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Awesome.=A0 this is wonderful.=A0 This is information that will keep my bus=

y for a while.=A0 thank you, Gabriel
-Kris
--- On Tue, 26/10/10, Gabriel M. Beddingfield  wrote:
> From: Gabriel M. Beddingfield

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> Subject: Re: [LAD] Suggestion for diving into audio development?

> To: linux-audio-dev@lists.linuxaudio.org

> Cc: "Kris Calabio"

> Date: Tuesday, 26 October, 2010, 8:46 PM

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> Hi Kris,

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> On Tuesday, October 26, 2010 05:24:59 pm Kris Calabio

> wrote:

> > I'm new to the Linux Audio community.=A0 Let me

> introduce

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> Welcome!!

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> > Does anyone have suggestions for diving into the world

> of

> > open source development?=A0 I've looked at some

> source

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> 1. Watch this movie:

> =A0=A0=A0http://wiki.xiph.org/A_Digital_Media_Primer_For_Geeks_(episode_1=

)

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> 2. You said you know C and C++... so, you're all

> =A0=A0=A0set there. :-)

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> 3. Read through jack docs and examples in the source

> =A0=A0=A0code for jack.

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> 4. Another good tutorial/resource is Paul Davis's tutorial

> =A0=A0=A0on using the ALSA API:

> =A0=A0=A0http://www.equalarea.com/paul/alsa-audio.html

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> 5. Pick an app that you like, and start squashing bugs.

> =A0=A0=A0It'll be slow and tedious and confusing

> at first.

> =A0=A0=A0But that stuff pays off big-time

> later.=A0 Not only

> =A0=A0=A0will you have massive debugging chops,

> but you'll

> =A0=A0=A0have some good trial-and-error

> opportunities to

> =A0=A0=A0learn what you do/don't like doing.=A0

> Not everyone

> =A0=A0=A0likes nasty DSP algorithms, but some guys

> can't

> =A0=A0=A0get enough.=A0 Not everyone likes

> picking the perfect

> =A0=A0=A0pixel size for a custom widget... but

> other guys

> =A0=A0=A0really enjoy that.

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> > code of applications I use but get pretty lost.=A0

> Are

> > there any simple Jack applications that have easy to

> > read code?=A0 I'm all for taking baby steps.=A0

> I'm also

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> Gordon suggested playing with plugins... and I think that's

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> an excellent suggestion.

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> Fons Adriaensen writes very clean, well-designed code, with

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> many small apps, plugins and libraries.

> http://www.kokkinizita.net/linuxaudio/downloads/index.html

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> Except for his DSP algorithms (which use terse mathematical

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> notation), I find his code easy to follow.

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> -gabriel

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-Kris--- On Tue, 26/10/10, Gabriel M. Beddingfield <gabrbedd@gmail.com> wrote:> From: Gabriel M. Beddingfield <gabrbedd@gmail.com>> Subject: Re: [LAD] Suggest=

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