The Linux Audio Mini-Conf @ LCA2005 was held before linux.conf.au, Australia's national Linux conference, on Tuesday, April 19 2005 at the Australian National University in Canberra, Australia.
In keeping with the developer focus of linux.conf.au, the aim of this mini-conf was to allow Linux audio developers to meet and share ideas, and also to discuss audio-related issues with the developers of the kernel, networking and desktop systems. For all users, it was a great way to see and hear the variety of tools available.
Day: Technical Presentations (60 minute sessions)
Abstracts for presentations are available.
| 09:00 - 11:00 | Mark Greenaway: Linux audio demos | |
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| 11:00 - 12:00 | Erik de Castro Lopo: Shhhhh, Secret Rabbit Code! | |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 - 14:30 | Peter Chubb: Taming your old LPs | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Dave Robillard: Om, OSC, and the "LAD Philosophy" | |
| 15:30 - 16:30 | Simon Burton: SuperCollider and HyperSense |
Night: Performances and jam sessions
From 8:00 PM at the Toast Cafe & Bar, 219 London Circuit, Canberra (map)
Detailed directions with photos showing how to get to Toast, Canberra are available.
| 8:00pm | Paul Wayper ( DJ Paul ) |
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| 8:30pm | Alex (SuperCollider master) |
| 9:00pm | Deprogram (mixing, laptop, keyboards and vocals) |
| 9:40pm | Chris McCormick (sounds&VJ) |
The standout tonight was a duo called Deprogram. who performed some great electronica with live keys and vocals over prerecorded tracks. The backing tracks had been recorded on and were being played back using Ardour running on a Linux laptop.
The performance was simply stunning. The fact that Ardour, Jack and other linux software was used in its production and performance is a *huge* validation of what we have been doing all these years.
Congratulations to everyone involved in making audio on Linux happen and thanks to Nick and Mary of Deprogram for showing us how its good this stuff actually is.
The performance night was arranged by Simon Burton and Denis Crowdy.
Mailing List
The kind folks at Linux Australia have provided a mailing list for discussions and info about this and future audio miniconfs. Subscription and archive information is available here.
Accomodation, Travel, Sponsorship, etc.
Please see the main LCA conference website for all other information related to linux.conf.au :)
Contact
This mini-conference was arranged by Conrad Parker and Erik de Castro Lopo, with venue and other logistics provided by the organisers of LCA2005.
Please send comments, ideas and suggestions related to this and future audio mini-confs to lca-audioconf@lists.linux.conf.au.
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