Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Files still open in audacious in 14.04
On Wed, May 14, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Set Hallström sakrec...@gmail.com wrote: Hi! I recently upgraded from 13.10 -14.04 and all is fine and happy. But i noticed that, in any application allowing it, when i right click a file to show it in its folder, it still opens audacious instead of the filemanager. I am also having this problem and would be interested in a fix. -- -Brian David -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Ubiquity hang up 14.04 daily and Beta
On Sat, Apr 26, 2014 at 11:02 AM, Kaj Ailomaa zeque...@mousike.me wrote: Has anyone else tried 14.04 with firewire devices? I am currently running a live session of UbuStu 14.04. I have a PreSonus Firepod firewire interface, and it started up right away. Everything seems to be working perfectly so far. -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: [ubuntu-studio-users] Ubiquity hang up 14.04 daily and Beta
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 6:55 PM, Israel isr...@torios.org wrote: On 04/27/2014 01:50 PM, Brian David wrote: That is great!! Your device is very close to mine. I am wondering if I am doing something slightly wrong here... It is pretty simple to set up the device, so I am not entirely sure what I could be missing... So, just for my own sake, could you please tell me the exact steps you followed to begin using it? i.e. start qjackctl. select firewire. open recording program. record music. Are you using 32bit or 64bit? Are also using a non-EFI machine? I did pretty much what you described: start qjackctl, select firewire, and away it goes. I have not done any recording, though, just playback. I am running 64bit on a computer I made (Gigabyte motherboard running an AMD Phenom II processor), so it is non-EFI. It's worth noting that, in my experience, the interfaces that PreSonus made following the Firepod don't seem to be as compatible with JACK. I once tried to get an FP10 (which I thought was pretty much the same as a FirePod) to start up, and could not. -- -Brian David -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
[ubuntu-studio-users] Indicator applet volume
Not sure if anyone has mentioned this already, but in my fresh install of 13.10, the volume control in the indicator applet does not work at all. I have to open up Audio Production Mixers and Card Control PulseAudio Volume Control to do anything. Not awful, but somewhat inconvenient. Is there a way to fix this? -- -Brian David -- ubuntu-studio-users mailing list ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: what is the cli shell command to insta; ll ati propriety drivers please.
sudo apt-get install fglrx I think this is what you want. On Apr 1, 2013 4:58 PM, Alex Armani alex.arm...@rocketmail.com wrote: I will do a lecture on Ubuntu for you if you like aka Linux for Mums. Live next door to the valley. . real time kernel for zero latency audio video gnome 3.6 Ubuntu Studio 64 bit 12.1o aka ZULUBUNTU 4:2o \When is the next lug? need somebody to install the ati drivers for me on me laptop/. what is the cli shell command to insta;ll ati propriety drivers please. -- Alex Armani - IT Consultant / Digital Musician +447972641526 - MYspace.com/Alex.Armani www.facebook.com/Alex.Armani.01.UK -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Firewire Issues Solved
I was happy today to see that the -lowlatency kernel had been updated for 12.04 LTS. However, after the kernel was installed, I discovered that JACK no longer connected to my firewire interface. In the end, I was forced to use an old-school solution: add myself to the 'disk' and 'video' groups, as well as the 'audio' group (of which I was already a part). So if any of you find you now have trouble with firewire,this may help you out. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Firewire Issues Solved
I should clarify: I had already been a member the 'audio' group, and my firewire had been working until today's update, after which it was broken. Then I had to add myself to the other groups to get it working again. I couldn't tell you why it was necessary, but in this case it worked. On Nov 15, 2012 11:57 PM, Brian David beej...@gmail.com wrote: I was happy today to see that the -lowlatency kernel had been updated for 12.04 LTS. However, after the kernel was installed, I discovered that JACK no longer connected to my firewire interface. In the end, I was forced to use an old-school solution: add myself to the 'disk' and 'video' groups, as well as the 'audio' group (of which I was already a part). So if any of you find you now have trouble with firewire,this may help you out. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Spotify
I do have a pulse bridge running, but when I start Spotify, it shows up by its own name as a JACK client. Unless the pulse bridge is what allows this, in which case it works differently than I thought. On Jun 4, 2012 5:58 AM, Thijs van severen thijsvanseve...@gmail.com wrote: 2012/6/4 Brian David beej...@gmail.com In case any you are curious, I just discovered right now that Spotify is fully compatible with JACK. Pretty nifty. -- -Brian David euhh ... how is that ? i just started up jack, than spotify, but no spotify in the connect window i'm guessing you have some sort of pulseaudiojack bridge app running? if that's the case then every app is 'fully compatible with jack' grtz Thijs -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- follow me on my Audio Linux blog http://audio-and-linux.blogspot.com/! -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Spotify
In case any you are curious, I just discovered right now that Spotify is fully compatible with JACK. Pretty nifty. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Configuration Files
I installed the Ubuntu Studio audio meta-packages on top of a vanilla install of Linux Mint, which works totally fine (this will be my current set-up while I wait for the new UbuStu to mature some more), and I noticed the audio configuration files are different. In /etc/security/limits.d/, 'audio.conf' is now called 'audio.conf.disabled', and there is a new file called 'ubuntustudio-audio-rtprio.conf'. What exactly is going on here? Is this second file now the main configuration file? And if so, shouldn't it contain a memlock line, in addition to the real-time priority line? Just wondering. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Gamma settings
On Sun, Jan 1, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Brian David beej...@gmail.com wrote: Hello everyone, and happy New Year! I'm wondering if any of you can help me with a problem. I'm having a difficult time getting my gamma settings to stick. I'm using the ATI Catalyst Control Center to set the gamma level to .63. However, the gamma reverts to 1.0 on each new session. The frustrating part is that, if I check the gamma levels (by running 'xgamma' in the terminal, for instance, or just re-opening Catalyst), the output tells me that the gamma is .63. The display is clearly not using this gamma setting, though, and to get it to use the levels I want, I need to re-adjust the settings (in either Catalyst or using xgamma), at which point it works. I have a feeling this has something to do with my display color profiles, but I'm what I'd need to change to fix this. For anyone who might be interested, I found a solution to my problem. I added this line to ~/.profile: (sleep 5; xgamma -gamma .7) Whatever it is that is resetting the gamma is getting executed after ~/.profile is run, so this is why the sleep command is used. Works on my machine, and now I don't have to reset gamma every time I log in. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Gamma settings
Hello everyone, and happy New Year! I'm wondering if any of you can help me with a problem. I'm having a difficult time getting my gamma settings to stick. I'm using the ATI Catalyst Control Center to set the gamma level to .63. However, the gamma reverts to 1.0 on each new session. The frustrating part is that, if I check the gamma levels (by running 'xgamma' in the terminal, for instance, or just re-opening Catalyst), the output tells me that the gamma is .63. The display is clearly not using this gamma setting, though, and to get it to use the levels I want, I need to re-adjust the settings (in either Catalyst or using xgamma), at which point it works. I have a feeling this has something to do with my display color profiles, but I'm what I'd need to change to fix this. This behavior is really obnoxious, and I'm wondering if any of you know how to get this to stop. I'm using vanilla Ubuntu 11.10, with the Unity 2d desktop. Thanks for any help! -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Install Studio or desktop Ubuntu and/or the Server addition.
