[00:25] <markie-> I have a midi controller keyboard (evolution) and would like to use it with linux, just wondering what's the best application for that?
[00:27] <holstein> markie-: lots of applications
[00:27] <holstein> does it work?
[00:27]  * holstein phone
[00:29] <markie-> holstein: so i need a synthesizer, but which one will make my midi controller into all different kinds of instruments?
[00:30] <holstein> does the controller work?
[00:30] <holstein> what it is?
[00:30] <holstein> USB?
[00:30] <markie-> yea usb
[00:30] <holstein> is it recognized by linux?
[00:30] <markie-> yea
[00:30] <holstein> do you run JACK?
[00:31] <markie-> well going to
[00:31] <holstein> OK
[00:31] <holstein> after getting JACK running
[00:31] <holstein> its easy to JACK you USB controller to whatever you want
[00:32] <markie-> alright then i shall use JACK for that
[00:32] <holstein> http://wootangent.net/category/music/tutorials/
[00:32] <holstein> ^^ a friends stie
[00:32] <holstein> site*
[00:32] <holstein> [lsd] over in #opensroucemusicians
[00:33] <holstein> [lsd] over in #opensourcemusicians **
[00:33] <markie-> ah cool
[00:33] <markie-> i shall take a gander at it
[00:33] <holstein> he makes all the music on that site in linux
[00:34] <markie-> so what synthesizer do you think is best in your opinion?
[00:34] <holstein> with soft synths
[00:34] <holstein> or his external module with a soft sequencer
[00:34] <holstein> markie-: they are all different
[00:35] <holstein> you just gotta start getting into them and see
[00:35] <markie-> how do they differ
[00:35] <holstein> yoshimi or zynaddsubfx
[00:35] <holstein> markie-: they differ in everyway
[00:35] <holstein> sounds they make
[00:35] <holstein> the way they look
[00:35] <holstein> the platform
[00:35] <holstein> you name it
[00:37] <markie-> and play all different kinds of instruments?
[00:37] <holstein> you mean sounds?
[00:38] <markie-> yea i guess you can say that
[00:38] <holstein> say what?
[00:38] <markie-> refer to it as sounds rather instruments
[00:38] <holstein> OH
[00:38] <holstein> yeah
[00:38] <markie-> what's the latency like?
[00:39] <holstein> its sounds
[00:39] <holstein> your not acutally playing different instruments ;)
[00:39] <markie-> true
[00:39] <holstein> the call them patches i beleive
[00:39] <holstein> markie-: latency depends on your sytems
[00:39] <holstein> system*
[00:39] <markie-> tell me more about that
[00:39] <holstein> i can get around 1.2
[00:40] <holstein> for that application
[00:40] <holstein> i can get 2.4 or so stable though usually doing whatever i want
[00:40] <holstein> if i need to really push things, i can run it at 5.8
[00:40] <markie-> and that's good
[00:40] <holstein> or 11 for that matter
[00:41] <holstein> if your not playing a soft synth
[00:41] <holstein> or doing live effects processing
[00:41] <holstein> it really doesnt matter
[00:41] <holstein> the latency*
[00:41] <markie-> tbh i just wonna play tetris on my midicontroller
[00:41] <holstein> hehe
[00:42] <markie-> I was running Reason 4 on win7 via virtual machince, and the latency is horrible
[00:42] <holstein> well, linux aint magic
[00:42] <holstein> you might need to buy an interface
[00:42] <markie-> what do you mean?
[00:42] <holstein> or check out your system
[00:43] <markie-> im unfamilar with all this music on linux
[00:43] <holstein> its the same as in windows really
[00:43] <holstein> just that linux tends to be more lean
[00:43] <holstein> and light weight
[00:44] <holstein> markie-: you'll find out when you start trouble shooting JACK
[00:44] <holstein> what your latency will be
[00:44] <markie-> alright cool
[00:44] <markie-> i'll see how it goes, thanks
[00:44] <holstein> what audio interface?
[00:44] <markie-> yea
[00:45] <holstein> yeah, which audio interface are you using?
[00:46] <holstein> the internal sound card?
[00:46] <holstein> http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/UCA202.aspx
[00:46] <holstein> if so, look at this ^^
[00:46] <holstein> its dirty cheap
[00:46] <holstein> and has nice latency in linux im told
[00:47] <holstein> plug and play
[00:47] <holstein> the only issue is the unbalanced inputs and outputs
[00:47] <holstein> but you cant get balanced ins and outs for that price :)
[00:48] <markie-> ah right i see
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[08:52] <terrence> any settings that I should change?
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