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Wow! Fantastic stuff!
In my experience bristol seems quieter than other synths but perhaps I'm

configuring it wrongly?
Very excited about the GPL beatrix!
Any thoughts on running linuxsampler live on a netbook? Would this be

pushing things too hard?

On Nov 18, 2012 9:43 PM, "Luke Peterson"  wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Louigi Verona wrote:

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>

>> Fluid Synth is VERY difficult to work with in a live situation, even as

>> QSynth. I tried it many times and I don't advice it.

>>

>

> For years, I regularly used Fluidsynth+qsynth in parallel with Bristol,

> live at shows running off a netbook with an Atom chipset. Dell Latitude

> 2100.

>

> (Somewhat outdated, but conceptually accurate) details here:

> http://lukepeterson.com/2010/02/07/arriving-midi-keyboard-live-rig/

>

> The trick was to set Bristol up as my hammond emulator on midi channels 1

> and 2, then various patches including a Rhodes, a D6, a piano, a few other

> things up on channels 3+ ... I set up Bristol to listen to the knobs and

> sliders on my keyboard (M-Audio Axiom 61), and then could change patches by

> flipping the global channel for that keyboard up and down. It took me half

> a dozen shows to work out all the bugs in performance -- for instance, I'd

> run into trouble every now and then if I'd change channels while holding a

> key.

>

> The most overloaded this rig ever got was a show where I had my X-Box

> keytar running through a M-Audio MidAir wireless midi unit, fixed to

> channel 1 on a high-distortion D6 patch, my Axiom 61 as a multichannel

> workhorse playing any patch I wanted with the knobs and sliders set to the

> hammond, and my old Yamaha P80 which was a pain in the ass to change the

> channel on set to channel 4 for my piano patch. So 3 controllers in total.

>

> Our encore was Baba O'Riley, for which I created a QArp arpeggio on the D6

> that mimicked Pete Townshend's Lowrey autoarpeggio intro. After our set, I

> ran a shell script to kick off QArp to control channel 1, and then started

> the song from the crowd in front of the stage on my wireless keytar. It

> worked great until I made my way back to stage and tried to hold the

> arpeggio on the keytar while also then playing the first 3 piano chords on

> the P80. The five-fingered piano chord along with the arpeggiating D6

> overloaded the memory on my little netbook and sent a ton of nasty

> artifacts through the venue's PA, and then I had to kill a bunch of

> processes and re-load the rig. But it was pretty f--ing cool right to that

> point. The sound tech and the rest of the band covered as best they could

> and we did a fairly exciting trainwreck of an encore, which we medleyed

> into something else. God bless beer and 2am crowds!

>

> Anyway, I guess my point is, if you are just looking to play a fixed

> fewer-than-16 patches and don't need to change any of their settings

> mid-show, QSynth should be a fine solution. Pre-load each onto its own

> channel and just change the channel on your controller to switch from patch

> to patch.

>

> -----

> Luke Peterson

>

>

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Wow! Fantastic stuff!

In my experience bristol seems quieter than other synths but perhaps I&#=

39;m configuring it wrongly?

Very excited about the GPL beatrix!

Any thoughts on running linuxsampler live on a netbook? Would this be pu=

shing things too hard?

On Nov 18, 2012 9:43 PM, "Luke Peterson&quo=

t; <luke.peterson@gmail.com> wrote:

On Sun, Nov 18, 2012 at 12:10 PM, Louigi Verona <louigi.verona@gmail=

.com> wrote:
Fluid Synth is VERY difficult to work with in a live situation, even as QSy=

nth. I tried it many times and I don't advice it.For years, I regularly used Fluidsynth+qsynth =

in parallel with Bristol, live at shows running off a netbook with an Atom =

chipset. Dell Latitude 2100.
(Somewhat outdated, but conceptually accurate) details =

here:=C2=A0http://lukepeterson.com/2010/02/07/arrivi=

ng-midi-keyboard-live-rig/
The trick was to set Bristol up as my hammond emulator =

on midi channels 1 and 2, then various patches including a Rhodes, a D6, a =

piano, a few other things up on channels 3+ ... I set up Bristol to listen =

to the knobs and sliders on my keyboard (M-Audio Axiom 61), and then could =

change patches by flipping the global channel for that keyboard up and down=

. It took me half a dozen shows to work out all the bugs in performance -- =

for instance, I'd run into trouble every now and then if I'd change=

 channels while holding a key.
The most overloaded this rig ever got was a show where =

I had my X-Box keytar running through a M-Audio MidAir wireless midi unit, =

fixed to channel 1 on a high-distortion D6 patch, my Axiom 61 as a multicha=

nnel workhorse playing any patch I wanted with the knobs and sliders set to=

 the hammond, and my old Yamaha P80 which was a pain in the ass to change t=

he channel on set to channel 4 for my piano patch. So 3 controllers in tota=

l.
Our encore was Baba O'Riley, for which I created a =

QArp arpeggio on the D6 that mimicked Pete Townshend's Lowrey autoarpeg=

gio intro. After our set, I ran a shell script to kick off QArp to control =

channel 1, and then started the song from the crowd in front of the stage o=

n my wireless keytar. It worked great until I made my way back to stage and=

 tried to hold the arpeggio on the keytar while also then playing the first=

 3 piano chords on the P80. The five-fingered piano chord along with the ar=

peggiating D6 overloaded the memory on my little netbook and sent a ton of =

nasty artifacts through the venue's PA, and then I had to kill a bunch =

of processes and re-load the rig. But it was pretty f--ing cool right to th=

at point. The sound tech and the rest of the band covered as best they coul=

d and we did a fairly exciting trainwreck of an encore, which we medleyed i=

nto something else. God bless beer and 2am crowds!
Anyway, I guess my point is, if you are just looking to=

 play a fixed fewer-than-16 patches and don't need to change any of the=

ir settings mid-show, QSynth should be a fine solution. Pre-load each onto =

its own channel and just change the channel on your controller to switch fr=

om patch to patch.
-----Luke Peterson=C2=A0

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