[Rosegarden-user] Save path

2013-11-02 Thread k-14
I've confused myself I don't know how many times when saving .rg files expecting the path to default to the last one opened which is not the case. I may have just opened a piece from folder A if the last save (even a decade ago) was in folder C then that's the one that'll be the save default.

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Low writeout volume

2013-11-02 Thread david
On 11/02/2013 12:50 AM, D. Michael McIntyre wrote: > On 11/02/2013 03:55 AM, david wrote: > >> Can't help myself, either: > > You, sir, are an even bigger smartass than I am. Nicely done. Used to love Rube Goldberg contraptions, guess the old contraption brain is still around. ;-) I used to run

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Low writeout volume

2013-11-02 Thread david
On 11/02/2013 11:02 AM, D. Michael McIntyre wrote: > On 11/02/2013 12:39 PM, Abrolag wrote: > >> Not resistors, you need two diodes, and with no preamp they'll have to be >> germanium ones (if you can find any). > > I have some germanium diodes, oddly enough. They're out of one of those > 15-milli

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Low writeout volume

2013-11-02 Thread david
On 11/02/2013 11:02 AM, D. Michael McIntyre wrote: > On 11/02/2013 12:39 PM, Abrolag wrote: > >> Not resistors, you need two diodes, and with no preamp they'll have to be >> germanium ones (if you can find any). > > I have some germanium diodes, oddly enough. They're out of one of those > 15-milli

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Low writeout volume

2013-11-02 Thread D. Michael McIntyre
On 11/02/2013 12:39 PM, Abrolag wrote: > Not resistors, you need two diodes, and with no preamp they'll have to be > germanium ones (if you can find any). I have some germanium diodes, oddly enough. They're out of one of those 15-million-and-1 electronic projects kits. I never got along with e

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Low writeout volume

2013-11-02 Thread Abrolag
On Fri, 01 Nov 2013 21:55:08 -1000 david wrote: > Or you could make a do-it-yourself fuzz box using a 9v battery and a > couple of resistors ... Not resistors, you need two diodes, and with no preamp they'll have to be germanium ones (if you can find any). -- Will J Godfrey http://www.musica

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Low writeout volume

2013-11-02 Thread D. Michael McIntyre
> I'll look into it, it sounds interesting. Is it me or is the > guitar sound a more difficult one to synthesize? I think it's probably an instrument we hear really often, and we hear the wide range of expressiveness. You can vary the attack a lot, apply differing degrees of muting, bend string

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Low writeout volume

2013-11-02 Thread D. Michael McIntyre
On 11/02/2013 03:55 AM, david wrote: > Can't help myself, either: You, sir, are an even bigger smartass than I am. Nicely done. -- D. Michael McIntyre -- Android is increasing in popularity, but the open development p

Re: [Rosegarden-user] Low writeout volume

2013-11-02 Thread david
On 11/01/2013 02:32 AM, D. Michael McIntyre wrote: >> BTW, can anyone suggest a half-decent distorted guitar sound? > > Plug a guitar into an effects box and plug the effects box into your > computer? > > (I couldn't help myself.) Can't help myself, either: Plug a guitar into a cheap battery powe