Re: [Rosegarden-user] Real-time Linux needed?

2011-02-24 Thread david
steve conrad wrote: > Artist-X comes with a real time kernel and is based on Ubuntu, if you > really want to have Ubuntu and kernel-rt together. Just tried ArtistX 1.0 (I use 0.7 on my little music laptop). It has an RT kernel, but doesn't come with the audio permissions set up to allow users to

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Real-time Linux needed?

2011-02-24 Thread D. Michael McIntyre
On Thursday, February 24, 2011, D. Michael McIntyre wrote: > Ubuntu Studio will sort this kernel business out eventually if they want to > stay alive as a Linux audio distro. If not, there are others. After some of the comments that followed, I thought I'd come back and make it really clear tha

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Real-time Linux needed?

2011-02-24 Thread John Murphy
I've just successfully installed 2.6.38-5-lowlatency kernel following the instructions here: http://longspine.com/how-to/real-time-kernel-on-ubuntu-10-10-maverick-meerkat/ I guess it would work on any ubuntu 10.10 based OS. Certainly works on Linux Mint 10 KDE (amd64) in my case. My 'uname -a' no

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Real-time Linux needed?

2011-02-24 Thread Chris Cannam
On 24 Feb 2011 17:29, "D. Michael McIntyre" < michael.mcint...@rosegardenmusic.com> wrote: > > What it means is that your kernel was compiled with a system timer resolution > of 1000 Hz instead of 250 Hz or whatever it is that we prefer. I think 1000Hz is what we prefer, 100 is the (very) old defa

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Real-time Linux needed?

2011-02-24 Thread Brett McCoy
There are PPAs also available of you need kernel-rt for Ubuntu, or you can just get the vanilla source and build your own On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 1:34 PM, steve conrad wrote: > Artist-X comes with a real time kernel and is based on Ubuntu, if you > really want to have Ubuntu and kernel-rt togethe

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Real-time Linux needed?

2011-02-24 Thread steve conrad
Artist-X comes with a real time kernel and is based on Ubuntu, if you really want to have Ubuntu and kernel-rt together. -- Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk.

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Real-time Linux needed?

2011-02-24 Thread Brett McCoy
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:27 PM, D. Michael McIntyre wrote: > Since Ubuntu Studio is no longer shipping with a -rt kernel, you don't have > any sensible options.  If I were you, I would just ignore it and go on. > Ubuntu Studio will sort this kernel business out eventually if they want to > stay

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Real-time Linux needed?

2011-02-24 Thread D. Michael McIntyre
On Thursday, February 24, 2011, Ken Resander wrote: > A 'System Timer Resolution too low' dialog pops up when I click the yellow > alert triangle icon in Rosegarden. That alert triangle exists to replace this extremely common warning dialog with something that doesn't jump in your face and deman

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Recording electronic drum kit with multiple tracks?

2011-02-24 Thread Julie S
Hello Daniel, Concerning: > I am new to Rosegarden and are trying to record my electronic drum kit (Roland > TD-6KV). I would like to get each drum (ie hi-hat, snare, tom ...) on a > seperate > track. In the analog world this would be to record the drums with a set of > microphones where each mic

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Real-time Linux needed?

2011-02-24 Thread David Tisdell
Hi Ken, If you are only doing midi, Rosegarden should work just fine. If you want to add audio, not having an RT kernel becomes a problem. It is fairly simple to install an RT kernel. In your note you said "We are just beginning using Rosegarden here". Are you teaching composition on Rosegarden? I

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Real-time Linux needed?

2011-02-24 Thread Brett McCoy
On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 7:19 AM, Ken Resander wrote: > > What is the effect on Rosegarden of not having real-time? > Would it matter for beginners like us? > > Ken > P.S. The PC is an oldish 1.8GHz AMD Athlon with 512MB DRAM that was quite > literally gathering dust until I gave it a last chance

[Rosegarden-user] Real-time Linux needed?

2011-02-24 Thread Ken Resander
A 'System Timer Resolution too low' dialog pops up when I click the yellow alert triangle icon in Rosegarden. Entering sudo modprobe snd-rtctimer from terminal did not work (received message FATAL module snd_rtctimer not found). I have read Ubuntu Studio supports better real-time processing tha

[Rosegarden-user] Recording electronic drum kit with multiple tracks?

2011-02-24 Thread Daniel Bundzik
Hi all! I am new to Rosegarden and are trying to record my electronic drum kit (Roland TD-6KV). I would like to get each drum (ie hi-hat, snare, tom ...) on a seperate track. In the analog world this would be to record the drums with a set of microphones where each microphone has its own track

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Recording electronic drum kit with multiple tracks?

2011-02-24 Thread Tomasz Grzelak
Hi, maybe not a solution for your problem, but a different way (which actually I use to record different drums to different tracks in Ardour) - I just play on solo a given drum (e.g. hihat), and record it on a track. Next I put e.g. a snare to a solo mode, and record it on another track. And so on

[Rosegarden-user] Recording electronic drum kit with multiple tracks?

2011-02-24 Thread Daniel Bundzik
Hi all!I am new to Rosegarden and are trying to record my electronic drum kit (Roland TD-6KV).I would like to get each drum (ie hi-hat, snare, tom ...) on a seperate track. In the analog world this would be to record the drums with a set of microphones where each microphone has its own track. How d