Perform. @ Mal Puri Indah Foodcourt, 17 Januari 2010

Hari minggu kemaren (17/1), gw kembali perform di foodcourt Mal Puri (saxophone). Seperti sebelum2nya, ini dia beberapa video yg gw upload ke youtube :

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Vokal : Aries

Piano : Suparno

Saxophone : Robert

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I’ll Be There

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Alone

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One Day In Your Life

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Thx buat Aries, mas Suparno..  juga pak Beni dan ko Edward yg ngajak ngobrol he3.

Recording with Yamaha MW8CX & Ardour in Ubuntu 9.10

This is a -trying to be simple- tutorial, based on my experience, on audio recording with Yamaha MW8CX & Ardour in Ubuntu 9.10 a.k.a. “Karmic Koala”…

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1. Open Synaptic Package Manager

Search and install : jackd (JACK Audio Connection Kit) and ardour (Digital Audio Workstation).

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2. Connect Yamaha mw8cx via USB (check with lsusb from Terminal)

See “Texas Instruments Japan PCM2900 Audio Codec”? That’s our mixer-audio interface…. It’s connected succesfully.

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3. Open Terminal -> gstreamer-properties

There’s  some differences on handling audio devices and properties in this version of Ubuntu. You no longer able to manage them in one feature called “sound preferences”. Instead, to manage whether you want to use ALSA, OSS, PulseAudio, etc. you have to open the terminal and type “gstreamer-properties”. A window called Multimedia Systems Selector will appear.

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4. Audio tab -> Output : ALSA, default ; Input : ALSA, USB Audio

Make the settings audio tab like the picture above. Note : Sometimes “USB Audio” disappeared (any idea guys??). If it happens, just choose “default”. Ok, close this when you’re done. “But the test won’t work?” (Either no sound or error message appeared), don’t worry, just go to the next step.

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5. System -> Preferences -> Sound
Input Tab -> Device : PCM2900 Audio Codec Analog Stereo,
Output tab-> Device : PCM2900 Audio Codec Analog Stereo

Now open Sound Preferences, and do these settings :

And the output tab :

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6. Run Ardour and JACK

Now, run Ardour. But not so fast, do these settings (make sure the driver and interface are correct. sample rate, buffer etc. are up to you) and then open JACK (no need to press “start”, just run this app).

Ok, now you’re ready to make  a new session or open existing session.

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7. Enter Ardour

Now we’re ready to record something. Add track on the left side, right click on the blank area below “master”.

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8. Start Recording

After adding a track (and preparing your input on Yamaha MW8CX; it can be keyboard, mic, etc.), now let’s record something.

Now, let’s see…

First, press the record button on the track channel on the left.

Second, press the record button on the top (it will blink).

Last, press play now the recording starts. To stop it, just press space or play…

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Have fun guys! One more thing : to normalize, just select the audio part and press ‘N’.

Any ideas or further explanation about this (or… about MIDI in Ubuntu) are very welcome… I need them too.

Top And Bottom 5

Di awal tahun 2010, sebagai pembuka, kembali gw menyediakan data statistik he3…

Pertama, tahukah Anda bahwa kata “he3″ adalah yg paling sering gw gunakan di facebook? Hayoo.. gmn dgn teman2 yg lain? Coba cek di http://apps.facebook.com/topwords/

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Next, ini adalah 5 post yg sampe artikel ini di-publish, paling banyak di-click :

1. Awas pijat plus-plus di angkot!

Sebuah post yg cukup fenomenal di blog ini. Perpaduan yg unik antara kejadian yg mengejutkan dengan pemilihan kata-kata judul yang informatif dan persuasif…

2. Wedding Perform. @ Zerah Senayan 1 Agustus 2009

Rekaman video pas main di wedding. Sedikit sekali moment main di wedding yg bs gw abadikan, ini salah satunya yg trnyata cukup diminati di blog ini, thx guys

3. You’re The Inspiration : The Music of David Foster

Review gw tentang album konser David Foster dengan sejumlah musisi senior dan juga rising stars. Benar-benar album yang sangat menginspirasi.

4. Hati-hati Penipuan dengan Nomor Asli Indosat

Glad this article could help some other people that also *almost* got cheated. Modus penipuan yg unik …

5. Mulai Belajar Saxophone (part 1)

Bagian pertama dari kumpulan pertanyaan2 awal yg biasa ditanyain org2 ke gw ketika mereka mulai tertarik untuk belajar saxophone.

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Dan ini… 5 artikel yang paling sedikit di-click :’(  but they also hold their own gems :

1.  Here Comes A New Challenger!

Pengalaman menghadapi hal yang tak terduga dalam sebuah wedding gig.

2. Classic post#1: FOCUS

Post ini memiliki nilai sejarah yang tinggi *jangan anggap remeh, he3*. Ini adalah copas dari postingan PERTAMA gw ketika memasuki dunia blog. Tepatnya ini dulu di-publish di blog gw Friendster, yg uda lama ditinggalkan… Short and clear, it’s about FOCUS. No, not a car.

3. Blitzpost

Ketika gw lg mrasa trburu2 tapi tetap mau nulis di blog, lahirlah blitzpost ini atau “Post Kilat”. Isinya singkat menceritakan keadaan gw saat itu. Jadi kalo dibaca 50 tahun lagi rasanya uda ga relevan (ya iya lah!).

4. Satpam apa Satpam??

A simple story about satpam… lain ladang, lain satpamnya.

5. Georgia On My Mind

Sebuah lagu yg gw rekam karena 2 hal utama : waktu itu lagi demen denger lagu ini versi yg dinyanyiin Ray Charles dan juga sebagai “test drive” mouthpiece baru (Yamaha 6C).