On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 3:20 PM, Hopkins Stanley heide...@comcast.net wrote: Hi all. I’m a real newbie to Ubunto and trying to figure out how to install it. I think I’m primarily interested in the Studio version but also curious about desktop and server versions and I’m not sure if I can install them all together or if that’s even possible? My experience has been that if you have a computer that is going to be used just for audio/visual work, then just install Ubuntu Studio straight from the disk. However, if this computer will also be used for office work, games and other stuff, it is often better to install the desktop version and then start adding individual packages, or Ubuntu Studio metapackages (although I had trouble using the audio metapackage in Oneiric). The main difference if you go this route is that you will need to remember to add yourself to the Audio user group, something which I think the Ubuntu Studio install will do automatically. My computer is used by a few people for many things, so I use plain Xubuntu with the audio/graphics packages installed. Personally, I find Unity to be unusable in its current state, so I would not recommend installing the standard Ubuntu desktop for any kind of serious work. All in all, though, there's really not a huge difference between either choice. In the past there was a lot more things to be done with real-time kernels, firewire permissions, irq threads, audio groups and so on that UbuStu often took care of on install. But a lot of that stuff is not necessary anymore. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Low-latency and 64-bit
On Sat, Jun 25, 2011 at 8:03 AM, laurent.bellegarde laurent.bellega...@free.fr wrote: Hi brian, i'm using Alessio RT kernel under 32 bits computer and 64 bits, it's stable and ready out of the box for production. Laurent Just to report back, I used Alessio's kernel with my 64-bit machine to work on mixes from a live recording, and it worked wonderfully! Spent many hours mixing using tons of plug-ins on a lot of tracks, and did not have a single x-run. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Spectrum3d : software that displays the harmonics of the sound in 3D
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:19 PM, Victor henri nada...@hotmail.com wrote: Hello I'd like to introduce Spectrum3d, a new software that displays harmonics of the sound in 3D, with openGL. Just installed your software today, Victor, and it is wonderful! In fact, so wonderful that I already have a feature request. Would it be possible to add an option to eliminate the Z-axis entirely, and just have a 2-dimensional front view? If I'm using software such as this to, say, test frequency response while mastering, I find I really don't have a lot of need for the Z-axis. On a final note, your INSTALL document is fantastically written. If only all programmers took the time to write instructions this detailed. Thanks for you work! -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Natty and the Real Time Kernel
On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 3:46 AM, Victor henri nada...@hotmail.com wrote: My personal experience is, since 2.6.33, many improvements have been done in the low latency kernel; I, as several other people, have reported excellent performances of the 2.6.37 and 2.6.38 low latency kernel, that seemed to get much closer closer to the rt performance then before. That allows me, most of the time to not use anymore the RT kernel and all its related problems... I just installed Natty for the first time tonight. This time around, I went with Xubuntu and installed the Ubuntu Studio packages on top of that. As Scott mentioned, I needed to add myself to the audio group, but after this my equipment immediately worked. Unlike previous versions, there was no need to change any configuration files to get access to my firewire device, which means that Ubuntu Studio is basically working out of the box for me now (or, it would be if I had installed from an Ubuntu Studio disc). Yay! For a test run, I did some mixing on a recording I'm working on right now. I started out using the generic kernel, and performance was surprisingly solid. There were a few x-runs when starting up or switching between applications, but otherwise it was usable. I then installed Allessio's low latency kernel, and proceeded to mix for an hour and half without a single x-run, even when starting up applications and switching between them. Rock on! So, I can say definitively that the low latency kernel gives me better performance over generic. This test was run at 44.1 khz / 512 frames / 3 periods - getting about 34.9 msec latency. The next time I get the chance, I'll set up some mics and do a recording test at lower latencies (I'll push it to 128 frames, which will take it down to 8.71 msec latency. This is something I have been able to do previously using rt kernels) and see how it performs. So far so good. Thanks for the work, everyone! -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Enable Desktop Compositing in Ubuntu Studio 11.04
On Fri, Apr 29, 2011 at 11:54 AM, Erik Rasmussen mailfore...@gmail.comwrote: I just installed Ubuntu Studio 11.04 amd64 and then I installed Docky. Docky warned that Compositing was not enabled. I could not seem to figure out how to get Desktop Compositing to turn on. Tried installing*CompizConfig Settings Manager *, but inside there it said Compositing was already enabled. Not sure if this is true in Natty, as I have yet to try it, but can't you enable compositing by selecting anything but None under Visual Effects in the Appearance menu? -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Presonus Firepod FP10
On Mon, Apr 18, 2011 at 7:58 AM, mentoj dija mentoj_d...@gmx.de wrote: yea i do. works with ardour 2. ardour 3? what the frog? did i missed smth? Yeah, Ardour 3 has been in alpha testing for a few weeks. Exciting! I've yet to try it, but I'm going to soon. I also have a Firepod, and it works very well with Ubuntu Studio. I've even done daisy-chaining with two Firepods, and it worked perfectly. A reasonably priced way to get 16 inputs with pre-amps. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: mixbus
2011/2/11 psycho psychon...@gmail.com: Mixbus pour linux est enfin la Mixbus is out -- It's about time! -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Fernando's comment on Ubuntu Distro's where the Tascam US-122 worked out of the box
On a total tangent - can any of you comment (in lay terms if possible) on the real-time kernel? I was under the impression that Ubuntu Studio utilizes a real time kernel, making it superior to other OS's, distros or flavors of Ubuntu. I thought I had read somewhere that this RTK has been abandoned and will not be available anymore? Comments? Casey Here's the situation on real-time kernels. For Lucid: There is a real-time kernel in the official Ubuntu repositiories, the package is called linux-rt. It is not installed automatically by Ubuntu Studio, because it is based off an older version of the vanilla Ubuntu kernel. It still works well, though. A lot of people on this list (perhaps most, and including myself) use the kernels in Alessio Bogani's PPA, information for which can be found here: https://launchpad.net/~abogani/+archive/ppa For Maverick: There are no official real-time kernels available for Maverick. Some people seem to have successfully used Bogani's Natty kernels with Maverick, so that is perhaps an option. There are other PPAs available, as well, and you could build your own kernel, too. For Natty: At this point, the kernels available in Bogani's PPA are the wants you will want to use for Natty. There will no longer be any real-time kernels in any official repositories, for various reasons, including lack of enough support to maintain one. It is a goal to have one of the low latency kerenls that Bogani has developed be put into an official repo for Natty, but I have not recently heard about how that is going. There are other issues with real-time in Maverick and Natty that have recently come to light. This page will fill you in: http://jackaudio.org/linux_group_sched I'm not positive about this, but I think Bogani's kernels have been updated to solve this problem. By the way, I'm glad to hear you've got your interface working. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Parametric Equalizer
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Gabbe Nord gabbe.n...@gmail.com wrote: Hello! Linuxdsp (www.linuxdsp.co.uk) has a good graphical EQ, and costs £10. I love the LinuxDSP plug-ins. They are, in my opinion, the best sounding plug-ins currently available for Linux. Most of them do cost a relatively small amount of money, and they are not open source, which is a turn off for some people. I think it's worth it. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: How to upgrade from Ubuntu 10.10 to Ubuntu Studio 10.10?
On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Stefano Vettorazzi Campos stefan...@gmail.com wrote: Hi people. I want to upgrade to Ubuntu Studio, but I don't know how to do it. I'm not sure of use the wiki document Ubuntu Studio Upgrade from Ubuntu, because it show a warning about that is in construction. Thank you. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users The main Ubuntu Studio packages you will want to install are: ubuntustudio-audio ubuntustudio-audio-plugins ubuntustudio-video ubuntustudio-graphics That is really all there is to it. As Mike says, you can use Synaptic Package Manager (found under the Administration menu) to do this. Or, you can open up a Terminal and type: sudo apt-get install ubuntustudio-audio ubuntustudio-audio-plugins ubuntustudio-video ubuntustudio-graphics The rest of the ubuntustudio packages are optional, and mostly relate to desktop theming. Once upon a time it was a bad idea to try to install the Studio theme on a vanilla Ubuntu install, but I think that is no longer the case. If you want specialized kernels (and you probably do if you plan to work with audio), at this point you will need to add Alessio's PPA to your software archives. You can find out more about that here: https://launchpad.net/~abogani/+archive/ppa -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re:
On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 10:14 AM, Stefano Vettorazzi Campos stefan...@gmail.com wrote: Welcome to the list! 2010/12/12 Alexandros Bitoulas albitou...@yahoo.gr Hello to everybody. I am sending this mail in order to be able to post to the list of Ubuntu Studio Users. Thanks in advance. Regards, Alex Bitoulas You've succeeded. Welcome! -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: irc meeting
On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com wrote: NEXT MEETING at UTC Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 01:00:00 in the irc channel #ubuntustudio-devel on freenode. i used http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html to convert the time to UTC... for example... Location Local time Time zone New York (U.S.A. - New York) Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 8:00:00 PM UTC-5 hours EST UTC Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 01:00:00 the following link will put you right in the 'action' after you choose a nick name and solve a captcha.. http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=ubuntustudio-develuio=d4 I'll try to get my work schedule adjusted so I can attend this time. It should hopefully not be too hard to do. Also, thanks for picking my design idea for the site! It'll be fun to see where it goes from here. On a side note, I finally finished a small on-line portfolio, which I said I would show you all whenever it was done. It is here for anyone who is interested: http://www.sunmachine.coop/briandavid/ Thanks! -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: fglrx ATI driver and rt kernel how to?
Abogani will need to confirm this, but I don't think the fglrx patch for the Lucid -realtime kernel works yet. If you need to use fglrx and are using Lucid, I'd recommend using the -rt kernel that is in the official Ubuntu repos. On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 12:14 PM, Gabbe Nord gabbe.n...@gmail.com wrote: Install all fglrx packages from that PPA. I was also confused from the fglrx-installer package but you just need to install all the fglrx packages from the PPA and it will be fine! On Thu, Nov 25, 2010 at 1:22 PM, Joan Quintana joan_quint...@yahoo.com wrote: I've been using the ATI propietary driver in my Lucid 10.04 with 2.6.31-11-rt kernel. Quite stable, but difficult and a lot of tweaking to install it. After restore my system to a previous snapshot (where fglrx was working stable), now fglrx is deconfigured once again. From a previous post I realized that there is an fglrx patch from Bogani's PPA. I have the repo already updated (I'm working with his rt kernel), but sudo apt-get install fglrx-installer doesn't found any package. May be I miss something... if this patch is removed from Lucy, can I use this patch from another release (I tried)? is it true that this patch works for lowlatency kernel and not for the rt kernel? Looking for an easy and stable way to working with the ATI driver, thanks. Joan Q -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Does anyone have the ubuntustudio 8.10 .iso files?
