ProAudio repository for Arch users

markc · 2008-08-22 20:12:25

I can't help with fluidsynth because I'm just too busy to get involved with audio stuff atm. I wish I could match your efforts because it would be great to compare notes with another Archlinux/jack user.

In general I think the main problem with linux audio is it's too fragmented with not enough users involved with any of the "fragments" to get enough end user inertia to make a difference. In our case, being fairly isolated Archlinux users doesn't help. There would be more immediate support using (kx)ubuntu and something like ubuntustudio... ie; their forums are fairly active.

I think one medium to long term solution is to offer binary packages so it's easier for other Archlinux users to get the apps installed and then more folks would have a reason to hang out in forums like this. I've got intentions and some facilities to do binary packages but I just don't have the time right now to focus on it. Bummer... especially when there is a glimmer of that inertia in this thread. Perhaps there are other Archlinux linux audio forums somewhere else?

funkmuscle · 2008-08-23 20:08:36

Thanx for the answer Mark. I've got ubuntustudio, LAD, and Studio64 and none compare to the flexibilty of Arch. this OS is faster than the others and the xruns with the other kernels and jack are crazy. That's why I stick with Arch.
I really wish the programmers do see how great linux would be for audio but they all seem to be developing software that I don't even know if the masses will ever use. Just look in AUR...
I wish I knew more about programming.... I just got this bad feeling about audio on linux fading and becoming a thing of no interest. In fact I feel like programmers are more into making linux server based than desktop. I really hope I'm wrong becuase I don't like Windows and Mac is way to expensive.

Frabato · 2008-08-30 12:44:23

Hi All,

Can someone tell my what rt kernel is best for my Q6600 processor and how I might go about getting it. I saw the bit about:

svn checkout http://proaudio.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/ proaudio-read-only

so i ran it and got a nice looking list of available software but I have no idea how to install any of it.
Is the rt kernel in AUR right now a good one? Obviously I'm a newbie but I would be happy to do some testing and I'll try to learn how to do pkgbuilds. Linux audio does seem to be in poor shape right now but I don't think that the interest will fade. Ubuntu studio is quite active but unfortunately it's the worst performing kernel (at least on my machine) of any of the audio distributions. I'm running an rt kernel on Sidux and it performs quite well but for other resons I'd rather run Archlinux.

Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Arthur

Frabato · 2008-08-30 12:57:38

Okay,

I just found the pkgbuilds in my home folder so that part of my post is handled.

Arthur

schivmeister · 2008-09-14 21:15:59

Oh my..let me bump this or it'd seem like Arch isn't good enough for multimedia productivity

I'd also love to (try to) answer a few questions here but currently am short on time til I get a faster hard disk. HAH! Anyway I'll be updating the kernel, the rest of the AUR packages and getting back to proaudio Google by this week; sorry for the delay if anyone's affected.

Got to practise eq'ing a little but no proper interface atm (effects processor DI to onboard Intel HDA line-in) so it still sounds dirty, plus it's an unplanned 26-sec doodling: http://www.mediafire.com/?mvzabgbbbkq <-- I'm not going to be held liable for damaged ears; you can use Amarok/whatever-player-with-equalizer to do a mid-scoop.

Last edited by schivmeister (2008-09-15 14:02:57)

Frabato · 2008-09-25 20:56:46

Hi All,

I'm trying to build jackmp using the PKGBUILD from above in this post. The build just stops at:

[ 95/162] cxx: tests/testSem.cpp -> build/default/tests/testSem_2.o

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

P.S.
Sorry funkmuscle, I don't have pitch bend on my keyboard so I can't chek it out.

btartsa · 2008-09-26 21:55:00

# Maintainer: ProAudio Group <proaudio-devel@googlegroups.com>

pkgname=jackmp-svn
pkgver=2945
pkgrel=1
arch=(i686 x86_64)
license=('GPL')
url="http://www.grame.fr/~letz/jackdmp.html"
pkgdesc="JACK for SMP (multiprocessor) systems"
depends=('alsa-lib')
makedepends=('subversion')
conflicts=('jack-audio-connection-kit')
provides=('jack-audio-connection-kit')
#options=('!libtool')
source=()
md5sums=()

_svntrunk="http://subversion.jackaudio.org/jack/jack2/trunk/jackmp"
_svnmod="jackmp"

build() {
  cd "$srcdir"

  if [ -d $_svnmod/.svn ]; then
    (cd $_svnmod && svn up -r $pkgver)
  else
    svn co $_svntrunk --config-dir ./ -r $pkgver $_svnmod
  fi

  msg "SVN checkout done or server timeout"
  msg "Starting build..."

