Comments for woo, tangent http://wootangent.net lsd's rants about games, music, linux, and technology Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:58:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Comment on thinking inside the box by playing with pianoteq play | woo, tangent http://wootangent.net/2010/05/thinking-inside-the-box/comment-page-1/#comment-6192 playing with pianoteq play | woo, tangent Wed, 08 Sep 2010 10:58:44 +0000 http://wootangent.net/?p=543#comment-6192 [...] talked before about how a great synth can do more than just make sound — it can inspire you to play and [...] [...] talked before about how a great synth can do more than just make sound — it can inspire you to play and [...]

]]> Comment on new host! by Charlotte Hughes http://wootangent.net/2008/07/new-host/comment-page-1/#comment-6098 Charlotte Hughes Tue, 31 Aug 2010 06:19:56 +0000 http://wootangent.net/?p=19#comment-6098 when possible, i always use a dedicated server for my webhosting needs eventhough it is expensive.`: when possible, i always use a dedicated server for my webhosting needs eventhough it is expensive.`:

]]> Comment on new track: phase transition by satya http://wootangent.net/2010/07/new-track-phase-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-5807 satya Tue, 03 Aug 2010 18:19:12 +0000 http://wootangent.net/?p=703#comment-5807 Searching for 'woo, tangent' explains why I couldn't find you ;-) http://soundcloud.com/pneuman - great - see you over there. And thanks for the tip on Open Source Musicians, I'll check it out. Searching for ‘woo, tangent’ explains why I couldn’t find you ;-)

http://soundcloud.com/pneuman – great – see you over there.

And thanks for the tip on Open Source Musicians, I’ll check it out.

]]> Comment on new track: phase transition by lsd http://wootangent.net/2010/07/new-track-phase-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-5800 lsd Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:49:32 +0000 http://wootangent.net/?p=703#comment-5800 Thanks :) I do actually have a SoundCloud account, but I'm still evaluating it I guess, just seeing what it can do for me. Here's the link: <a href="http://soundcloud.com/pneuman" rel="nofollow">http://soundcloud.com/pneuman</a> I also haven't seen much of a Linux community on there yet, but we do have an Open Source Musicians group on there. Thanks :) I do actually have a SoundCloud account, but I’m still evaluating it I guess, just seeing what it can do for me. Here’s the link:

http://soundcloud.com/pneuman

I also haven’t seen much of a Linux community on there yet, but we do have an Open Source Musicians group on there.

]]> Comment on new track: phase transition by satya http://wootangent.net/2010/07/new-track-phase-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-5794 satya Mon, 02 Aug 2010 18:04:33 +0000 http://wootangent.net/?p=703#comment-5794 Great track and I appreciate your general philosophy - I should, as it coincides with mine ;) So, grateful thanks for providing a download facility. How about uploading your music to soundcloud.com? First couple of hours upload is free, there is not a go00gle ad in sight and the website is well programmed and doesn't seem to get 'in-yer-face' at all. Loads of great unknowns on there but I haven't come across another muso advocating Linux audio yet. Pity, as despite not being a programmer, I've never had so much fun with computer music in my life since I ditched windows in favour of UbuntuStudio. Once again, thanks for massaging my ears ;-) Great track and I appreciate your general philosophy – I should, as it coincides with mine ;) So, grateful thanks for providing a download facility.

How about uploading your music to soundcloud.com? First couple of hours upload is free, there is not a go00gle ad in sight and the website is well programmed and doesn’t seem to get ‘in-yer-face’ at all. Loads of great unknowns on there but I haven’t come across another muso advocating Linux audio yet. Pity, as despite not being a programmer, I’ve never had so much fun with computer music in my life since I ditched windows in favour of UbuntuStudio.

Once again, thanks for massaging my ears ;-)

]]> Comment on new track: phase transition by lsd http://wootangent.net/2010/07/new-track-phase-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-5754 lsd Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:27:55 +0000 http://wootangent.net/?p=703#comment-5754 Thanks :) Thanks :)

]]> Comment on new track: phase transition by Switchbreak http://wootangent.net/2010/07/new-track-phase-transition/comment-page-1/#comment-5746 Switchbreak Mon, 26 Jul 2010 16:45:54 +0000 http://wootangent.net/?p=703#comment-5746 This is pretty awesome. This is pretty awesome.