On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 7:01 AM, Scott Lavender scottalaven...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 12:02 AM, J. Scott Edwards wowidb@gmail.comwrote: Hello Scott, You should be able to find all released images here: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/ Regards, ScottL Scott, 8.10 is not on the download page, I believe because it has reached it's end of life. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: trying to run my firepod (and other problems)
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 5:32 AM, martin mentoj_d...@gmx.de wrote: thanks guys for all your help. IT WORKS! after a hole weekend of frickling, about time ;-) and that with only about 5 ms delay. much less then i expected. the solution? downgrading to 10.04, then sleepless playing around with the jack settings and very important: about a hundred reboots (well it felt like hundred). thanks especially to brian. that helped me a lot! now i have two other problems: first of all: the input level of the channels 3-8 (mic / line) is to little. even if i turn up the volume of all my devices to maximum, there is no cliping light flashing. the input-level of the channels 1 and 2 (mic / instruments) is fine. is there a solution? sry, i know, it has nothing to do with ubuntu studio itself, but maybe you can help me anyway. i also have a problem with an extern synthie: it produces a slightly DC, so that the recorded wave is not in the middle (i hope you understand what i mean). with audacity, i can easily fix it with the normalizing funktion. but i cant find an equal funktion in ardour. the normalizing there got no effekt to the slightly shifted 0-db-line. nice new week! martin Just a quick reminder, please post below the text from the e-mail being replied to (such as I've done with this e-mail). A quick question: What is it that you are plugging into the Firepod? Are these mics, or are these instruments? If they are instruments, what kind of instrument? I'm afraid I have no suggestions for your second question. Sorry! But I'm glad you've got the Firepod working. :) -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Wifi app
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 7:18 AM, Ricardo Lameiro ricardolame...@gmail.comwrote: if you are running ubuntustudio 10.10 you can setup wifi networks on the network settings. if you want roaming access to wifi you can install the network manager, or WICD. 2010/10/31 Alfons Verreijt vocalf...@gmail.com Does anyone know which app can be used to configure wifi connection? my network card ist recognised by the system but there is no way to select the network I know mint works out of the box with this device. How come ubuntu studio doesn't work on wifi? -- Fagote / Contrafagote Bassoon / Contra-bassoon http://myspace.com/ricardolameiro On Maverick, you can use the Network admin tool which is, I believe, under the administration menu. It is a bit buggy, though. You will need to select the check next to Wireless to enable wi-fi. Then you will need to enter your network info manually, and make sure you've checked 'Enable this connection'. Second, once all your settings are entered, you will probably have to restart your computer. I've also noticed that, after enabling wifi and adjusting the settings, the Network program will remove the check next to the Wireless connection, as if it were disabled. Don't believe it! Just reset the computer, and I bet you'll have a working connection. Traditionally, Network Manager (the application used by vanilla Ubuntu) is not installed on Ubuntu Studio because there have been some issues on certain hardware with it interfering with audio applications. This might not be the case for your set-up, and so you might want to install Network Manager once you have a working connection. It will make things easier. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Ubuntu-Studio-users Digest, Vol 42, Issue 18
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Tim Cook timothywayne.c...@gmail.comwrote: On Mon, 2010-11-01 at 23:00 +, Ricardo Lameiro wrote: If you dont use Ardour, you can remove it, it will not remove all the audio applications, just the metapackage for audio. The metapackage ia only a package that has a list of real application packages. Dont worry, you can remove the software securely. As an example though. If I attempt to remove Gtick. Then Synaptic says it will remove unbuntustudio-audio. Not exactly what I want to do. Maybe it is because; I originally had Lucid installed then installed the ubuntustudio meta-package. ??? Then I upgraded? to Maverick. Not a smart move on my part since there are no low latency kernels available. But it works okay for a hobbyist with the generic kernel and I can wait for Natty. --Tim You are correct that Synaptic will remove the meta package, but this will NOT remove any of the actual individual pieces of software. It'll just remove the metapackage itself, which is not software so much as a list of software. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: trying to run my firepod
On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Oct 31, 2010 at 9:51 AM, mentoj dija mentoj_d...@gmx.de wrote: i am running 10.04 lucid LTS with https://launchpad.net/~falk-t-j/+archive/lucidhttps://launchpad.net/%7Efalk-t-j/+archive/lucid added (lucid has linux-rt in the repos, and falks PPA has the realtime kernels from https://launchpad.net/~abogani/+archive/ppahttps://launchpad.net/%7Eabogani/+archive/ppa )... the presonus firepod works great for me even at lower latency settings... i can usually push to 1.2msecs if needed, and around 5msecs is very stable... i run both an ubuntustudio 64bit install, and a 32bit vanilla ubuntu install that i added some ubuntustudio metapackges to... both have falks PPA added... -- MH I am running a very similar set-up with a Firepod, and get similar results to Mike's. It works very well. I am also still using Lucid, and don't have any plans to use Maverick, at least not on any machines that I need to do serious work on. Here are the basic steps I take to get the Firepod working, many or all of which you've probably seen in other guides: 1) Make sure you are in the Audio group 2) Use Ubuntu Studio Controls to set the Firewire privelages. *WARNING* Do not use Ubuntu Studio Controls to set anything else! 3) Download the -rt kernel from the archive, or the -realtime kernel from Abogani's PPA (which is a more up-to-date kernel, but you won't be able to use any closed video drivers with it) 4) Make sure your JACK settings are correct. In particular, make sure the 'Realtime' option is set. That should get the thing started. Here are a few troubleshooting tips if you are getting a lot of x-runs: -Make sure you have not adjusted any setting in /etc/security/limits.conf. That is the wrong file, and will cause issues if you do adjustments there (this is the file that Ubuntu Studio Controls incorrectly edits). The correct file is /etc/security/limits.d/audio.conf. -Try turning off Network Manager (which will need to be installed in Lucid if you wish to get a wireless connection). Just right-click on the app and uncheck 'enable networking'. Hope some of these things help. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Tasks, Workflows, and Packages for Ubuntu Studio Natty
I agree with a lot of Scott's sentiments on trying to cut back on some of these programs. For instance, in my case the type of music I make and the recording approaches I take mean that I have only ever used: -JACK -Ardour -Jamin -Occasionally Hydrogen As you can see, for a user like me, there are just way too many other audio applications that I have no idea what to do with. It would be nice to have the choice to install just a base set of audio applications. And then, if I ever decide I need more MIDI editing, or some software instruments, I can just go download them. Coming from that perspective, the only reason I can see for having any other audio recording/editing program on the ISO besides Ardour would be if someone wants to do MIDI. And perhaps after Ardour 3 is released, there would essentially be no reason to have anything else. Now, does Audacity or LMMS do certain things better? Sure, and if you want to use them, you can still download them. On the other hand, I would like to see Sound Converter and GCD Master added. I'll write up a work flow that shows how these incorporate into common tasks and add it to the wiki when I next get the time. -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Real-time kernels from the Ubuntu Studio Lucid repositories
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 1:39 AM, Alessio Igor Bogani abog...@ubuntu.comwrote: Hi, 2010/10/3 Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net: [...] 2.6.31-11-rt ends in tty1 2.6.31-10-rt ends also in tty1, for this kernel I logged in and run Did you try the proprietary nvidia driver? Please remember that every driver which use DKMS infrastructure (like nvidia and fglrx) require mandatory installation of headers packages of all installed kernels. Ciao, Alessio I ran into a problem with this the other day. Some sort of re-installation of fglrx had to take place on my computer, but the package would not build under the -realtime kernel. As a result, the package didn't builld under any of my kernels, and I lost my video driver. I had to entirely uninstall the -realtime kernel, including all headers, before I could re-install fglrx to the -generic kernel. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: The different realtime kernels
On Sat, Oct 2, 2010 at 12:12 AM, Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.netwrote: On Fri, 2010-10-01 at 11:23 -0500, Scott Lavender wrote: Indamixx is using 64 Studio, the distro I'm using to produce music. This is not entirely correct. It is using Transmission, as Scott said. I believe Transmission itself is a derivative of 64 Studio. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Natty and RT Kernel (was Maverick and RT)
