Re: how do you use dtas?

[Rene Maurer]

I use dtas for audio play back over USB.

Queue only (maybe I will replace this with dtas-tl in the future).

As I normally do a lot of things with python I have written some minimal
wrappers so I can use dtas together with python.

Commands in use:

dtas-enq
dtas-ctl source ed sox sink ed ....  (sound card control)
dtas-ctl source ed sox command= .... (low/highpass and fadeout control)
dtas-ctl state dump /tmp/playerstate.yml
dtas-ctl clear | current | pause | play | seek | skip

Example workflow (this is how work as Tango DJ):

1. Start dtas-player:

dtas-player &
dtas-ctl source ed sox sink ed default env.AUDIODRIVER=alsa \
    env.AUDIODEV=hw:1,0 env.SOX_OPTS=
dtas-ctl source ed sox command=exec sox "$INFILE" $SOXFMT - $TRIMFX \
    $RGFX sinc 35 sinc -9k

2. Start QuodLibet
I use QuodLibet to manage my music library. I decide what to play next
and I use a plugin I have written for QuodLibet to add the next song(s)
to the dtas player queue. While playing for the audience (with dtas) I
use QuodLibet for pre-listening.

3. Start my own dtas queue viewer and minimal control application.
This is a very small application (using tk) that shows the content of
the queue and enables some control (mainly play, pause and fadeout).

4. I have planned to use more EQ settings depending on the decade of
the music (Music from the the thirties (Shellac) differs a lot from the
music of the fifties (Vinyl) which differs a lot from digital music of
these days).


Best René


Eric Wong <address@hidden> wrote:
> Just wondering how folks are currently using dtas these days.
> 
>       dtas-ctl ... (which commands)
> 
>       dtas-enq ...
> 
>       dtas-tl addtail ...
> 
>       dtas-console + interactive mode?
> 
> etc?
> 
> I mainly use "dtas-tl addtail|add|remove|clear" for casual listening,
> sometimes "dtas-enq", and dtas-console for pausing/seeking; etc.
> 
> 
> For EQ-ing on my own recordings:
> 
> 1) I'll write a YAML file with a custom "command:" param for -splitfx
> 
> 2) add the YAML file (via dtas-tl add/addtail or dtas-enq)
> 
> 3) Edit the YAML files with my favorite editor;
>    relying on inotify (via sleepy_penguin RubyGem)
>    to pick when my editor saves the file.
> 
>    This lets me hear EQ changes whenever I save the
>    YAML file in my editor (or the playback stops when I make a typo).
> 
> To loop a section of a track I want to focus on, I'll set:
> 
>       dtas-tl repeat 1 && dtas-ctl trim START_TIME LENGTH
> 
> ("dtas-ctl trim off && dtas-tl repeat false" to resume normal
> playback)
>