Anyone use Linux

[littlesaint]

Does anyone use Linux for design and testing?

I have a Thinkpad T60p with Linux (Ubuntu) as the OS. I have Windows installed in a VM, but I rarely use it.

Also, my Thinkpad doesn't have FireWire. So, I'd be looking for hardware and software that works with USB 2.0 and Linux or Windows running in a VM. Simple right? 8O

I also have access to my wife's MacBook if that's a better option.

[Wilk]

I am a big Linux fan, Ubuntu is a great OS. As far as testing software though, there is little to none. I gave thought to trying Mac on Linux to let me run the fuzzmeasure program that Jon Marsh is using, but never got around to it. You may just want to trade your wife for the mac.

[cjd]

I mentioned some software over in the DA Khanspire thread that I've been trying to get working on Ubuntu. Looks like it should do quite a bit, and do it well, if I can get all the dependencies straightened out.

[JonMarsh]

If you have access to a MacBook, (I have one, too), you might want to look at FuzzMeasure 2, it's discussed a bit in the Speaker Camp Thread. I run LspCAD in an XP partition on the MacBook, too, but use Fuzzmeasure, with an external FireWire preamp, in the Mac Partition.



It's pretty easy to use, and easy to make plots of summed or averaged measurements. It uses a swept sine chirp for measurement, like Praxis. It converts to an MLS equivalent for windowing, and shows the window and corresponding frequency response at the same time. Very easy to use (it's on a Mac, after all!). Won an Apple design award.

[littlesaint]

I mentioned some software over in the DA Khanspire thread that I've been trying to get working on Ubuntu. Looks like it should do quite a bit, and do it well, if I can get all the dependencies straightened out.

I'll take a look. Thanks. Is there recommended recording hardware? I've heard m-audio USB products work well with linux.

[cjd]

I use an internal card on a desktop system, but it's an M-Audio. I've had good luck with them under linux, yes. Ubuntu's forums are pretty good too, so if you've the patience, I'm sure in the end it'll happen.

let me know what works as far as getting the software going, if you succeed in that.

I should also say, i've had no trouble using Speaker Workshop under WINE for modeling - just haven't tried using it to measure yet, but I'll do that after I have it working in Windows on that computer.

C

[littlesaint]

If you have access to a MacBook, (I have one, too), you might want to look at FuzzMeasure 2, it's discussed a bit in the Speaker Camp Thread. I run LspCAD in an XP partition on the MacBook, too, but use Fuzzmeasure, with an external FireWire preamp, in the Mac Partition.

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It's pretty easy to use, and easy to make plots of summed or averaged measurements. It uses a swept sine chirp for measurement, like Praxis. It converts to an MLS equivalent for windowing, and shows the window and corresponding frequency response at the same time. Very easy to use (it's on a Mac, after all!). Won an Apple design award.

I've always been a "Mac guy" first, so I may just have to try it. Nice price too. Is that the standard or pro version of LspCAD you use?

[JonMarsh]

I use the Pro version, though obviously I'm not! :W It has some useful features, but you can do an awful lot with the "standard", and I'm sure for most folks it's a better value. I'm used to $3K to 10K for CAD software at work, so LspCAD Pro's price isn't that scary.

[littlesaint]

I use an internal card on a desktop system, but it's an M-Audio. I've had good luck with them under linux, yes. Ubuntu's forums are pretty good too, so if you've the patience, I'm sure in the end it'll happen.

let me know what works as far as getting the software going, if you succeed in that.

I should also say, i've had no trouble using Speaker Workshop under WINE for modeling - just haven't tried using it to measure yet, but I'll do that after I have it working in Windows on that computer.

C

I was able to get qloud-22 to compile and run, but I couldn't tell you if it "works" because I don't have a recording device. Plus, you have to get JACK (JACK Audio Connection Kit) working with the hardware before qloud can "talk" to it. Looks like I'll be making a trip to Guitar Center tomorrow.

[cjd]

interesting.

I can't get it to compile completely. Grrr.

[littlesaint]

interesting.

I can't get it to compile completely. Grrr.

If I can remember what I did, I'll put together a how-to.

[Jed]

Wish LSPCAd would work in OSX. Just bought a MacBook. I can run dual platforms, but would like to never have to resort to Vista in the future.

[Johnloudb]

Mataa

Didn't know there were any Mac fans in the electronics/engineering community. I'm about to try out MATAA (Matlab/Octave based audio analysis) featured in audioXpress on my Mac. Has anyone tried this? Octave is free and OSX & Linux compatible. No sound support for Linux yet, though.

MATAA-

http://www.audioroot.net/mataa.html

Octave-

http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/

Octave (OSX binaries)-

http://hpc.sourceforge.net/

[dwk]

Interesting stuff. I've mostly been a Linux guy in the past, having spent a ton of time with BruteFIR and related packages for digital xovers. I've been using Windows for the past while, though, since my technical/experimenting time has been pretty much non existant.

Linux has some pretty cool audio tools, but measurement tools were always the problem. MATAA looks pretty like an interesting development, though. If it uses PortAudio as claimed, porting to Linux shouldn't be too big a problem. Given that my Emu 1820M is now at least partially supported by the latest ALSA releases, it might be time to take another look.

[Johnloudb]

Interesting stuff. I've mostly been a Linux guy in the past, having spent a ton of time with BruteFIR and related packages for digital xovers. I've been using Windows for the past while, though, since my technical/experimenting time has been pretty much non existant.

Linux has some pretty cool audio tools, but measurement tools were always the problem. MATAA looks pretty like an interesting development, though. If it uses PortAudio as claimed, porting to Linux shouldn't be too big a problem. Given that my Emu 1820M is now at least partially supported by the latest ALSA releases, it might be time to take another look.

Sounds good. You may just be the person to port MATAA to Linux. :T

[zzzz]

Unibox should work using open office.

[ThomasW]

Unibox should work using open office.

It doesn't since Unibox uses macros

[cjd]

Not just the macros causing problems, but the VB. Unibux might just be a macro dependency.

It would be nice to see the FRD Consortium time and effort put into a platform that's more stable and more compatible though. Last time I spoke to Dan Cyr he was working on Linux but I haven't seen that effort bear fruit.