flapjacktastic

OpenSong on Kubuntu

Installing a free lyric projection software on Linux from scratch

This is just a quick review of how I installed OpenSong on Kubuntu (the KDE version of Ubuntu) from scratch on a Windows XP (SP1) laptop.

1. Install Kubuntu
2. Install REALbasic using adept, alien and dpkg
3. Compile / Install OpenSong
4. Use …

(more…)

Link Summary

• http://alicious.com/2...from-scratch/#more-24

mp3 production - church sermon recording

This page is actually quite old now. More recently I’ve been using Ubuntu on an older Toshiba laptop for arranging things at the Christian fellowship that I attend. We’re looking at using OpenSong for lyrics and Bible quotations on the projector. I’ve also had a first shot at live recording straight on to the laptop using the “mono mix” from the mixing desk and a Free Open Source Software (FOSS) sound editing application called Audacity; Audacity can encode files to MP3 itself (I think it use the LAME encoder), which is handy.

The original page follows:

A Christian brother contacted me to ask about sermon recording. One of the problems he was having was with slow MP3 encoding from WAV files in windows. So, I did some googling around and whipped up this page. I hadn’t realised that you could record MP3 on-the-fly - that is create MP3’s live. Similar things can be done with WMA and OGG files. So Leeor, this one is for you.

(more…)

Link Summary

• http://www.ubuntu.com/
• http://www.opensong.org/
• http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
• http://alicious.com/2...on-recording/#more-22

Various resources for Bible study:

• Gospelcom.net is an alliance of Christian ministries apparently - however it’s most useful features include modern, ie new and relevant, study information and commentaries / devotionals alongside a large range of Bible translations which are also accessible as the Bible Gateway.
• World Wide Study Bible, this one is actually from CCEL but deserves a special mention. Brilliant resource for preparing Bible studies for use at your homegroup / cell group or whatever. It lists each book of the Bible, follow the link and eg. under Phillipians it list links under the headings “About, Scripture, Commentary, Sermons, Expository Outlines, Article References, More Scripture”. Just useful and not to dense to access.

(more…)