]]> Comment on roasting bacon by AutoStatic http://wootangent.net/2010/07/roasting-bacon/comment-page-1/#comment-5687 AutoStatic Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:06:55 +0000 http://wootangent.net/?p=692#comment-5687 I've never done any serious music recording/production with proprietary software. First of all I could never decide which tool I should use because of the myriad of audio apps available. And whenever I picked one I was confronted with an über-complex piece of software that took me like hours to figure out how to record a single track. And when I finally got something recorded tracks started to vanish into the ether or projects got messed up by blue screens or crashes. So I gave up recording with my computer. Until I decided to make the complete switch to GNU/Linux. And picked up recording with my PC again. Now I can do everything I want to do, create the sounds I like, record as many tracks as I wish without any problems, even on my cheapo netbook. If I have questions, if I run into bugs or if I have a feature request there is this small but ardent community to help you out. I can route all audio input and output to whatever piece of software that supports JACK. JACK, of which I believe it is not too hard, even though I'm not a pro audio engineer. I’ve never done any serious music recording/production with proprietary software. First of all I could never decide which tool I should use because of the myriad of audio apps available. And whenever I picked one I was confronted with an über-complex piece of software that took me like hours to figure out how to record a single track. And when I finally got something recorded tracks started to vanish into the ether or projects got messed up by blue screens or crashes.
So I gave up recording with my computer.
Until I decided to make the complete switch to GNU/Linux.
And picked up recording with my PC again.
Now I can do everything I want to do, create the sounds I like, record as many tracks as I wish without any problems, even on my cheapo netbook. If I have questions, if I run into bugs or if I have a feature request there is this small but ardent community to help you out. I can route all audio input and output to whatever piece of software that supports JACK.
JACK, of which I believe it is not too hard, even though I’m not a pro audio engineer.

]]> Comment on my selfish reasons for making free music with free software by lsd http://wootangent.net/2010/06/my-selfish-reasons-for-making-free-music-with-free-software/comment-page-1/#comment-5580 lsd Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:43:32 +0000 http://wootangent.net/?p=632#comment-5580 No, it's not a strong philosophical stand, but that's the point! The pros and cons of both proprietary and open-source software in general have been discussed at length by people much smarter than I, and their arguments are just as relevant for music software as they are for anything else, so I'd just be wasting everyone's time by writing yet another article about open-source's fundamental advantages. The point of this article was to show that, even if you ignore the open-source vs proprietary discussion, using Linux for music production is not just a viable alternative, but a preferable one in some very simple, tangible ways. I don't use Ardour, Qtractor, Hydrogen, et al just because they're open-source -- I use them because they're cheap (well, free!), flexible, capable, and run on my preferred OS. I'm guessing you have some fundamental problems with proprietary software, but I don't necessarily. I certainly prefer open-source, but I don't think proprietary apps are evil, and if they fill a need for me, I'll certainly investigate them. Pianoteq is a great example -- it's a very niche application with no direct open-source alternative (LinuxSampler can also produce great piano sounds, but it's a fundamentally different tool), and it has an excellent Linux port. It's not free, of course, but the price is reasonable, and I'm quite willing to pay it to help its developers continue to develop it. No, it’s not a strong philosophical stand, but that’s the point! The pros and cons of both proprietary and open-source software in general have been discussed at length by people much smarter than I, and their arguments are just as relevant for music software as they are for anything else, so I’d just be wasting everyone’s time by writing yet another article about open-source’s fundamental advantages.

The point of this article was to show that, even if you ignore the open-source vs proprietary discussion, using Linux for music production is not just a viable alternative, but a preferable one in some very simple, tangible ways. I don’t use Ardour, Qtractor, Hydrogen, et al just because they’re open-source — I use them because they’re cheap (well, free!), flexible, capable, and run on my preferred OS.

I’m guessing you have some fundamental problems with proprietary software, but I don’t necessarily. I certainly prefer open-source, but I don’t think proprietary apps are evil, and if they fill a need for me, I’ll certainly investigate them. Pianoteq is a great example — it’s a very niche application with no direct open-source alternative (LinuxSampler can also produce great piano sounds, but it’s a fundamentally different tool), and it has an excellent Linux port. It’s not free, of course, but the price is reasonable, and I’m quite willing to pay it to help its developers continue to develop it.

]]> Comment on my selfish reasons for making free music with free software by Louigi Verona http://wootangent.net/2010/06/my-selfish-reasons-for-making-free-music-with-free-software/comment-page-1/#comment-5572 Louigi Verona Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:31:44 +0000 http://wootangent.net/?p=632#comment-5572 "adopting open-source software for pragmatic reasons leaves me ideologically free to buy commercial software for pragmatic reasons, too" Not a very strong philosophical stand, though. “adopting open-source software for pragmatic reasons leaves me ideologically free to buy commercial software for pragmatic reasons, too”

Not a very strong philosophical stand, though.

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