You see the latency is about 53.3 ms, that is the lowest I can get on my laptop without jackd starting to complain about Xrun problem. You have several ways to change the latency for the best optical way for your computer, and that is

Frames/periodes (16-4096)

Periodes/buffer (1-xxx)

Take in use Audacity, I have made a documentation that help you to get started. First you just double click on the audio segment, and audacity should start automatically and load the segment you have chosen.

http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Manuals/Audacity

MARK!

When you have done the changes on the audio file, remember to save it with the same name, and then you have to save the project in rosegarden, and reopen your project. This way you will get the changes you did in audacity applied onto rosegarden.

For those who don't have a keyboard/synth can use qsynth to get midi sound on rosegarden. You can download soundfont from here: ftp://ftp.no.debian.org/debian/pool/main/f/fluid-soundfont/fluid-soundfont-gm_3.1-1_all.deb and use <gdebi> to install it.

Do not forget to choose that you want to use the qsynth in the device manager on rosegarden if not rosegarden automatically have chosen this.

There is a list of plugins you want in rosegarden when you don't have a gm keyboard/synth, but only a keyboard that send midi, use the aptitude command to get it.

fixme: set inn synth plugins you have good experience with

fixme: put on some audio plugin you have experience with

These have been tested with skolelinux 3, kubuntu 7.10, kubuntu 8.04 and with kernel 2.6.22.16, and 2.6.24.18

Thanks to Mario Music for allowing me to be in their store testing this equipment.

Fixme: add devices you have experienced to work with out any problem.

Devices that have been found not working for now:

If everything works, it's time to take a look at the rosegarden documentation here: http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEdu/Documentation/Manuals/Rosegarden

And that was the index of the instrument, below you have the index overt the Percussive instruments (drums)

No.: representing the Programchange

Midi setup, in this case midisetup.rg file will I show you how to change settings. I will introduce you to some controllers that you will find usefully to your midi setup

With this out of the way, you have setup a structured setup of the midi segment that tells your synth/keyboard what it should do. And then you simply can export the midi to any devices you want, even mobile phone.(if the mobile supports polyphonic midi)

here you can download the finish setup file

midisetup.rg

Sometime you wish to use different sounds on your Synth/keyboard that not belong in the GM standard, then you have to use controller that take care of this. Controller 0 and 32.

This functions are taken in use if you also want drums on other tracks then 10. Example percussion effects on tracks 16, that my favorite tracks to use for this functions. Then with controller 32 on data1, and number 4 on data2, changes what track 16 should do, in this case drums. And then with program change 57, will that track change to effect kit.

Controller 0 and 32, with number 0, is gm standard, use it on tracks 1-9, 11-16

Controller 0 and 32, with number 1-127 are those different banks, used on track 1-9, 11-16

Controller 32, with number 4, are for mine synth drums, that is use for standard on track 10, and on special need on any track you to your liking.

Yamaha keyboard with Gm2/Xg have some more options, I recommend you to read the manual that gives you the complete overview of the instrument on your keyboard, and there also says what banks the instrument exist on.

Let me take one example for you:

my keyboard have a instrument on controller 0(MSB) on value 8, and in controller 32(LSB) on value 1, and last on program change 3.

so the following is,

controller 0 with value 8

controller 32 with value 1

and last the program change with value 3

the order on when controller 0 and 32 and program change comes are important

remember that controller 0 and 32, have to come BEFORE program change.

i have included this in the standardupsetfile.

This is actually something I just found out. You use the instrument parameter to have the reverb, volume you want, and then the trick is to press a key on your keyboard when rosegarden count up for you, so you actually get one note in the count in before record. You can do this on every segment. And when you export the song to midi, the info will automatically be put inn. The only thing is, that you have to import the new midi file you made, and remove the note you don't need and save it again.

As I said, this is not necessary if you just held your project as a rosegarden file.

All synth have many sounds, and you will not get to all the sound that are available with the GM only on the "quick instrument parameter pick". So if you follow this way you can try to add your synth/keyboard as your default device, and take in use all sound that lives in your keyboard/synth. New devices are added on new releases of rosegarden, so if you not find your own device here, you can just wait to see if it show up, or you can help the rosegarden project and make the instrument indexing your self, and simply send the *.rgd file to them, and at the same time join the rosegarden list: http://rosegardenmusic.com/support/lists/

It's very important to be strict when there comes to where you placing your recording live instruments, vocals. Because without that you will after a wile get problem to find what files you are working on. it's not impossible, but without any structure on it, you will use allot of time find it. So lets say you have made your self a new midi melody "shallala", and you want to record your vocal on it, then you just remember to make a director that has the same name as your melody, and place your recorded audio in there.

Choose --> "composition" ---> and then "edit document properties"

You want to tell everybody the you have made this tune, so belove you see how you can add what the song name is, who has composed it

This functions have several possibility, after a played segment you sometime miss the beat, here is where the Grid Quantize comes in the picture. It's usefully to get note right on the beat automatically.

