For me, the most exciting part of a multi-track sequencer is HEARING the results.
At the moment, the Qtractor website features:
However, Qtractor is missing a very basic but POWERFUL method of getting people excited...VIDEO DEMONSTRATIONS!
For me, the most enthralling part of discovering new software is SEEING someone USING it to create amazing results!
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Here's are two video demonstrations of similar software to QTractor; called Open Octave:
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Video Demonstration Examples
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1.) Using Open Octave's GUI:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcKz3Aw8zP8#t=19s
2.) Some of the dramatic results possible with Open Octave's tools:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iv65yBQIdOg#t=36s
I definitely prefer QTractor to Open Octave, because (among other things) QTractor is better combined into one package. (and I love how it remembers my Jack settings)
Open Octave require running scripts and other complications, while QTractor allows me to get started faster.
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So if you (and perhaps the QTractor community) would take even a LITTLE time and make some BASIC video demonstrations of the music creation possible with Qtractor, I think it would be a HUGELY beneficial addition to the website.
I would suggest YouTube, because other video hosting services often take awhile to buffer. (Vimeo!! >_>)
Thanks for reading.
Re: QTractor's Gaping Hole of Video Demonstrations
So true.
OTOH, I won't bet much on the exhaustive manual tag :) It is severely outdated and missing more than half of the potential and feature set the latest Qtractor releases already offers :/
Sure it all needs a push, but please, have in mind that the Qtractor community is not that large and lazy as much as you can imagine (count me in as the lazy part). Trying to pressure on these poor and brave souls might be challenging but nevertheless, really appreciated :) Thanks for the heads-up.
Anyway, given the little time window I have to improve on the code side of things, there's very little time left to dedicate for doing such, uh, mundane things? so to speak :) Anyhow, I'm counting on you (all) to give a little helping hand on this and that, so you're (all) free to pick on the loose ends ;)
Über-procrastinator (that's me:) dixit.
Video
Great informative on the blog.Clear information this will be so helpful for all of us.
Re: screencasting
A few time ago and then recently, I've been trying to do some screencasts via recordMyDesktop, which I think is the only one that I know that has JACK support from the ground up.
Unfortunately, I do always end with some horrible & sluggish videos (Ogg Theora (.ogv)). I mean, they all look like under the 1 fps rating (yes, less than _one_ fps) no matter how hard I try and tweak configurations. Given these results one cannot even talk about audio sync (even worse).
If only someone could point me to any other screen-casting/capture software, if any ? Hints to improve the recordMyDesktop experience will be appreciated :)
Cheers
What about graphic drivers? I
What about graphic drivers? I was able to record stuff only when I turned off proprietary drivers.
Re: What about graphic drivers?
I don't think its related to graphics drivers. It seems that Qt is actually using the native GTK widgets instead of its own mockups :) Never-mind, it's no use: please, try today's latest svn trunk (Qtractor 0.4.6.12+). There should result in something different in this regard...
Cheers
WebCamStudio
Hi Rui,
Long time, no see. I hope you are doing well. I was reading about your capture problem, and I think WebCamStudio might solve your problem. It has desktop capturing built in, and will save in either Ogg, AVI or Ogg Broadcast. Not sure that the latter is. I have never tried this, so I don't know how well it works, or if it works at all, but certainly worth a try, I would think.
You *might* have to build the vloopback driver, but probably not, since you will only be doing desktop capture. Lemme know if this works for you.
Lexridge.
Re: WebCamStudio
hi lexridge,
welcome back! how have you been doing? hope you're still busy :)
Now, re. WebCamStudio, you probably know that capturing the desktop is just half the problem. The other half is capturing audio, JACK obviously. recordMyDesktop has it for a long time and i wonder how much of my full preempt-rt kernel and low-latency paranoia is hosing the captured video with it. Guess I'll have to try lowering my standards a lot of a bit ;)
Cheers
Hi Rui, Yea, still very busy.
Hi Rui,
Yea, still very busy. Never a dull moment it seems. I need a break!! The company for which I work recently donated a Mackie d8b to me, which was very generous. I have it in my garage now, but not yet hooked up. I would love to be able to control the motorized faders with Qtractor.
WebCamStudio does indeed capture audio, but I would doubt it will work with Jack. However, you possibly could record your audio separately, then mux them together afterwords.
Re: Mackied d8b
Awe!
That Mackie D8B seems a pretty awesome. Does it come with its own video screen monitor?
Looking from its MIDI implementation chart, Appendix E, I suspect you'll be able to control the motorized mixer faders alright, but track pan, solo, mute and record won't cut there yet. Reasons are that those controls are assigned to MIDI channel Note On/Off events and Qtractor only supports MIDI channel controller events (CC) as of yet :(
Also, MMC seems to be only one-way (open-loop) so it will work only if commands are initiated from the control surface. Kind of odd for a such high profile gadget, one would expect it fully configurable (assignable) and what not ;)
Anyway, it must be lots of fun just waiting in the garage :)
Cheers
RE: Mackie D8B
That Mackie D8B seems a pretty awesome. Does it come with its own video screen monitor?
Of course! :) And the entire board can be ran from a mouse. I have to still build the midi cable for it, as the original has long since been lost. Not a big deal however. One of the things I can do while hanging out in my garage lol.
The garage is becoming well equipped. I have finally acquired a fully enclosed 19" equipment rack, loaded with two rack mount computers, two audio patch bays (connected to the Delta 1010 sound card) , a rack mount Torpey Time clock, a Leitch effects unit, 5x100 watt amp, and soon the Mackie PS/CPU will occupy some space there as well. Oh, and full 5.1 surround speakers with a 12" subwoofer. It rocks!! lol
There is a 24" LCD mounted on the wall for HD MythTV viewing, and two other 19" WS monitors for computer use. I am running one 19" and the 24" on one system using separate X-Sessions. One is Mythtv, the other is KDE.
The garage is fun!!
ttyl,
Lex
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