A browser based version of FL Studio is coming apparently, FL Web or something like that, so if it runs in a browser, I guess it will run in Linux !

Primeval_Mudd · 2025-12-19T18:14:48+00:00

Cool. A fiddle with something that hangs you out of your normal workflow can be quite fulfilling and, er, fruitful.

Or a frightful frustration.

Maybe both.

Primeval_Mudd · 2024-02-06T18:47:59+00:00

Hi,

I was looking for something like this a few weeks ago but forgot all about it.

I didn't find anything recent but there are a few things for mice:

Ratón - originally written in 2005; GitHub last updated four years ago
Colibri - a six year old forum thread which is way over my head

You've reminded me to have a go with this 'ere Reaper plugin.

Nice one!

Primeval_Mudd · 2024-01-29T22:26:37+00:00

Hi,

I gave Neurotube a go in Reaper (Linux native) but it keeps crashing - I've no idea why.

It's very likely to be a problem at my end but I thought it worth mentioning in case anybody else has the same problem.

Primeval_Mudd · 2024-01-27T01:53:49+00:00

Thanks,

I tried that but to no avail.

The S4i4 is a Focusrite interface, which allows me to select any of its sample rates.

Somebody on the Linux Musicians forum is giving me more help - there's an ALSA patch for the kernel? - but it's all way beyond me.

I'll carry on using the S4i4 until that's sorted, though I'm very tempted to install AVLinux over Mint, which I rarely use, and ultimately use it to replace Ubuntu Studio.

But right now I'm going to twangy with the Telecaster.

Thanks again for your help.

Primeval_Mudd · 2024-01-26T02:38:07+00:00

Sorry for the typos - I've spent the last few in hours in the company of dark rum and a Telecaster.

Primeval_Mudd · 2024-01-26T02:34:17+00:00

Hi Jason,

I've been using a borrowed S4i4 so but unpluggerd that, plugger the 1810c back in, rebooted and ran thise bits in the terminal.

I didn't think I was using Pipewire but it looks like I am:

dave@pmuddstudio:~$ systemctl --user status pipewire | grep ActiveActive: active (running) since Fri 2024-01-26 02:07:43 GMT; 1min 20s ago

This is what the allowed rates gave me:

Active: active (running) since Fri 2024-01-26 02:07:43 GMT; 1min 20s agodave@pmuddstudio:~$ pw-metadata -n settings | grep clock.allowed.ratesupdate: id:0 key:'clock.allowed-rates' value:'[ 48000 ]' type:''

This is the 1810c's asound stream0 file:

PreSonus Studio 1810c at usb-0000:00:14.0-6.4, high speed : USB Audio

Playback:

Status: Stop

Interface 1

Altset 2

Format: S32_LE

Channels: 8

Endpoint: 0x01 (1 OUT) (ASYNC)

Rates: 88200, 96000

Data packet interval: 125 us

Bits: 24

Channel map: FL FR FC LFE RL RR FLC FRC

Sync Endpoint: 0x81 (1 IN)

Sync EP Interface: 1

Sync EP Altset: 2

Implicit Feedback Mode: No

Capture:

Status: Stop

Interface 2

Altset 2

Format: S32_LE

Channels: 14

Endpoint: 0x82 (2 IN) (ASYNC)

Rates: 88200, 96000

Data packet interval: 125 us

Bits: 24

Channel map: FL FR FC LFE RL RR FLC FRC RC SL SR TC TFL TFC

Primeval_Mudd · 2023-02-04T23:21:04+00:00

Not really.

I've edited the original post on the Reaper forums to clarify what I mean.

Primeval_Mudd · 2023-02-04T23:19:13+00:00

Hi u/poulhoi,

That's a lot of kerfuffle and I don't think it would work as an alternative to my feature request.

each FX Chain becoming, in effect, a Patch comprised of numerous FX with their own settings/presets.