On Thu, Sep 30, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Ricardo Lameiro ricardolame...@gmail.comwrote: Hi Laurent I am very happy with the work beeing done with lprod and other groups around linux and multimedia. the main problem about Ubuntu Studio, is that people dont have patience to work with ubuntu rules. Ubuntu studio is a community version, but that is partly supported by ubuntu. So freeze, new app insertions etc need to be made by ubuntu /debian rules. The problem is that people dont want to follow that rules, at least packaging. If insted of making that new distros with other packages with newers software, maybe the devs could join the already existing teams. Ubuntu studio and debian multimedia and help packaging more upstream as possible. because, they benefit from the work from others, but I dont see them contributing back. Shame on them. Falktx maintains a ppa for both ubuntu studio and kxstudio. I understand he want to make a kde derivative, but why another gnome one??? why doesnt that devs come to the #ubuntustudio-devel IRC channel? but, they do things on top of others. Audio linux users are very few, and if people start splitting, then it will be worse... but is related to musician, everyone want to pass on top of the others to say they are better, instead of collaborate sorry for the rant, but it is very disapointing to see this stuff happenn PS. worse of all, they dont even use a good kernel for multimedia. I can empathize with some of the reasons people want to make their own distro, but Linux audio is never going to progress until we get enough people focused on just one project. At this point, I feel Ubuntu Studio should be that project, because of it's connection to Ubuntu in general. I've tried several other distros, as I think all of us have, with varying degrees of success. While some distros are easier and more effective than others, it should be remembered that there is *not a single one that is usable by the average audio enthusiast*. At this point, someone who wants to get into Linux audio either needs to have some familiarity with Linux, or a lot of curiosity and a whole lot of free time. Ubuntu's approach has gone a long way towards making desktop Linux accessible to the normal person. We should extend that vision by using Ubuntu's powerful community to develop as easy to use and accessible a multimedia-workstation as possible. Why try to build a whole new community by scratch, when Ubuntu has already done that for us? One last thought on -rt kernels. Some people have mentioned that real-time is only for performance enthusiasts. This is not entirely true. There are definitely some computers that are not usable as a DAW in any manner without a -rt kernel. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Natty and RT Kernel (was Maverick and RT)
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 3:16 PM, Alessio Igor Bogani abog...@ubuntu.comwrote: Hi Brian, Hi Jeremy, Sorry for my very bad English. Which are kernels on you are interested in? The -rt, -lowlatency or -realtime? Which kernels you use on per day basis (so you can provide test and feedback)? Which Ubuntu releases do you would want see well supported for that/those kernels? Every releases or only LTS? Thanks! Ciao, Alessio I am mainly interested in -rt. That gives the best performance. I also have successfully used -realtime, although that kernel gives me more problems. I use -rt on a daily basis for audio work. I would be happy with a solid -rt kernel on just the LTS. Ideally it would be nice to have one with every release, but I imagine that would take much more work. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Natty and RT Kernel (was Maverick and RT)
On Wed, Sep 29, 2010 at 4:13 PM, Scott Lavender scottalaven...@gmail.comwrote: I don't mean to be a wet blanket, but I want people to have realistic expectations as well. I would not expect the -preempt, -rt, or -realtime kernels to be maintained in the official archives (repositories). These would need to be maintained in a PPA, although it is probable that this could be maintained in an official Ubuntu Studio PPA. It is my understanding that these kernels cannot be included in the Ubuntu Studio ISO if they are not in the archives. I would expect the -lowlatency and -generic kernels to be in the archives and therefore can be included on the ISO. Therefore, my suggestions would be to focus on the -lowlatency (which will need to be community maintained and in the repos) and the -rt kernel (which many users desire for performance but maintained in a PPA). Cheers, ScottL That is fine with me. I should clarify: It doesn't matter to me if the -rt or -realtime kernels are on the ISO or a PPA. As long as they are available and of good quality, then I'm happy. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Maverick and RT
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 8:34 AM, Scott Lavender scottalaven...@gmail.comwrote: Brian, A few thoughts about the -rt kernel. My understanding is that the -rt kernel is a product of the -generic kernel with a -rt patch that is provide from upstream. Ingo NMolnar use to make the patch, but I believe someone, or a couple of someones, make it now. It should be noted that this patch was neither created nor available for all released kernel versions. This yields trouble keeping the kernel versions in Ubuntu Studio and Ubuntu aligned, which is desirable to many, many peoples and groups. Therefore, the official decision was to remove the -rt kernel was removed from the official archives (repositories). However, we are working towards getting the -lowlatency kernel into the official archives and hope to have that as the default installed kernel in Ubuntu Studio. That being said, many people still prefer the -rt kernel, among these I believe firewire audio interface users are the primary audience. As noted, Alessio has a PPA with the -rt kernel, which appears to be version 2.6.33. I should note that the kernel is maverick is 2.6.35, so using the -rt kernel from Alessio's PPA may yield better performance but with the loss of some hardware drivers and other improvements. This may not be a problem from some people, but it should be noted so that people are aware of the possibility. Finally, you might have experienced optimal (or at least satisfactory) results with the previous -rt kernel. This may have been the 2.6.31 -rt kernel. I contrast this with the 2.6.33 -rt kernel currently in Alessio's PPA. I hope this provides some useful information. If you have further questions, or if anyone has corrections to anything I said, please reply. Regards, ScottL That all makes sense. I'll do some more testing with Alessio's kernels and see if I can get them to work well. Mike, I have been able to get this particular MacBook to run very solid in the past, so I know it's possible. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Maverick and RT
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 1:36 PM, Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com wrote: what chipset does it have? I have an Agere chipset, too. I was also able to get everything working well using Alessio's realtime kernel, so that's exciting. I don't have time to explain the details at the moment, I'll send out an e-mail later explaining. Looking forward to the official release! -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Amateurs ???
The Ubuntu Studio meta-packages won't install the rt kernel by default anymore. You will need to specifically install the linux-rt package, after which GRUB will automatically allow you to choose from the kernels. I'd also recommend looking at this page concerning the various kernels available for Ubuntu Studio: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudio/RealTimeKernel I'm not sure how it is in Maverick, but in Lucid, the rt kernel is patched from an older generic kernel, and so it was more or less officially recommended to use other kernels. Personally, I've found that the RT kernel is the only one that gives me the performance I want. On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 11:30 AM, Tim Cook timothywayne.c...@gmail.comwrote: On Sun, 2010-09-26 at 01:02 -0400, Mike Holstein wrote: welcome Tim... check out the IRC channel if you get a chance.. #ubuntustudio on freenode... also.. http://www.opensourcemusician.libsyn.com/ ...i bet your development skills would be welcome... ... im holstein on freenode... Thanks Mike. I'll check it out. I'm 'twcook' on freenode. A question about -rt kernels. I went through the Ubuntu 10.04 to Ubuntu Studio (US) upgrade? via the Synaptic meta package :-) I now have a US splash screen and I got all of the apps. qjackctl flashes the RT about once per second or so. But uname -a reports: Linux mlhim-dell-laptop 2.6.32-25-generic #44-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 17 20:05:27 UTC 2010 x86_64 GNU/Linux Do I need to edit GRUB (is GRUB the Ubuntu bootmanager?) in order to have the RT Kernel boot by default? Did anyone else experience this? Thanks, Tim -- *** Timothy Cook, MSc Project Lead - Multi-Level Healthcare Information Modeling http://www.mlhim.org LinkedIn Profile:http://www.linkedin.com/in/timothywaynecook Skype ID == timothy.cook Academic.Edu Profile: http://uff.academia.edu/TimothyCook You may get my Public GPG key from popular keyservers or from this link http://timothywayne.cook.googlepages.com/home -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Maverick and RT
Okay, I finally started checking out the beta for Maverick, and I like it. I'll have some other things to write about it, but first I have a question. There doesn't seem to be an RT kernel at all in Maverick. That is not good. I've tried all the other alternatives, including Alessio's realtime kernel, and they just do not give me the performance I want. So, the question I have is, where is the RT kernel? -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Maverick and RT
I was under that impression, too. But the realtime kernel in Alessio's repository is just not working that well for me. I'm running on a first generation MacBook, to answer the hardware question. On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 11:50 PM, Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com wrote: what hardware? was it stable with the old RT kernel in previous versions? i was under the impression (and it seemed to react this way on my system) that Alessio's -realtime kernel = the RT kernel, just not the official ubuntu repo version... i guess the short answer is, the RT kernel is not in the repo... On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:44 AM, Brian David beej...@gmail.com wrote: Okay, I finally started checking out the beta for Maverick, and I like it. I'll have some other things to write about it, but first I have a question. There doesn't seem to be an RT kernel at all in Maverick. That is not good. I've tried all the other alternatives, including Alessio's realtime kernel, and they just do not give me the performance I want. So, the question I have is, where is the RT kernel? -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- MH http://www.myspace.com/mikeholstein http://opensourcemusician.libsyn.com/ -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Maverick and RT
