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hdmi dummy dongle for hardware acceleration in headless mode

pointandclicksystems — Fri, 14 Oct 2022 21:01:34 +0000

you can use this device to fool headless mode into thinking you have a screen plugged in. this is in order to trigger hardware acceleration that would otherwise be set to off, making a remote session painfully slow. this makes it much nicer to use!

https://amzn.to/3VvEnIY

ALSA vs JACK

pointandclicksystems — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 19:58:26 +0000

In my experience, alsa is adequate for multi i/o sound devices, and is generally what i use for all my programs. its hassle free and no frills. Jack tends to be a mystery when its not working and tends to boil down to rebooting a machine and setting it all up again. mysterious things happen with jack but it does offer a much deeper flexibility than alsa. some programs require jack such as renoise. so its good to know how to use it. youtube has a lot of videos from the entire emergence of jack onwards and is hard to tell what is relevant and what is outdated info. i find that if i immersed myself in the videos thing would gel and its the only reason i know what i do and can get as far as jack has allowed me lol! im no expert, but i can answer questions to the best of my understanding.

qjackctl is a utility i have installed that allows you to make changes and view connection diagrams etc. start menu > run > qjackctl

General project scope and concept

pointandclicksystems — Sun, 09 Oct 2022 18:44:24 +0000

When we saw what a raspberry pi could do we immediately thought it would make a great small form factor meta module for euro rack format. so when a prototype was done and we were in the software stage we realized that the capabilities of the platform allowed for full fledged brain style control over audio, cv and midi. since there is amazing support for ready made solutions such as expert sleepers hardware for audio and cv i/o and other working solutions for distributing midi i/o (including expert sleepers and usb peripherals), we decided that there is no need to build this into the hardware.

so the concept is a linux computer for euro rack with usb support for essential peripherals. beyond that you make of it what you want it to be. there are so many applications of a simple computer that its hard to point to one thing and say it does this! it does what your laptop does and looks good and is small. no stigma of a laptop on stage or anywhere.

we are considering a simplified version built around a PCB that will decrease the price dramatically but that is a ways off. in the meantime this is how we do it.

PAC BOT 1 Materials

pointandclicksystems — Tue, 04 Oct 2022 16:58:41 +0000

ok so these are what ive used for my own builds. they are not set in stone, you could find suitable replacements im sure, this is what worked for me. some have been switched out for better products or represent me buying shotgun style and returning the inferior contenders. amazon has a nice return policy. no nonsense, no questions.

click on an item to view

some items may be redundant and the list may also contain extra parts. there are a few things that are missing but i will include them in the following days. these are affiliate links and thanks for your support!

How to update reaper over wifi using terminal

pointandclicksystems — Mon, 26 Sep 2022 18:05:04 +0000

open a terminal window- -you can find an icon by the start menu lower left of the screen. its the last icon to the right so the fourth one, right after the folder icon.

hold down ctrl and shift and then tap the + button to enlarge the terminal window and the text in it so its easier to see.

then copy and paste the commands below but dont hit enter yet. you can only paste using right click > paste while you are in terminal. you can copy and execute more than one line of code, for example the next 4 lines can be copied and pasted together.

rm reaper*.tar.xz

rm -rf reaper_linux_aarch64

wget https://www.reaper.fm/files/6.x/reaper668_linux_aarch64.tar.xz

make sure the version- -reaper668- -you are attempting to upgrade to is represented correctly in this filename:

reaper668_linux_aarch64.tar.xz

changing it if you have to before hitting enter. everything else can be left the same.

then run this command:

tar -Jxvf reaper*.tar.xz

then run this command:

cd reaper_linux_aarch64

then run this command:

sudo ./install-reaper.sh --install /opt --integrate-desktop --usr-local-bin-symlink --quiet

and you are done! but dont forget to take note of the version number when reaper notifies you of and update. it will only happen once and when you dismiss it you sont be reminded again unfortunately. Reaper is updated quite often so i do this procedure every time.

qjackctl jack configuration utility

pointandclicksystems — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 15:35:29 +0000

thttps://qjackctl.sourceforge.io/

This utility is where you make configurations to jack. Youll need this to run renoise or to aggregate more than one audio peripheral.

This utility is installed on my boot drive and you can start it by typing qjackctl in the run menu item of the start menu. There is plenty to watch on you tube about configuring jack using qjackctl. jack is finicky in my experience but patience does pay off. i have only tried to use it with my expert sleepers modules and a behringer sound card i have, both with success.

what subject matter would you like to see demonstrated in a video?

pointandclicksystems — Wed, 21 Sep 2022 01:33:56 +0000

let me know what you need a demonstration of in video form and ill try to make them for you.

Christian BorsE HybridReverb2

pointandclicksystems — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:42:08 +0000

https://github.com/jpcima/HybridReverb2

A fine free reverb! big ups!

Wolf Audio plugins

pointandclicksystems — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:35:46 +0000

https://wolfaudiosystems.com/

Im aware of buzz around these plugins but confess i have not gotten around to them yet! Its on the to do list.

CALF Plugin Pack

pointandclicksystems — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 19:32:01 +0000

https://calf-studio-gear.org/

I have used calf dynamics plugins a few times with great results and the general impression i get is one of quality.