell me whether there's analogous software for Linux. Has anyone any experience of this type of software? Gnome Wave Cleaner is designed for just this, it contains a few tools for cleaning up recordings off vinyl: http://www.redhawk.org/gwc.html for general editing, I should probably recommend sweep: http://sweep.sourceforge.net/ (which I'll be demoing at this month's slug meeting :) Conrad. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
[SLUG] Software Query.
Two problems, actually. 1) There's a prospect of my being able to acquire CorelDraw for Linux in the near future. So I looked it up. The wretched thing is described as being configured for Debian: I use common-or-garden Redhat. Can anyone forsee any problems with this? 2) A friend has some software from, I think, SoundForge, whereby he can plug in his turntable to his computer and store an analogue file for subsequent (a) converting to digital and (b) editing---meaning that BLOODY piano pedal squeak that ruins any enjoyment of a certain jazz LP could be edited out. (Alright, apologies for introducing coarse and unseemly language into SLUG's driven snow. I was overcome at the prospect of a resurrection.) Unfortunately, the friend is a follower, if reluctantly, of Microsoft. He couldn't tell me whether there's analogous software for Linux. Has anyone any experience of this type of software? Any comments would be gratefully received. Bill Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Software Query.
On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Bill Bennett wrote: 1) There's a prospect of my being able to acquire CorelDraw for Linux in the near future. So I looked it up. The wretched thing is described as being configured for Debian: I use common-or-garden Redhat. raises eyebrows A commercial piece of software designed for Debian, without a DeadRa^WRedHat version? Oh wait, it's Corel; they're good ol' Debian bigots from way back. Can anyone forsee any problems with this? Possible library issues, of course, but a library is a library. Something not installed, perhaps, that should be. RedHat not being able to comprehend Debian's package format (if it's a .deb, and if RedHat hasn't got the appropriate tools - which it should have, one way or another). 2) A friend has some software from, I think, SoundForge, whereby he can plug in his turntable to his computer and store an analogue file for subsequent (a) converting to digital and (b) editing---meaning that BLOODY piano pedal squeak that ruins any enjoyment of a certain jazz LP could be edited out. Plugging any analogue audio device into the ADC of your sound card is not dependent on operating system or application software. g Recording sound to .wav is accomplished by any one of N+1 possible applications under Linux. The sound editing can also be done in a variety of interesting fashions, but not being a sound geek I couldn't say (well, not that kind of one, anyway). I think he's got his terminology mixed up; it's not possible to actually store analogue data in a digital computer, instead, it has to be sampled and quantised, no matter what you're running. (Alright, apologies for introducing coarse and unseemly language into SLUG's driven snow. I was overcome at the prospect of a resurrection.) Unfortunately, the friend is a follower, if reluctantly, of Microsoft. He couldn't tell me whether there's analogous software for Linux. It should be. Sound recording and editing isn't exactly new technology. -- --- #include disclaimer.h Matthew Palmer, Geek In Residence http://ieee.uow.edu.au/~mjp16 -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
Re: [SLUG] Software Query.
On Mon, Sep 02, 2002 at 02:49:09PM +1000, Bill Bennett wrote: 2) A friend has some software from, I think, SoundForge, whereby he can plug in his turntable to his computer and store an analogue file for subsequent (a) converting to digital and (b) editing---meaning that BLOODY piano pedal squeak that ruins any enjoyment of a certain jazz LP could be edited out. A Freshmeat search for sound and editor reveals a number of editors - useful for me as I haven't checked out many of them for ages. Just tried audacity which looks good but spurts hiss from my imac (an endian issue perhaps?) - worth trying though methinks. DAP is good as well and has been around for ages. Good luck getting out a piano pedal squeak. Unless it's all by itself editing might not be all that effective... Denis Crowdy -- Department of Contemporary Music Studies Macquarie University NSW 2109 Australia, ph: +61 (0)2 9850 6787, fax: 9850 6593 http://www.ccms.mq.edu.au -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