On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:09 AM, Mike Holstein mikeh...@gmail.com wrote: what audio device? A PreSonus Firepod. So a firewire interface. However, just running Hydrogen through the speakers on the MacBook using the Alsa driver still producers too many x-runs. I've never been able to get this computer to run well on anything but a real RT kernel. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Real time for Ubuntu Studio 10.04 amd64
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:04 AM, Oleg Ivanenko oivane...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, Ralf! 2010/7/12 Ralf Mardorf ralf.mard...@alice-dsl.net Thank you, unfortunately 2.6.33-23-realtime amd64 results with 'ACPI: Expecting a [Reference] package element, found type 0' and a login for text mode. FWIW I didn't log in and tested to start x or gdm. Personally I have installed(default Ubunto Studio meta-package linux-rt): linux-image-2.6.31-11-rt Linux kernel image for version 2.6.31 on Ingo Molnar's full real time preemption patch This is one of the kernels that stops booting with the message 'mount: mounting none on /dev failed: No such device.' I have such message too but it is not stops booting and not affects my work. I have no idea what is this exactly :) This message will pop up, and the cursor will blink for some time, but the computer should start up if you wait long enough. At least, this is how my computer works with the current -rt kernel. I don't know what the actual message means, though. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Website flaw
Okay, this has been bugging me for ages, and I'm bringing it up again now. The word 'logo' appears in the upper-left corner of the Ubuntu Studio website. It drives me crazy, it's ugly and it's unprofessional. It's there because there's an image that references a non-existent file, forcing it to default to the word alt text of 'logo'. The actual image at the head of the page is done as the background of the header div. So either the logo image needs to be removed, or it needs to be hidden. Either solution is ridiculously easy, and it can be done via the code or through whatever CMS the site is built on. Can whoever manages the site please do this? It's been this way for as long as I can remember. I'd be willing to do it myself, but that would require getting access to the website. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Update on gnome-network-admin Bug
On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 9:51 AM, scottalaven...@gmail.com wrote: I have posted a small update on my blog about the gnome-network-admin bug. http://dullass.blogspot.com/ ScottL P.S. Sign up for RSS for further updates about Ubuntu Studio development -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users If you do decide to go with Network Manager, there should be clear documentation informing users that this can cause major problems with x-runs. Thankfully, it requires only two clicks of the mouse to disable networking via the notification bar applet, which will neutralize the problem. Of course, this doesn't matter if you don't know about it. By the way, does anyone know why it is that Network Manager messes with sound so much? On my set-up, I get an x-run every few seconds unless Network Manager is disabled. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Ubuntu Studio Project Lead
On Mon, Jun 7, 2010 at 7:40 PM, Jose H. jose...@gmail.com wrote: I have the crazy idea that Ubuntu Studio should be user oriented. If that was the case, ubuntu studio needs to solve two really big issues: 1) complexity: PA vs Jack = ubuntu studio vs the user, Windows and Mac will win 2) stability: jacks crashes, timidity crashes, etc. Shouldn't JACK+Timidity start with init.d and be stable, working without issues with PA ? My Two cents. I'm going to play devil's advocate here, and suggest that Ubuntu Studio should not be user oriented. At least, not in the sense that a main priority would be to make things as simple as possible. It seems to me that a lot of problems have resulted from the active marketing of Ubuntu Studio as easy to use. At this point, I've accepted that Linux audio is never going to be easy. I've also accepted that this is a good thing, because the payoff is that the software is of higher quality and greater versatility. My suggestion is that Ubuntu Studio should brand itself as a serious audio production system, one the provides the highest quality tools out there, but that requires patience and experience to utilize. Not the easiest sell, but I'd say closer to reality. Having said that, I think there are a few things that could be done to make Ubuntu Studio more user friendly. The most obvious would be to make sure that the user is automatically put in the 'audio' and 'video' groups, and that firewire access is available out of the box without needing to mess with Ubuntu Studio Controls. This should allow JACK to start right away for most users. However, above all else, what Ubuntu Studio needs is much much much better documentation and tutorials. On a final note, a long running issue for me is how often a quality rt kernel is left out of the releases. On my system, at least, the RT kernel is the only one that gives good enough performance. The vanilla and preempt kernels produce far too many x-runs. I seem to have no problems with the 2.6.31 RT kernel, but it would be awfully nice to have a 32 version. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: What's wrong with jack ?
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 8:17 PM, Jose H. jose...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all, Jack is used for everything, it just seems to be the standard for anything related to audio in linux, BUT it doesn't work out of the box in Ubuntu Studio, which for me seems like a huge contradiction, you have everything that works with jack, but jack doesn't work :S Am I supposed to *rm /usr/bin/pulseaudio* to make jack work ?, or it is just that Ubuntu Studio is not ready to be used for music production in a real sense ? = it is just for testing and experimenting Thanks. Jack is like a lot of other things in Linux: for better or worse, the quality and versatility of the software is the top priority, and an easy user experience is often not a main consideration. For this reason, there's a fairly steep learning curve for using audio in Ubuntu, but it is worth it. Having used Ubuntu for audio work for about a year and half now, I can comfortably say that, with a well set up system, Linux will out perform any other OS when it comes to audio. That being said, when it comes to getting Jack started, in most cases it involves simply adding yourself to the 'audio' group (as someone else has already mentioned). If you're using a firewire device, you will also want to use Ubuntu Studio Controls (under System Administration) to get the right permissions by selecting the raw1394 option. Also, if you're using a version of Ubuntu that is running Network Manager, it is probably a good idea to disable networking while using Jack. That should get you started. Of course, there' s a lot of other stuff to learn, and that takes time. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Ubuntu Studio Control
I have a quick question. What is it that Ubuntu Studio Controls is doing when you select the 'raw1394' option? Previously it would edit the 50-udev-default.rules file, but it doesn't seem to be doing that now. Or, at least, not in the way that it did before. Still, it seems to be dong something that is necessary to get firewire support, and I'm curious what. Also, a lot of you may or not be aware of this, but I thought I'd mention it anyway. Ubuntu Studio Controls is now editing the wrong .conf file. It currently edits limits.conf, when it should be editing the audio.conf file jackd creates when it is installed. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: linuxrt package not standard in studio ?
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 12:41 PM, Alessio Igor Bogani abog...@ubuntu.comwrote: Hi Laurent, 2010/5/11 laurent.bellegarde laurent.bellega...@free.fr: [...] I would suggest to you (and to all others readers in this ml) to install and use linux-rt only if it is _really_ required. Are there issues with the RT kernel in Lucid? And if so, what are they? -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: not sure where to ask this question, about the audio production possibilities...
On Sat, Mar 27, 2010 at 8:11 PM, G L Romeu rom...@comcast.net wrote: I have been on the graphics end of computers, everything from photo through layout to 3d for cad/cam, and therefore my initial interest in studio. *SNIP* Does anyone have some programs that i should concentrate on to start with, and any other advice? There seems to be so much availablethanks, gabriel -- G L Romeu ø http://studiofurniture.com ø http://lessplusmore.com ø http://journalphoto.org -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users For someone working with audio, you will want to make sure you understand how to start the JACK audio server. Oddly enough, for software that is the heart of professional audio in Linux, there is surprisingly little documentation on this software. Here is about as good a guide as there is on using JACK: http://en.flossmanuals.net/Ardour/StartJackUbuntu That is a chapter in a manual on using Ardour, which is the other application that you WILL want to know if you really want to get the most out of your Ubuntu Studio install. The link to the full manual is: http://en.flossmanuals.net/ardour/ Many people will recommend Audacity, particularly for beginners. But trust me, if you plan on getting into Ubuntu Studio and Linux audio for the long haul, Ardour is the program you'll want to use. Speaking of Ardour, I noticed there's a good change they won't reach their fundraising goals over at Ardour.org this month. So, as a reminder to all you audio enthusiasts: If you're on this list and you use Ardour regularly and you're not a subscriber, you should seriously consider supporting the program financially. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: not sure where to ask this question, about the audio production possibilities...