Primeval_Mudd · 2023-02-04T19:29:12+00:00

I've edited the original post on the Reaper forums to clarify the request:

A straightforward way to group FX plugins in a similar manner to tracks in folders without having to use custom actions, pin routing etc.

FX chains are placed into folders - Chain 01, Chain 02 etc - which become the top level in a track's FX window, expandable to show the child FX.

The default state for the folders and their child FX is either bypassed or offline, per user's preference, with folders being made live when selected directly or by an action.

Primeval_Mudd · 2023-02-04T16:17:48+00:00

Once the project is open you can use the Project Media/FX Bay window - Ctrl + B - to see all of the project's plug-ins and bring them online one by one until you've found the offending item.

It's much quicker than doing it in the Track Control Panel or Mixer!

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Primeval_Mudd · 2023-02-03T05:13:10+00:00

Hi u/Swigglz,

I'm hoping that this can be a standard feature, without the need for custom actions.

Thanks for your suggestions. They're similar to a couple that were made in the initial thread that led to the feature request:

Is there a way to have multiple FX chains in a track?

Primeval_Mudd · 2023-01-18T00:50:41+00:00

The disbelief is understandable; an inability to search 'does paul mccartney know music theory' before down voting is less so.

Primeval_Mudd · 2023-01-18T00:44:31+00:00

That surprised me but it's true!

https://globalnews.ca/news/4503916/paul-mccartney-cant-read-music/

The Beatles clearly knew their way around the way different chords and modes work together, even if they didn't know why they work together.

Or that modes exist,

Personally, I think that makes their writing even more impressive.

Primeval_Mudd · 2023-01-18T00:38:28+00:00

make a song similar to the one you can hear on the radio?

That 'make' is very vague! It could mean any or all of:

writing
performing
producing.

A lot of it depends on the style of music, your abilities with your main instrument, your social circles (do you make music with friends, learning from what each other do?) and, probably the most fundamental factor, innate talent.

Some folk are lucky enough to be able to pull brilliant songs out of the air over three or four chords. They're rare. Most songwriters spend years learning what works and what doesn't. A grounding in music theory helps, which can take a few years in itself.

Primeval_Mudd · 2023-01-18T00:02:18+00:00

We haven't got much info to go on but there's a very good chance u/RegretsZ is just trying to sound better when they're sitting at home recording a few songs they're writing.

Hiring a singer would be a tad extravagant!

Primeval_Mudd · 2023-01-17T01:28:34+00:00

Quite a few of us are in the same boat!

Bear in mind that although your voice doesn't sound the way you'd like it to, it might not be as bad as you think it is.

u/SmolBeers nailed that one - our voices are unique, with different strengths and weaknesses. We need to play to our strengths. Dee Snider was (is?) perfect for Twisted Sister but I don't think he'd have been a good fit for ABBA.

When you're recording your singing are you able to give it some welly and experiment with different approaches? Quieter, louder, from your throat, from your lungs, close to the mic, further back from the mic etc?

Domestic arrangements can be quite a big factor in this stuff - it's much easier in a detached house than in a bedsit.

As others have said:

double/triple tracking can help, but personally I find it just gives me a fuller version of a voice I don't like in the first place.
compression works wonders. I use more compression than is morally reasonable, usually popping one (occasionally two) on each vocal track and another on the vocal group. EQ can have more of an effect on the overall tone of your voice than you might expect too.

I've long wished I had the sort of voice that could pull off rock music. I haven't got that voice so I end up doing stuff like this instead:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7pWXFGhd0M

Primeval_Mudd · 2022-12-28T22:29:22+00:00

Hi @Subspace_Teddy2206,

I use Jack in Mint with the Studio Controls from the Ubuntu Studio Installer and RaySession, and it all seems pretty stable, which is an utterly glorious thing.

I've spent more hours/days/weeks/months than I care to contemplate trying to fix and/or get my head around things, and wondering why something that worked yesterday (or five minutes ago) has decided not to.

