[Fsuk-manchester] Reminder: FSFE meeting this Thursday, JACK audio system

[Sam Tuke]

This is a reminder that the March Manchester FSFE Fellowship meeting
takes place this Thursday at 19.00 in Madlab, with a talk about the Free
Software JACK audio system:

http://madlab.org.uk/content/free-software-foundation-europe-4/

Further details are attached.

What with the talk, and Document Freedom Day this Wednesday, there
should be plenty to discuss!

Best,

Sam.
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Sam Tuke
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Free Software Foundation Europe
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> Fri, 9 Mar 2012 16:51:49 +0000
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> The March Manchester FSFE Fellowship meeting will take place on Thursday
> 29th at 19.00 in MadLab.
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> Bob Ham, GNU/Linux audio developer and coordinator of Liverpool Linux User 
> Group, will introduce and explain the JACK Audio Connection Kit - a 
> professional Free Software sound server for audio recording, mixing, editing, 
> and more.
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> JACK is at the cutting edge of professional media software, and powers the 
> most powerful Free Software applications in the field, including:
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> - Ardour: http://ardour.org/
> - Hydrogen: http://www.hydrogen-music.org
> - Blender: http://www.blender.org/
> - VLC: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/
> - PureData: http://puredata.info/
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> JACK does things that the most expensive proprietary software cannot, as was 
> originally funded and still developed by British programmer Paul Davis.
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> Bob's description:
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> >   A short history and discussion of the JACK Audio Connection Kit, its
> >   operating principles, design and implementation
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> >   * A short history of JACK
> >   * Some sound card basics
> >   * The JACK system
> >   * Demonstration
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> > The talk is a bit technical and contains phrases like "sound card buffer" and 
> > "callback".
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> There will also be discussion about recent news from the politics of Free 
> Software, and a report from Document Freedom Day, which takes place the day 
> before. Please bring your own topics for discussion with you, and present them 
> to the group.
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> How to find MadLab: http://madlab.org.uk/contact/
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> See you there!
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> Sam.
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> Free Software Foundation Europe
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> == About the Free Software Foundation Europe ==
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>   non-governmental organisation active in many European countries and
>   involved in many global activities. Access to software determines
>   participation in a digital society. To secure equal participation in
>   the information age, as well as freedom of competition, the Free
>   Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) pursues and is dedicated to the
>   furthering of Free Software, defined by the freedoms to use, study,
>   modify and copy. Founded in 2001, creating awareness for these issues,
>   securing Free Software politically and legally, and giving people
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