On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 6:45 PM, mac sue...@empire.net wrote: Hi from the Ardour web page: Non-destructive, non-linear editing with unlimited undo What you describe above is indeed modifying the recording, I don't believe it is considered destructive editing. Audacity will allow the wave form to be edited on a per sample basis, actually changing the value of the sample at will. I believe this is considered destructive editing. I would be happy to be wrong, but I don't think Ardour allows such detailed editing of the raw data. Regards, Mac -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users I must admit, Mac, I find myself confused by your statements. Why would you want destructive editing? We should make sure our definitions are the same. By destructive editing, I refer to the act of editing an audio file in a program, and then those changes are immediately applied to the original audio file, therefore making the changes permanent (i.e. cannot be undone). It is common practice to avoid destructive editing like the plague, as you usually want to retain the integrity the original file just in case you'd like to go back and do things differently. If you want a new file that reflects the changes you have made, then you use the program's 'Export' feature. Editing on a per sample basis, as you put it, is not necessarily destructive, and it is also something that I believe Ardour can do. I rarely have need to do such a thing, and as such I cannot be certain if Ardour does that as well as Audacity. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Dssi-Vst and Ubuntu Studio
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 2:55 PM, Eric Hedekar aftertheb...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 8:17 AM, sandie san...@sandgreen.dk wrote: Sergio Bello wrote: I don't know about lmms VsTIge, but probably it's a reimplementation from scratch of the Steimberg api, something like Linux reimplementation of posix api... So this is legal ? If it is... then why don't we make a native linux VST for things like Ardour, and by we I mean someone else than me, preferable one who actualy know what he/she is doing ;-) Sandie Well, yes vestiege is legal - but I'm no lawyer and I'm sure it depends on what country you're in and how much you pay the lawyer who argues your case. As for why we don't make a native linux VST for things like Ardour? There exists the Vestiege headers for VST support in Ardour, and Ardour also has LV2 support (sort of LADSPA catching up to VST's features) so, in my opinion, it's a question of why duplicate that which already exists. Ardour will be compiled with LV2 support for the upcoming Lucid Lynx release, but no plans have been made to get it compiled with Vestiege headers, yet. DSSI-VST, FST, JOST, and other similar technologies all relied on the compiler going to the Steinberg website, signing up for a VST developer account that includes an agreement not to redistribute the headers, downloading the headers, then compiling. This does not work for distributions - VST (similar to other closed-sourced software) is faulty technology. I am really excited for the inclusion of the LV2 libraries in Lucid Lynx. Let the LV2 plugin excitement/growth/development BEGIN -Eric Hedekar I'm with Eric here. I know change can be hard, especially if you've found a lot of VSTs you like, but if you really want to see FOSS audio take 0ff, then you should let the VSTs go and support LV2. Take a look at LinuxDSP's (http://www.linuxdsp.co.uk/) site for a couple of awesome LV2 plug-ins. Also, Invada (http://www.invadarecords.com/Downloads.php?ID=0264) has a suite of pretty cool LV2 plug-ins. There are also LV2 versions of some of the CALF plug-ins that often come with Ardour, and the interfaces are awesome. It's a bright future for LV2, check it out! -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Dssi-Vst and Ubuntu Studio
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 6:30 AM, teza tsalio...@orange.fr wrote: Hi all, I was wondering about the fact that we can find somme free vst plugins on the web, why the UbuntuStudio tean does not include dssi-vst package in the Os as a standard. Regards Teza I don't have an answer for your specific question, Teza, but I am wondering: are there actually a lot of people on this list using VSTs with Linux? Because I was under the impression that this was very hard to do, and did not work well even in the best of cases. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: [LAU] presonus firepod problems
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Iain Duncan iainduncanli...@gmail.comwrote: Thanks Harmut! A few questions: - so the blue light will not turn blue again until jack is running with freebob? - should /dev/raw1394 appear as soon as I turn it on/plug it in? ( It's not doing that, though it appears if I modprobe raw1394 ) - is the firewire driver freebob or FFADO? - where is this ub -Yes, the light will not turn blue until the Firepod is connected to JACK. -/dev/raw1394 SHOULD appear as soon as you turn the Firepod on. If it does not, then something has gone awry. -The 'firewire' drive is FFADO. Freebob is. . . well, freebob. -Not sure exactly what your last question is, but if you were going to ask where Studio Controls is, then it should be under System Administration. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Ubuntu-Studio-users Digest, Vol 32, Issue 7
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 9:35 AM, Henry W. Peters hwpet...@jamadots.comwrote: As a person who is more interested in using binary driven hardware as a tool (rather than an end in it self)... I am very encouraged about the prospects of (say) Linux to be able to participate meaningfully in this efforts, thanks to Mr. K. Noise this kind quality of discussion (all), the constructive critical perspective it offers! Nice layout of thoughts... (mostly) my sentiments, exactly. Henry P.s., I kind of hope the 'nick' sticks: UbuStu (perhaps it has been used before, but this is the first time I have noticed it(?). Karlheinz Noise wrote: Hey, all. I guess I've helped open up a can of worms here. Sorry about that. I do want to reply, but I should preface this by saying that this is not any sort of personal criticism against UbuStu or any of the people involved in the distro. I'm only starting to code, and I'm only beginning to understand the hard work and headaches that are involved in something like UbuStu, so a big THANK YOU to all that make it happen. Now, to the replies... http://www.bing.com/shopping/search?q=xbox+gamesscope=cashbackform=MSHYCBpubl=WLHMTAGcrea=TEXT_MSHYCB_Shopping_Giftsforthem_cashback_1x1 The Mac power is mostly based on fixed and known hardware, smaller and dedicated set of software. That is very good point that definitely needs to be considered if one is to compare Linux to Mac (or compare anything to Mac, really). And I would disagree that Linux is behind Windows in user experience. As many on this list have pointed, Windows is very hard to use and maintain, we've just all gotten used to it. Ubuntu is easily a better end-user experience, in my book. There also seems to be a false dichotomy going on here in terms of usability versus flexibility. A lot of commentators appear to worry that pushing for a more user-friendly experience will somehow limit the flexibility available to the advanced Linux user. Why would that be the case? I think that for most of us who would like improved out-of-the-box experience, what that translates to is just a series of default settings that aren't necessarily going to run the system at its best, but will just work right away. Then there should be a well designed series of GUIs to tweak the settings for optimal performance. This doesn't mean that power users can't tweak their systems the way they always have. Take the Add Software menu in Ubuntu. That's a lovely GUI that allows a beginner to very easily install new software. This doesn't stop anyone from opening up a terminal and using apt-get, though. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Plugin GUI's and Ubu love
On Mon, Dec 7, 2009 at 8:27 PM, Ricardo Lameiro ricardolame...@gmail.comwrote: Speaking of Windows programs, there's a feature I use in WaveLab that I haven't been able to find in any FOSS software. That program has something called a master section, which is basically just a bunch of slots for plugins. They all effect the sound in real-time, and when you've tweaked them to your liking, you hit a button called Render and it processes the active wave files in non-real-time. I know about stuff like JackRack, but AFAIK you can't render to a wave file except in real time. Also, using Audacity, you can only render one effect at a time, and you can't listen to it in real time (e.g. to edit the file with the effects on). Anyone know of a tool that does this? It makes mastering a lot easier. You could use Ardour for this. or for real master job use JAMin Check out this guide at the 64 Studio site: http://www.64studio.com/node/823 That will show you how to use JACK to connect Ardour and JAMin in a manner that sounds like what you want to do. It lets you both effect the sound in real-time and export a file mix into .wav format in non-real time. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Ubuntu-Studio-users Digest, Vol 32, Issue 7
On Sun, Dec 6, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Karlheinz Noise khzmu...@hotmail.comwrote: Hey, all. I guess I've helped open up a can of worms here. Sorry about that. I do want to reply, but I should preface this by saying that this is not any sort of personal criticism against UbuStu or any of the people involved in the distro. I'm only starting to code, and I'm only beginning to understand the hard work and headaches that are involved in something like UbuStu, so a big THANK YOU to all that make it happen. Now, to the replies... *SNIP* Just a quick note, Karlheinz. There IS a Linux standard for plug-in GUIs. It is called LV2 (http://lv2plug.in/) It is fairly new, but seems to be promising. I've used some LV2 plug-ins, and they're pretty cool. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: waiting for professional grade
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Lindsay Haisley fmo...@fmp.com wrote: Excellent points, Karlheinz, and a right-on perspective. I'm going to chime in in support. I am an experienced performer and musician, have recorded (commercially) a number of my own albums and CDs, and at one time owned and operated my own analog recording studio. My other hat is as the owner and operator of an online (LAMP-based) web and email hosting service, FMP Computer Services, and as a Linux system administration consultant. I get paid for this, too :-) On Sat, 2009-12-05 at 10:28 -0500, Karlheinz Noise wrote: First, there is the contradictory thought process that wonders why more people don't contribute to projects like this, while at the same time frowning on people who complain about a tough user experience and telling them to just learn the 'right' way or whatnot. This is important. I blame the fact that the Linux community has too large of a programmer-to-user ratio. That's completely understandable for any sort of DIY community, but if any variety of GNU/Linux wants to break out of its niche market, it needs to explicitly change its goals to attract a user base that is less computer literate. *SNIP* You make a lot of good points, Karlheinz. -- Lindsay Haisley |Fighting against human | PGP public key FMP Computer Services | creativity is like | available at 512-259-1190 | trying to eradicate |http://pubkeys.fmp.com http://www.fmp.com| dandelions | | (Pamela Jones) | Lindsay, I agree with a whole lot of what you say, but this line is an example one of my greatest pet peeves in discussions like this: The appropriate response to any criticism would be if you don't like it, go buy Pro Tools. That is absolutely not the appropriate response. The right response is, in fact, what a lot of devs on this list do, to their credit. It is to ask those with criticisms to participate in development in some way. A comunity developed project is not well served by telling people to go take a hike. And no project anywhere, community-developed or otherwise, is well-served by deflecting criticism with flippant responses. -- response -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: waiting for professional grade
On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Brian David beej...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, Dec 5, 2009 at 12:46 PM, Lindsay Haisley fmo...@fmp.com wrote: Lindsay, I agree with a whole lot of what you say, but this line is an example one of my greatest pet peeves in discussions like this: The appropriate response to any criticism would be if you don't like it, go buy Pro Tools. That is absolutely not the appropriate response. The right response is, in fact, what a lot of devs on this list do, to their credit. It is to ask those with criticisms to participate in development in some way. A comunity developed project is not well served by telling people to go take a hike. And no project anywhere, community-developed or otherwise, is well-served by deflecting criticism with flippant responses. -Brian David I should add, since we all know that tone doesn't come across in e-mails, that I'm not suggesting that Lindsay is using flippant responses to deflect criticism. I refer only to those who earnestly use a statements like if you don't like it, go buy Pro Tools. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: waiting for professional grade
On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Leo leo...@gmail.com wrote: The CLI is by no means outdated, but of all the classes of tasks one can do on any computer, the CLI is probably _least_ suited to audio and multimedia work. But with out CLI I would not be able to run wine programs. An icon for wine never give good results (maybe it's me) but if I do cd .wine/drive_c/???/??? then wine program It runs good and if it doesn't I can see the error to fix. Leo I understand the frustration that a lot of experienced users have with those who do not want to learn to use the ins and outs of a system in order to best utilize that system. However, there are a few points that I think many in the 'just learn Linux and CLI' crowd often don't consider. First, there is the contradictory thought process that wonders why more people don't contribute to projects like this, while at the same time frowning on people who complain about a tough user experience and telling them to just learn the 'right' way or whatnot. Sorry, but you are never going to get people to join the project if you treat them like that. Second, and more importantly, developers really need to consider the type of experience that the average user is going to expect, and in the case of this project, the average audio/visual designer. You can rant all you want about how the CLI is better, but the truth is that the great majority of people are simply never going to learn to use it. Doesn't matter whether it is right or wrong, it just is. It is perfectly acceptible for designers to respond by saying 'tough, learn it the way it is', but if so, those same people should not be surprised if their software always remains a niche project used by a small group of people, and developed by an even smaller group. However, this isn't just any project, this is a derivative of Ubuntu, a distribution that has the reputation of being THE user-friendly LInux distro. A goal of any project carrying that name should be to aim for the most user-friendly experience. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Ubuntu-Studio-users Digest, Vol 32, Issue 1
On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 7:57 AM, Susan Cragin susancra...@earthlink.netwrote: Brian King kirjoitti: ubuntu's efforts to get rt kernel working in realtime mode just isn't there yet :-( ubuntu just hasn't got the right mix for maximum desktop performance and rt yet :-( Well, RT-kernel works me... maybe it is just me ;-) RT works for me much better, much faster, than generic kernel, and I even run one sound app through wine. If Mr. King wants to test another kernel, maybe he should try bfsbfq, which is crazy-fast but runs best on a lightly-configured desktop (best with only one app running at a time) and has peculiar bottlenecks. (Backup first.) Actually, to the extent there is a difference between real-time and just fast, bfsbfq is just fast. It gallops in some places, seems to trot in others. My opinion? bfsbfq will be great a year from now to run just one sound application at a time on a low-powered machine. Probably best with Lubuntu, if that ever gets started. Susan I agree to a certain extent with Brian King's point. I'm really enjoying Ubuntu Studio Karmic and it is very stable and fast for me, but it took some tweaking to get it running well. And by tweaking, I don't mean adjusting settings in a GUI or downloading software, I mean using the command-line to change thread priorities. That is a type of hurtle that the vast majority of potential new users are not going to care to get over. It is also something that can generally be said of pretty much any Linux distro: with enough tweaking it will do what you want. Ubuntu Studio is not just any distro, it is a specialized one. And for it to be considered successful, at least for me, means that it can be used out-of-the-box (or at least with minimal and easy adjusting) by people more focused on multimedia production than on how a Linux system works. Ubuntu Studio gets closer to that with every release, and I have high hopes for the future of the distro, but I agree that it just isn't there yet. Speaking of Lubuntu, has the Ubuntu Studio team ever considered switching to a more lightweight desktop, such as XFCE or LXDE? I think that would be a great idea, but I have no idea what it would take. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Availability of Ardour 2.8.4 on Ubuntu Studio?