To use this the right way, can save you from a lot of work. You have to try out different way, there are always the possibility to undo the quantize if not goes as intended. So there is only just to try again with a different setting on the base grid unit. You have to try out different setting, and you will find one that fits you needs best. There are many possibility.

with this you with one keystroke change a staccato played part to legato.

and other Quantizer that you will find usefully are heuristic notation quantizer. This help you to make your played note to the right length. This is mostly used to fixing up on the notations preview. And make the note more easy to read for the musician.

As you can see have this method, changed the length on the note to right length for and 16 note, and that should be played staccato. And that will changed notations to the better in the Score Editor.

Number 1 show you how the notations was before Quantize, and number 2 is after. Number 2 are more easy for the musician to read then number 1. And at the same time is number 1 more confusing with 32 quanted notes, and some different rest note. Number 2 is more clean, and will at mostly be played the way I intended it to be played. There is one thing that it's sound great on midi, but if you want public your notations to orchestra, band, you have to take you time and clean up your notes. That was and short introductions to use of Matrix edit.

This guide show you how to set in usefully informations to the musician how you compositions should be played, Tempo, volume and what accord. That only a part of this tool, there are still much more. The picture show you how to make the note bind together, and how to put a crescendo, decrescendo on the notations.

If you look at the right menu, there are many possibility to improve the informations on the notations, the only thing you have to remember is to mark those note this info should be apart of.

If you look on the left menu, you can put manually note, rest on you notations, you can also change the clef on the notations, below you see how.

Take in use the Interpret functions

It is not possible yet, to display a piano segment in a dual system (grand staff).

There are 2 ways to put note in score editor, first way is the manually putting notes.

And you have the Step recording, that one is my favorite. And it could be a nice way for the student to learn what note and what key on the synth/keyboard the student have to push to get the note.

If you right click on the line there you want the tempo change, let's say with number 3, and then chose 'Insert Tempo Change' a dot with number 3 will shown up. And then left click and hold down after number 3, you can easy change tempo only by drag up and down.

This simply make a tempo change there you are positions on the song.

this is nice to use if you want a gradient tempo change, or reduce.

here you simply manually can type in what tempo you want, this is the best to use if you are after a special tempo, the drag functions are good to, but not so precise.

this give you the possibility to change the beat on you melody, on my example, I have started up the song with 4/4 beat, and after the tempo change I have changed the song to 3/4 beat (wals).

With this you manually can go into all you tempo change and beat change, and change to your liking

and the after you have done a successfully record of you midi song, you can add on some singing, real guitars, and so on, you have to be creative.:)

Here you have and example of music piece that have been made on rosegarden, I have got a friend of mine to play guitars.

arr/melody: Alf Tonny Bätz. Guitarist: Bjørn Nygård

Mp3 version

http://alfton.gfxi.no/files/upseth.mp3

Midi version

http://alfton.gfxi.no/files/upseth.mid

To make this work at the same time you have audacity, rosegarden runing, you have to configure swami to use jack as a sound connector:

After that you have to start jackd you have to manualy connect FluidSynth so you can hear what been played.

So now you are ready to start create your own sound to use with you musik project.

How to make a sound? Here you have to use audacity to record something, for example scream, word, or some real instruments, when you have cleaned up your new sound, you can export this as and WAV file, and import this into swami. In swami you can connect that sound to a program change number, and at last export your new sound as an SF2 file, and use fluidsynth-DSSI-plugin in rosegarden and take in use your brand new sound. Isn't that cool?

So lets go into this step by step.

1. File, create new
2. Right click on untitled, and choose Properties. (Rename it to your liking)
3. Click on the "+", and right click under Samples, 
   and choose load sample (choose the wav files you want to use for your instrument)
4. Click on the "+" behind Samples, and User, there you see your wav file. 
   In our case, there are two files, named L and R 
   (Hint: file names are truncated to 10 characters)
5. Then click on Instrument, so it gets highlighted, then click right and choose New Instrument
6. Click on the "+" behind Instrument, and right click on New item, 
   and choose properties and change name to your liking.
7. Then it's time to select the samples to be used for our new instrument: 
   Mark them within Samples/User by holding down the control key while clicking. 
   Afterwards, you can insert those samples at Instruments/Your Instrument by means of the
   Paste function in the context menu (right click).
   Your Samples have been assigned to the instrument name you made.
   (Hint: This works like a link; whenever you change sample properties,
    this will also take effect in your instrument.)

And just repeat the cyclus for each sound, and when you are finished, you just save it. And it's time to use it.

When creating a chromatic instrument from a set of samples that cover different pitch ranges (bass, mids, trebles), further actions need to be done to make sure you get a continues sound.

You will need information about what note is played in each sample. This reference note can be set either in sample properties, or you can simply move the white marker to the corresponding key. You can hear the effect instantly, when you click on the keyboard: The original pitch is played when you hit the reference note. From here it is bent up or down, depending on the distance you move right or left.

When you have set all reference notes for you samples, you should hear notes of the same pitch nonregarding what sample you select!

For continuous sounds (like organ, flute, strings), your samples can never be as long as the longest note that might be played when using your soundfont. Therefor it is necessary to define a loop range that is repeated over and over when the musician will keep a key pressed. Again, you can move two markers to find a section of constant amplitude - try to find zero crossings in the sample to prevent disturbing clicks.

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