Ecasound Documentation - Tutorials and Articles

Ecasound Documentation - Tutorials, Articles and Other Such Resources

The entries are ordered in latest-update-first order. If you have material that you'd like to see on this page, mail me (Kai Vehmanen) about it.

Introduction to ALSA and Ecasound (en) - Julien Claassen's Linux text-based studio website provides a good introduction to Ecasound.
Ecasound Usage Examples (en) - Simple examples of different ways to use ecasound.

How to build a home recording studio for less than $1,000 (en) - Dave Fancella's article on selecting hardware and software for a sub-$1000 home studio
Using a Linux-based home recording studio (en) - Another Dave Fancella' article at newsforge.com shows how to use Ecasound, Audacity, Hydrogen and other tools in multitrack recording.
Ecasound as a host for LADSPA effects (en) - Dave Phillips' article "Linux Audio Plug-Ins: A Look Into LADSPA" covers use of Ecasound as a LADSPA host.
Ecamegapedal as a guitar effect processor (en) - Dave Phillips' article at O'Reilly Network covers use of Ecamegapedal as a guitar effect processor.

Example of mixing with ecasound (en) - Weblog entry that describes mixing with ecasound. By Paul Ford.
Achieving Reliable Low Latency (en) - Dave Phillips' article at O'Reilly Network covers techniques for improving the real-time performance and reliability of Linux systems. Ecasound is used as one example application.

Tank-FX - An audio/internet-installation where an 11 meter concrete tank is used as an reverb unit.
Identity Distortor - An interactive A/V installation.
02L - Outside Standing Level - Multimedia installation presented at the Umbria Jazz Festival 2002 in Piazza, Italy.

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2005:

Tuning parameters for reliable recording - Another set of tips on how to improve reliability of recording and playback with ecasound

2004:

Ecasound and the Average Musician - Why would the average musician use Ecasound?

2003:

SuperEcasound - On the future development of Ecasound (Kai Vehmanen)
Vanity Appeal :) - Concerning the practise of crediting contributors in release announcements (Kai Vehmanen)
- 2009/July, update and followup: returning to the topic six years later

2002:

Telnet is All You Need - Accesing Ecasound sessions remotely over network (Kai Vehmanen)
Goodbye to Dynamic Libraries - Rationale for moving from dynamic to static libraries (Kai Vehmanen)
Ecasound.NET - Introducing the NetECI concept (Kai Vehmanen)
Improving the Multitracking Experience - Thoughts on improving Ecasound usability (Kai Vehmanen)
Ecasound on iPaq - Ecasound running on a Compaq H3600 (Kai Vehmanen)

2001:

Initial JACK support - Support for JACK added to Ecasound (Kai Vehmanen)
Effect Preset Examples - Examples of how to use the effect preset system in complex scenarios (Kai Vehmanen)
Smart Buffering - Introduction of the new mechanism to automatically select optimal buffering parameters (Kai Vehmanen)
Ecasound for Recording - Why you should use Ecasound for recording audio (Kai Vehmanen)
Use of Threads - Explanation of how threads are used in Ecasound (Kai Vehmanen)
About Submitting Bug Reports - Guidelines and tips on bug reporting (Kai Vehmanen)

2000:

Extending the C-API - Rationale for starting ECI API development
Dropped Samples - Tips on how to improve reliability of recording and playback (Kai Vehmanen)
State of Linux Audio - Response to a claim that Linux audio is not yet ready for real work (Kai Vehmanen)
EWF File Format - Examples of using the .ewf file format, fade-ins and fade-outs (Kai Vehmanen)
1.7.x Features - Introducing new envelopes, controlling conrollers and chain looping (Kai Vehmanen)

1999:

Killer App of the Month - Ecasound the OSS Killer App of the Month (Kai Vehmanen/Dev Mazumdar)
Ecasound as a Virtual Effect Box - Examples of real-time effect processing (Kai Vehmanen)

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