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From: hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr)
Subject: Re: sound apps for the *BSD sound drivers
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Date: Sun, 22 May 1994 06:47:30 GMT
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In article <CpzCG6.54p@rokkaku.atl.ga.us> kml@rokkaku.atl.ga.us (Kevin Lahey) writes:
>Well, I've got FreeBSD-1.1 up and running (with relatively few problems)
>I've built a kernel with sound support, and I've built the snd-util apps.
>What's next?  I can cat(1) .au file to /dev/audio, and I've successfully 
>recorded from and written to /dev/dsp using the snd-util srec and splay
>apps.
>
>What other good apps are floating around out there for dealing with
>audio input?  I'd love to be able to record straight to MIME audio/basic
>(I guess that's u-law) format so I can put useless enclosures in my 
>mail, and make my WWW page more gaudy... :-)
>
>I know that there is a audio library analogous to pbm, and I plan to get
>that soon, but I'm still holding out hope that there is a slick, beautiful
>X app already out there waiting for me.

netaudio:	freebsd.cdrom.com

		networked audio which also works locally and has X apps
		to record, play, or edit sound apps. 


mosaic:		freebsd.cdrom.com
		you can listen to some of the html pages or mosaic postings
		the mosaic demo page has audio icons which you can click
		on and listen

adagio:		freebsd.cdrom.com

		midi player so you can play cool midi files. 
		it has an X front end so you can play midi files
		pretty much like a jukebox.

gmod:		freebsd.cdrom.com
		amiga mod file player. No X front-end but is a cool app.

vat:		ee.lbl.gov:conferencing/vat

		Visual Audio Tool which allows you to listen to the net or
		carry out conversations with people. vat uses ip multicasting
		so you will need the latest freebsd kernel plus some mods
		to the sound driver that I have here. Most of the kernel 
		kernel mods including the ip multicasting was done by 
		Jim Miller. vat is cool and is really worth
		while to have.

mail stuff:
 exmh		harbor.ecn.purdue.edu:/pub/tcl/..
		tcl/tk front-end to mh-6.3 so you can play those wild
		MIME messages. Cool X front-end to mh-6.3

 metamail	
		MIME compliant mailer and useful to complement mh6.3

 mh6.3		MIME compliant no fancy X front end but it is really
		nice to have.


 safe-tcl	(do archie on this one forgot where I got it)
		MIME and Active Mail. basically, it uses mh6.3 and
		tcl/tk to decode and send MIME or safe-tcl messages.
		safe-tcl messages can invoke just about any tcl/tk
		procedure so the net effect is that you can send whole
		programs whose "read" action is the execution of the
		tcl/tk program. the message can contain sound, graphics
		(mpeg, gif, jpeg) forgot text too :) 


No, this is not the entire list just what I can remember...

All the mentioned apps I have used and I know that they work. 
My soundcards are Gravis Ultrasound ( I got a couple of systems).

	Enjoy,
	Amancio




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