{"id":75,"date":"2008-05-13T12:23:48","date_gmt":"2008-05-13T16:23:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ale.org\/new\/?p=75"},"modified":"2008-05-13T14:03:24","modified_gmt":"2008-05-13T18:03:24","slug":"ale-central-for-thursday-may-15th-2008","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ale.org\/?p=75","title":{"rendered":"ALE CENTRAL for Thursday, May 15th, 2008"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our Thursday, May 15th, 7:30pm ALE Central meeting
\nwill be focused on the state of Linux and OSS tools for
\nmusic & audio production with a program entitled:
\n
\nSound Computing Practices for Linux:
\nInside Ubuntu Studio and XO Wave
\n<\/font>
\nwith presenters
\nBjorn Roche and Aaron Ruscetta<\/strong><\/p>\n

Synopsis:
\n— While Linux has formed a strong presence in almost every realm
\nof computing, digital media production is a specialty application
\narena where Open Source software has only recently begun to offer
\ncompetitive options for professionals. Historically, the proprietary
\nfile encoding formats and specialty hardware requirements of digital
\nmedia had hindered the development of OSS tools for audio & video
\nproduction, but the tide is changing as commodity hardware has
\nbecome more media capable and the digital formats have become
\nmore open and standardized.
\n— Using comparisons to some of the popular commercial software
\nproducts available for the de-facto computer platform for pro media
\nproduction, Mac OSeX, our presentation will be evaluating a few of
\nthe promising and capable OSS competitors found in Ubuntu Studio
\n(8.04). In tandem with our look inside Ubuntu Studio, we will be
\nmaking more specific platform comparisons as ALE’s Bjorn Roche
\ndiscusses the unique challenges he faces in developing XO Wave,
\na multi-track audio editing and mastering package that he maintains
\nboth commercially for Mac OSeX and as a free (as in beer) offering
\nfor the Linux community.<\/p>\n

Bios:
\n— Bjorn Roche is a long time Linux user and entrepreneur software
\ndeveloper specializing in tools for audio production and primarily
\nworking with Java for it’s cross platform strengths. In addition to
\ncreating and maintaining his cross platform XO Wave audio editing
\nand mastering package, Bjorn has made numerous contributions
\nto the OSS community. Most significantly, he was an instrumental
\ndeveloper of the Mac OSeX Core Audio layer which greatly simplifies
\nand facilitates porting of Open Source audio tools to and from the Mac.
\n— Aaron Ruscetta is a 30 year veteran of video, audio and computer
\nmedia production in all of its incarnations of form and format, both
\nanalog and digital. Working as an independent contractor under his
\nbusiness moniker of Image Architects for over 15 years has also
\nallowed him to very flexibly pursue his many computer geek and
\nvideot savant passions, with titles ranging from College Instructor
\nin Computer Graphics and 3D Animation to Junior Linux System
\nAdministrator to Director of Entropy Containment. Aaron has been
\na consistently active contributor to any community that has been
\nwilling to tolerate his eccentricities, serving in numerous officer roles
\nduring 10+ years with the Amiga Atlanta users group and serving with
\nALE for several years as an Event Coordinator and Meeting Moderator.<\/p>\n

Links:
\nXO Wave \/ XO Audio<\/a>
\nUbuntu Studio<\/a><\/p>\n

============================
\nWe will be meeting in our usual Gambrel Hall room 1C venue.
\nMeeting time frame is 7:30pm to ~9:30pm
\nDirections to Emory Law School can be found
\nHERE<\/a><\/strong> (or via the side bar link).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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