On Sun, Nov 15, 2009 at 3:08 AM, Erik Rasmussen mailfore...@gmail.comwrote: In Ubuntu Studio, what is the upgrade frequency for key apps like Ardour? I see that Ardour 2.8.4 was just released, but it looks like Ardour 2.8.2 is the latest version available through Ubuntu Studio. Is there anyone using Ardour 2.8.4 on Ubuntu Studio 9.10? While I'm asking these questions I might also ask if anyone has tried or is using Ardour 3.x on Ubuntu Studio? If anyone is using Ardour 3.x on Ubuntu Studio, how does it work for you? Thanks! -Erik -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users In the past, I have been able to install new versions of Ardour using a package downloaded from www.getdeb.net. To do this, you will need to remove the old version of Ardour, and to do that you will need to remove the ubuntustudio-audio metapackage (NOTE: This does not remove any of the other programs associated with the package, although it will probably change your /etc/security/limits.conf settings, so be sure to check that.) You can use Add/Remove software to uninstall Ardour, but you will need to use Synaptic or apt-get to remove ubuntustudio-audio. Then, just double-click the .deb for the new Ardour, and you're good to go. I prefer this way because I'm not very comfortable building things from source. I should also say that I have not yet done this with Karmic, so I don't know if it works the same. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Availability of Ardour 2.8.4 on Ubuntu Studio?
On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 11:57 AM, Erik Rasmussen mailfore...@gmail.comwrote: Yes, I looked for Ardour at getdeb.net http://www.getdeb.net/ also, but I did not see any version of Ardour at GetDeb.net. Do you find it there? If yes, what URL do you go to to find it? Thanks! -Erik You're right, I can't seem to find it on GetDeb, either. It looks like they've updated their site since the last time I visited, and no longer seem to have Ardour. I wonder if they're still in the process of adding software? Building from source it is! -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Audio recording for dummies
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 6:33 AM, Marcus Roos marcus.r...@ukulelesolen.sewrote: I have installed Ardour and a program called Jack Controll. But I have no idea how to make things work! Failed to find a Jack Audio Server is there to read as soon as I start Jack and then i recording program. What more do I need to get started? Any svenskar or norrmen here in the list? -- /Marcus Roos www.ukulelesolen.se Din personliga ukuleleguide 0733 - 58 2005 0047 92 85 67 29 -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users Would you mind sending some details, Marcos? Hardware set-up, what JACK settings you're using, screenshots if possible. It is hard to tell what your problem might be from what you've described so far. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Recording with M-Audio Delta 66
On Sun, Sep 20, 2009 at 10:16 AM, Sergio Bello s.be...@sintechno.it wrote: Just an aside note: shouldn't you use a DI box to connect your bass to the M-Audio? I used a behringher Tube Ultragain MIC200 low cost DI box (now I jump in my M-Audio 1010 through a line6 X3 Pro). Otherwise your signal could be really low. Sergio The MIC200 is not a DI, it seems to be just a regular pre-amp. But you're right, you'll need some sort of gain before you record, which is usually done by using a pre-amp. I do not think that a standard DI adjusts the gain so much as matches impedance, although some fancier boxes will allow you to boost the gain. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Mistaken e-mail
Hmm, it looks like I accidentally sent out an e-mail that wasn't supposed to go to this list. I did the classic 'selected all my contacts instead of just the group I wanted' mistake. Just in case that e-mail does show up on the list, if for some reason the moderators approve it, please ignore! -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Ardour and Funding
Over at the Ardour.org website, there has been some pretty good discussion concerning funding for Ardour, and for FOSS audio projects in general. The discussion has inspired me to send out another reminder (one of which comes up every now and then on this list) that Ardour is still on shaky financial grounds. Next to JACK, Ardour is the most important piece of software for my personal use within Ubuntu Studio, and this ditstro would be essentially useless to me without Ardour. Many of you probably feel the same way, and so I encourage you to become a subscriber. There are currently only 290 monthly subscribers, and this seems to me to be a shame. If you can, please subscribe, and if a monthly payment is not something you can do, then at least consider a single donation. Anything helps. Thanks! -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Digital Audio Recorder
On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 5:27 PM, Eric Hedekar aftertheb...@gmail.comwrote: On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 11:12 AM, Thomas Fisher thomasfis...@ak.netwrote: As for Ubuntu Studio 9.04 and the RT kernel the future may be problematic in that it appears the maintainers have abandoned the project. If anyone will pick it up is yet to be seen. For myself, I have been running 8.04 but have had little need for the dynamic RT, and am in the process of moving over to Fedora 10 and CCRMA. Abandoned the project? What on earth makes you think this? Please don't spread lies like this about open source projects, it hurts the community and discourages others from involvement. Thanks. -Eric Hedekar -- ___ http://greyrockstudio.blogspot.com -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users I've been using a laptop as a 'portable' recorder for sometime now, using a Firepod as the interface(with Hardy). If you're looking for suggestions for a portable, single-unit device, my main advice is to NOT get one. Use a laptop, or even a desktop, combined with some kind of audio interface, and just haul it around with you. Stand alone portable hard-disk recorders are a relic of the nineties and should be left in that decade. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Re: Ubuntu Studio 8.04 - 9.04 upgrade
On Mon, Apr 27, 2009 at 9:58 PM, beej...@gmail.com wrote: On Apr 27, 2009 1:49pm, Hartmut Noack zettber...@linuxuse.de wrote: same here with the Presonus Firebox. The same with Suse111 with the jengelh-rt-Kernel (that performs just great with my cheapo USB-interface a.t.o.h) very well: looks like its Linux itself. Anyone out there running any FW-interface successfully on a recent distro? HZN I've been running a Presonus Firepod with no problems on my first generation MacBook using Hardy for many months. I was actually surprised at how well it worked. I was getting better performance out of it than I would in Cubase using OS X. The Firepod is also working on Jaunty on my desktop, but it's a bit more problematic, due mostly to the limitations of the computer itself. Ever since upgrading to Jaunty on my Macbook, I have been unable to get the firewire permissions worked out. Everything seems to be set fine, but JACK just refuses to start and spits out that 'FIFO priority -10 message, or whatever it is, that is usually given when the limits.conf file isn't set correctly. I can't figure out why. When I do, though, I'll let you know how firewire is working in Jaunty on the Macbook. These permissions are going to be the death of me. Can' wait for that new firewire stack people have mentioned to be incorporated. -Brian Just a quick follow up to that last post, I finally solved my permissions problems. I had to go to System Administration Users and Groups, select myself on the list, hit 'Properties', select the 'User Privileges' tab, and pretty much check everything on there. This in addition to adjusting the Ubuntu Studio Controls settings as well as creating a 'video' group and putting myself in it. It's odd behaviour that I did not need to do on my desktop. So, I got JACK working and messed around in Ardour with some live recordings I had done recently, and ran into some real problems, which I'll have to do a write up on later. Suffice it to say that the real-time kernel running on my Macbook was very shaky. But Jaunty as a whole is turning out to be real shaky, I might need to go back to Hardy for a few weeks until some of the bugs (in particularly, some crazy issues with the brightness controls) are worked out. Keep trucking, though! It's coming along, and the work you all are doing is awesome. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Network Connection
On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:54 AM, Cliff Fellows cgfell...@sbcglobal.netwrote: Sounds more like a flu issue... :) Cliff --- On *Tue, 4/28/09, Christopher Stamper christopherstam...@gmail.com*wrote: From: Christopher Stamper christopherstam...@gmail.com Subject: Re: Network Connection To: Ubuntu Studio Users Help and Discussion ubuntu-studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009, 9:22 AM On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:19 AM, Susan Cragin susancra...@earthlink.net wrote: Studio comes without network manager installed. I believe that network manager was left out for a good reason; I can't remember why. I sorta think I remember something about it causing xruns... -- Christopher Stamper Email: christopherstam...@gmail.com Web: http://tinyurl.com/2ooncg gTalk: http://tinyurl.com/6e359r Skype: cdstamper -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing listubuntu-studio-us...@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at:https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users It is possible to set up a wireless connection with Ubuntu Studio without network manager. I've had Ubuntu Studio auto-detect my wireless card on install and then just ask me for a password, and that was that. Whenever I logged in, it was just connected. This does not work on my laptop, sadly, and I haven't taken the time yet to figure out how to do a network connection manually. But I'm fairly sure it can be done. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Re: Re: Re: raw1394, good right for all during startup ?