  cd $_svnmod

  ./waf configure  --prefix=/usr
  ./waf build $MAKEFLAGS || return 1
  ./waf --destdir="$pkgdir" install
}

Last edited by btartsa (2008-09-26 21:56:11)

Frabato · 2008-09-26 23:41:45

Thanks!

funkmuscle · 2008-09-29 23:56:23

no probs dude.... any new pro audio apps or updated ones yet?

funkmuscle · 2008-10-03 11:44:17

dunno if anyone still reads this thread or if it's evem alive but can someone explain this to me and why PAM doesn't allow these settings:

http://www.linuxjournal.com/video/hyper … ime-kernel

And the direct link to the youtube video:
http://www.youtube.com/v/zzvyV1hyDYc

and also, has anyone tried this?: kernel26zenrt-git 20080905-6

Last edited by funkmuscle (2008-10-03 12:09:41)

Army · 2008-10-03 14:33:23

Did you try out this set_rlimits program? Does it work correctly on Arch?

funkmuscle · 2008-10-03 14:58:09

never tried it because I don't know if it clashes with PAM...
here are some feedback from the nabble forum:
http://www.nabble.com/rt-video-guide-on … 10053.html

btartsa · 2008-10-03 23:15:43

I see no benefit to this method. They say "there is more than one way to skin a cat" but I have to ask...why skin this cat at all

Any why is he jacking up qjackctl?? That makes no sense. I would just ignore this.

Last edited by btartsa (2008-10-03 23:18:05)

funkmuscle · 2008-10-04 00:26:12

yeah, I tried it and no difference. Actually, got better performance with PAM....
Just would like to get his performance.... what about the kernel? kernel26zenrt-git 20080905-6

Army · 2008-10-04 17:13:24

funkmuscle wrote:

what about the kernel? kernel26zenrt-git 20080905-6

Would love to try it, but no zen-kernel compiles here...

Frabato · 2008-10-06 18:25:09

Hi All,

I just reinstalled Arch and I built the AUR kernel26rt 2.6.26.5_rt9-1 but it is not behaving well. Could I get some feedback on what kernels people are having luck with and where I might find the PKGBUILDS.

Thanks,
Arthur

funkmuscle · 2008-10-06 19:27:23

this one dude, kernel26rt-2.6.26.3_rt7.

Frabato · 2008-10-06 20:37:04

Thanks Funkmuscle,

What do I do? Just build from AUR and change the version numbers in the PKGBUILD?

Thanks

funkmuscle · 2008-10-06 23:15:28

yep, That's what I did and it's working so far. I'm kinda getting use to the set_rlimits...
remember that if you're using Nvidia card to edit the PKGBUILD also.

Frabato · 2008-10-08 00:24:13

Hey Thanks,

I have the kernel running and it seems fine so far but I'm having trouble with zynjacku and it looks like this:

plugin_repo.c: In function 'zynjacku_plugin_repo_check_plugin':
plugin_repo.c:232: error: 'SLV2PortDirection' undeclared (first use in this function)
plugin_repo.c:232: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
plugin_repo.c:232: error: for each function it appears in.)
plugin_repo.c:232: error: expected ';' before 'direction'
plugin_repo.c:233: error: 'SLV2PortDataType' undeclared (first use in this function)
plugin_repo.c:233: error: expected ';' before 'type'
plugin_repo.c:245: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
plugin_repo.c:293: error: 'direction' undeclared (first use in this function)
plugin_repo.c:293: warning: implicit declaration of function 'slv2_port_get_direction'
plugin_repo.c:296: error: 'type' undeclared (first use in this function)
plugin_repo.c:296: warning: implicit declaration of function 'slv2_port_get_data_type'
plugin_repo.c:298: error: 'SLV2_PORT_DATA_TYPE_CONTROL' undeclared (first use in this function)
plugin_repo.c:300: error: 'SLV2_PORT_DIRECTION_INPUT' undeclared (first use in this function)
plugin_repo.c:306: error: 'SLV2_PORT_DATA_TYPE_AUDIO' undeclared (first use in this function)
plugin_repo.c:308: error: 'SLV2_PORT_DIRECTION_OUTPUT' undeclared (first use in this function)
plugin_repo.c:322: error: 'SLV2_PORT_DATA_TYPE_MIDI' undeclared (first use in this function)
plugin_repo.c: In function 'zynjacku_plugin_repo_get_plugin_license':
plugin_repo.c:371: error: 'SLV2_URI' undeclared (first use in this function)
plugin_repo.c:372: error: too many arguments to function 'slv2_plugin_get_value'
plugin_repo.c: In function 'zynjacku_plugin_repo_iterate':
plugin_repo.c:448: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
plugin_repo.c: In function 'zynjacku_plugin_repo_lookup_by_uri':
plugin_repo.c:505: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
make[1]: *** [plugin_repo.lo] Error 1
make[1]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
mv -f .deps/enum.Tpo .deps/enum.Plo
synth.c: In function 'zynjacku_synth_get_name':
synth.c:504: warning: return from incompatible pointer type
synth.c: In function 'zynjacku_synth_get_uri':
synth.c:515: warning: return from incompatible pointer type
synth.c: In function 'zynjacku_synth_generic_lv2_ui_on':
synth.c:561: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
synth.c: In function 'create_port':
synth.c:720: error: 'SLV2PortDirection' undeclared (first use in this function)
synth.c:720: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
synth.c:720: error: for each function it appears in.)
synth.c:720: error: expected ';' before 'direction'
synth.c:721: error: 'SLV2PortDataType' undeclared (first use in this function)
synth.c:721: error: expected ';' before 'type'
synth.c:727: error: 'direction' undeclared (first use in this function)
synth.c:727: warning: implicit declaration of function 'slv2_port_get_direction'
synth.c:730: error: 'type' undeclared (first use in this function)
synth.c:730: warning: implicit declaration of function 'slv2_port_get_data_type'
synth.c:733: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
synth.c:740: error: 'SLV2_PORT_DATA_TYPE_CONTROL' undeclared (first use in this function)
synth.c:742: error: 'SLV2_PORT_DIRECTION_INPUT' undeclared (first use in this function)
synth.c:753: warning: implicit declaration of function 'slv2_port_get_default_value'
synth.c:754: warning: implicit declaration of function 'slv2_port_get_minimum_value'
synth.c:755: warning: implicit declaration of function 'slv2_port_get_maximum_value'
synth.c:760: error: 'SLV2_PORT_DIRECTION_OUTPUT' undeclared (first use in this function)
synth.c:771: error: 'SLV2_PORT_DATA_TYPE_AUDIO' undeclared (first use in this function)
synth.c:803: error: 'SLV2_PORT_DATA_TYPE_MIDI' undeclared (first use in this function)
synth.c: In function 'zynjacku_synth_construct':
synth.c:1024: warning: assignment from incompatible pointer type
make[1]: *** [synth.lo] Error 1
mv -f .deps/hints.Tpo .deps/hints.Plo
gtk2gui.c: In function 'zynjacku_gtk2gui_init':
gtk2gui.c:396: warning: implicit declaration of function 'slv2_ui_is_type'
gtk2gui.c: In function 'zynjacku_gtk2gui_ui_on':
gtk2gui.c:569: warning: passing argument 3 of 'slv2_ui_instantiate' from incompatible pointer type
gtk2gui.c:604: warning: passing argument 4 of '(((struct zynjacku_gtk2gui *)gtk2gui_handle)->ui_array + (long unsigned int)((long unsigned int)index * 64ul))->descr_ptr->port_event' makes integer from pointer without a cast
gtk2gui.c:604: error: too few arguments to function '(((struct zynjacku_gtk2gui *)gtk2gui_handle)->ui_array + (long unsigned int)((long unsigned int)index * 64ul))->descr_ptr->port_event'
make[1]: *** [gtk2gui.lo] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/yaourt-tmp-a/aur-zynjacku/zynjacku/src/zynjacku-1'
make: *** [all] Error 2
==> ERROR: Build Failed.
    Aborting...
Error: Makepkg was unable to build zynjacku package.

Does anyone know how to fix this?

Thanks,
Arthur

funkmuscle · 2008-10-08 00:48:47

did u get this from the google code repo? I don't use it but I did install it from there and it works.

Frabato · 2008-10-08 01:15:44

I got it from AUR, I'll try the google code one out tonight.

Frabato · 2008-10-08 01:33:14

Well sadly, I receive the same error message.

Anyone?

markc · 2008-10-08 02:25:50

I googled the error and one comment said this... "You are using wrong version of slv2. I suggest you to try svn zynjacku when using recent slv2." so it seems we need be a zynjacku-svn package. SVN instructions at http://home.gna.org/zynjacku/

funkmuscle · 2008-10-08 02:26:02

dunno dude. hopefully schivmeister or btartsa can help. maybe try the SLV2 from the google code. I had an issue like that with ardour and needed to use the SLV2 from the google code. I think it's version 0.6.0

Last edited by funkmuscle (2008-10-08 02:27:40)

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