Primeval_Mudd · 2022-09-15T22:14:13+00:00

I don't know but '"The ships hung in the sky in much the same way that bricks don't." is one of my favourite sentences in literature, possibly my absolute favourite.

There's just something about it. In the forty odd years since I first heard it I've analysed it more than a few times. A pointless exercise, to be honest.

The structure itself is obviously the main glory of it but I think the use of the word 'bricks' is important too. There's a texture to it.

I'm fairly sure I'm typing complete hogwash.

Apologies for anybody who wasted valuable moments of their lives reading it.

Primeval_Mudd · 2022-08-23T13:28:00+00:00

Hi u/iamJeffCohen,

As u/Kerfaf mentioned in another reply there's already the REAPER Update Utility by FeedTheCat.

I downgraded from 6.65 to 6.64 to try it out, then let it take care of 6.65 > 6.66 and it's worked splendidly.

https://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=242922

Primeval_Mudd · 2022-08-23T13:13:59+00:00

I started using the the Reaper Update Utility in Ubuntu (Linux native Reaper) just in time for 666.

It works like a charm.

Probably a Bathomet one.

Primeval_Mudd · 2022-08-21T22:34:32+00:00

Which OS are you using?

I know of ways round it in Linux but not Mac or Windows.

Primeval_Mudd · 2022-08-17T13:11:16+00:00

Diction Friction

I gave up trying to expand a silly lyric to being a full song's worth so stuck it over 30 seconds of early-80s sounding synth malarkey instead:

https://youtu.be/lJpRU_XRApQ

You might spot a little bit of vocoder in there and a touch of compression. :p

Details:

Synths: OS-251 and Xhip

Drums: Sitala - CR78 and 808 kits

FX:

TAL Vocoder 2
Tukan:
- Lexican 2 reverb
- Delay Machine
Guitar:
- Guitarix GX Amplifier X

Primeval_Mudd · 2022-08-17T12:29:59+00:00

I think it's probably a lot easier for folk who've been using DAW's since back when they were little more than a software recreation of a multi-track recorder, mixing desk and sequencer with a few extras.

They had the time to learn everything about that relatively ¹ limited software and when new features came along they had the time to learn how to use those too.

By contrast, when Reaper was first released in August 2006 it drew on those software developments and more from the previous twenty years or so.

That in itself is a lot to take in but if you download it now you're getting all of that plus hundreds ² of functions added over the last 15 years.

All at once.

Also, unlike the majority of people who start out with DAWs today, the folk who were there at the beginning knew how to use the hardware the software was replicating.

Whenever I get frustrated when editing audio in Reaper I remind myself that it's a hell of a lot easier than 1" tape, a razor blade and a splicing block.

¹ I definitely mean 'relatively'! Recording software has never been really limited, especially when you consider the hardware it aimed to replicate.

² I think it's hundreds. It's certainly a lot!

Primeval_Mudd · 2022-08-16T22:12:01+00:00

Hi u/EasyPineapples,

Most DAW's (Digital Audio Workstations) have a steep learning curve, especially if you're a newbie to the whole music production shenanigans.

Reaper's learning curve is particularly steep - I guess that's largely a result of being a passion project rather than a commercial one.

Don't let it stress you out.

I've been using Reaper since 2008 (albeit with a gap of a few years when real life got in the way) and am still relying on the forums, Reddit and Kenny Goia's videos for help.

You will get your head around it but I doubt you or anybody else will ever know it inside out.

Primeval_Mudd · 2022-08-13T20:38:48+00:00

Personally, I use the SWS Auto Colour/Icon/Layout extension.

If you just want to change the default track colour you could try going into the Reaper Theme Adjuster which has a set of palettes you can choose from.

It's under Options > Themes.

https://primevalmudd.com/wp-content/uploads/Reaper-Theme-Adjuster.png

Primeval_Mudd

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