[GTALUG] Seeking help with a unique Linux project?

[Karen Lewellen]

Hi,
It is my understanding that no hardware speech sources work at all post 
wheezy, not that it matters for me.
I will not be running speech directly from this Linux box.  In fact I do 
not believe my synthesizer is supported even if I wished to do this, which 
again  I do not.
Kare


On Tue, 15 Dec 2015, Lennart Sorensen wrote:

> On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 01:11:00AM -0500, Karen Lewellen wrote:
>> Hello Blaise,
>> Thanks so very much in advance for the wisdom I feel sure you can provide.
>> I honestly admit  to being a touch of a singer snob who imagines one can
>> only perform  live with well other live people smiles.
>> So when Bob wrote of your creating, I confess I got rather curious as well.
>> As for command line music making  tools, there are actually rather a few I
>> am  learning.  I am compiling a list with links, since I do not know yet
>> your distribution of preference, or exactly how you work.
>> Articulating my desires musically may make more sense than the ssh telnet
>> aspect truth be told.
>> In all honesty however, I cannot say with hands on firmness that I can drive
>> the car where I wish to go.
>> I was more of a singer / arranger than a songwriter until the past few
>> years.  Now I have all this music I desire moving from the studio in my head
>> and heart  onto sheet music, into performing form, as I am sure you can
>> understand.
>>  Since I am writing full arrangements, all the parts with my lyrics, I want
>> to  play all of the parts, piano, strings, guitar etc.,  that are in my head
>> and then
>>  get the completed work into sheet certainly both audio and sheet possibly.
>> How I imagine doing this, is with a quality   piano / keyboard that also has
>> several additional instrument options to simulate sound wise for composition
>> only for now at least, the other instrument's for which I am writing.
>> <Still awake?>
>> Now, this is where my visual memory, blended with my lack of first hand
>> Linux  experience starts to get a bit...well hopeful.
>> I imagine connecting said piano / keyboard  to the m-audio audiophile 2496
>> sound card I have in mind,  using any one of the dozen or so tools for the
>> command line I am finding  are included in Debian, writing each part one at
>> a time, putting the piece together, and transferring the completed work to a
>> composing  package, you referenced Lillypoind,  which is terrific, but
>> there are a couple more.
>> I am hunting the instrument along with the talent for the Linux side of my
>> desire.
>> The older the better in a way, I tend to be a buttons kind of girl, not a
>> touch  screen one.
>> Granted I know some keyboards have  multi-track sequencers built in. Letting
>> me <I think?  compose entirely on said keyboard and transfer the finished
>> product...strong emphasis on the  I think.
>> There may be another way that I have not considered, I mean besides the
>> traditional way  of doing the recording, I am a radio producer too, so have
>> pro tools, a mac  a control surface etc. etc.
>> Still I would rather use Linux because I know the composition  programs
>> exist,  that i may be able to script in Linux some of what I need...not me,
>> but tap into some sources for this.  There is no real program for
>> composition  mac wise, certainly not going back to the edition I am using to
>> run my pro tools setup.
>> The ssh-telnet aspect simply lets me treat the Linux box like a server,
>> running the commands  from  my main computer where I am already comfortable,
>> both with  my speech synthesizer,  and in a small way  with the command line
>> based on my daily use of a comparative Linux shell.
>> Oh that reminds me, I spoke of issues with speech in more  current Linux
>> Kernels.  This is because the ability to use a hardware source for speech no
>> longer exists in the new ones, like in Jessie.  Only software speech which
>> for me is out of the question.
>> One can compile the new distribution with the older Kennel, but that. is.
>> way!!! beyond me laughs.
>> Is all this making more sense?
>> Will have those programs for you tomorrow.
>> Thanks for joining the adventure!
>> I likewise thank you Bob for inviting Blaise to the party.
>
> Which hardware are you using for speech that works with jessie but
> not newer?  As in, what is the name of it.
>
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