On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 1:26 AM, beej...@gmail.com wrote: On Apr 20, 2009 12:20pm, Eric Hedekar aftertheb...@gmail.com wrote: -- The behaviour you're describing should be fixed as soon as this bugfix hits the repo: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntustudio-controls/+bug/360895 You should already be a member of the video group so no further configuration should be needed. -Eric -- ___ http://greyrockstudio.blogspot.com I never had a 'video' group after install. I had to manually create this group and then put myself in it (or else do the 'audio' fix I mentioned earlier). This fixed the permission issues. I should say that I never did install the video packages for Ubuntu Studio, since I do not use them. I use only audio and graphics. Would this make a difference? -Brian Downloaded and installed the daily build from today. Ubuntu Studio Controls is definitely working well now, but there is still no 'video' group after install, and JACK will not connect to my firewire interface until after I've created that group and put myself in it. All in all, not really a big deal. It's not quite the install Ubuntu Studio, make the appropriate settings in Ubuntu Studio Controls, and start recording scenario I'd like, but it's close. I'm still having issues with my Ardour plug-ins. I did make a launchpad bug for this, but nothing has come of it yet. Sadly, this does mean I'll need to build Ardour from source or install from a package from getdeb.net, which is kind of a pain because it requires removing the already installed Ardour, which requires removing ubuntustudio-audio, and then indivually re-installing Ardour and all the particular Ubuntu Studio audio packages. But it works. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Normalizing Audio Levels using RMS
On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Gustin Johnson gus...@echostar.ca wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Viktor Mastoridis wrote: Hi Linux Audio Geeks In my musical prehistory, while I was on Windows, I used to use a program called SoundForge that had one very useful feature: normalizing audio levels with RMS, even using the Equal Loudness Contour For a whole year I am struggling now to find something similar on Linux, without much success. Any help/hints will be much appreciated. There are a number of applications that can normalize audio. From the command line the lame mp3 encoder can increase the gain and do some basic EQ tweaking. mencoder is another command line option. normalize-audio is yet another command line tool for this job. On the GUI front audacity is the application that most closely resembles sound forge. Under the Effect menu is a normalize option. It should also be noted that audacity will run under Windows as well. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAknkzwIACgkQwRXgH3rKGfPONQCeIfpkZjuBWXEnDnbkBZrNgT4X 1HEAn2hpv/a6G2siS+rNQS8P/MZ8h200 =SJkw -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users I believe Ardour can normalize audio, as well. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Jaunty RT testing
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Brian David beej...@gmail.com wrote: I've been reading this list in the archives for a while now, and decided to join up so I could pitch in with the Jaunty Beta testing. Still fairly new to Linux, and to using e-mail lists for that matter, so keep that in mind as you read this. First up, here's my hardware. It's a fairly old desktop that I use for testing: Motherboard: Asrock K7VT4A Processor: AMD Sempron 2400+ Video: ATI Radeon 9600+ Memory: 2 GB Audio Interface: Presonus Firepod *SNIP* -- -Brian David I realize that testing the actual Ubuntu Studio distro as opposed to an upgraded regular Ubuntu install is more helpful to the dev team. So I went ahead and downloaded the Jaunty daily (per Cory's reccommendation) from yesterday, installed, and did some more test runs. Same hardware as mentioned in the e-mail above. Install went just fine, booted up with no problems. As a quick aside, while the new artwork is indeed very fancy, I personally don't think it's as classy as the old versions. The old style was more 'earthy' and this new artwork is a bit too slick. Obviously, that's neither her nor there, since I can just change that, but I figured I'd mention it. I'd also like to note that it's a bit of a hassle getting the permissions for firewire devices worked out. I either had to manually change the permissions on /dev/raw1394 using chmod every time I booted up, run JACK as root every time I used JACK, or edit my /lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules file to put the firewire device in the 'audio' group. I went for that last one because it provided a somewhat permanent, one-time solution. Would it be possible to have Ubuntu Studio itself fix this issue in some way on install, so that firewire users can get closer to the desired 'works out of the box' goal? However, once I got my rig going, the tests themselves went well. I put up a single mic to record one track into Ardour, then I ran several tests at different sample rates. My first test was a push-the-limits thing. I recorded at 96 khz, 256 frames/period. I used software monitoring in Ardour, and even browsed the internet while I recorded. After I recorded about ten minutes using ffado, I had around 17 xruns, which is, for this machine, actually very good. Similar results were had from freebob (freebob seems to work much better under Ubuntu Studio then under a regular Ubuntu install). I then redid the test just recording, still using software monitoring, but without doing any other programs running. Freebob had 2 xruns after ten minutes, and ffado had a whopping 0. Impressive! This thing should be very stable at lower sampling rates. I then opened up an 11 track drum session originally recorded in Pro Tools and futzed around for a bit. I'm still having problems with the Ardour plug-ins, similar to what I mentioned in my original post. Many of the parameters are frozen in place and unchangeable. On a regular Ubuntu install I fixed this by removing Ardour and reinstalling from a deb from getdeb.net. I have not done this with Ubuntu Sudio, yet. This is the biggest problem so far, and I'd appreciate it if anyone had info on any possible fixes, or if it will be fixed in the offical release. I'm farily sure it must have something to do with the Ubuntu packages, and not Ardour itself. I'll keep testing. So far, the RT kernel itself seems to be working very well. Thanks for all the hard work everyone! -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: install studio question
On Tue, Apr 7, 2009 at 11:06 AM, Tom Poe tom...@fngi.net wrote: I have installed Ubuntu 8.04 Desktop edition. I now want to install ubuntustudio. What should I have in place to do this? I'm thinking I need to download the iso image. Then, I need to be able to have software to create a DVD Then, I need a DVD to burn the image onto, but I only have a DVD read/CD write drive on a Dell Desktop X260. Is this a deal breaker? Is there a dealer to buy a reliable Ubuntu Studio DVD? Thanks, Tom -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users You know, while we're on this topic, what IS the official correct way to side-grade from a regular install? I thought you could just add all the ubuntustudio metapackages, but apparently the desktop themes will not quite work right on top of a regulary install. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Re: Jaunty RT testing
On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 5:33 PM, Brian David beej...@gmail.com wrote: I've been reading this list in the archives for a while now, and decided to join up so I could pitch in with the Jaunty Beta testing. Still fairly new to Linux, and to using e-mail lists for that matter, so keep that in mind as you read this. *SNIP* -- -Brian David Just a quick follow up, I'm not sure what it is that's come down the update pipe recently, but it has fixed my shut-down and restart problems. So that's good! -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
Jaunty RT testing
I've been reading this list in the archives for a while now, and decided to join up so I could pitch in with the Jaunty Beta testing. Still fairly new to Linux, and to using e-mail lists for that matter, so keep that in mind as you read this. First up, here's my hardware. It's a fairly old desktop that I use for testing: Motherboard: Asrock K7VT4A Processor: AMD Sempron 2400+ Video: ATI Radeon 9600+ Memory: 2 GB Audio Interface: Presonus Firepod I grabbed the Beta on the day of its release, and the good news is that the install ran smoothly and I had the RT kernel up and running after not too much hassle. I should say that I was using a regular Jaunty CD with the UbuntuStudio audio and graphics meta-packages installed, and not the actual UbuntuStudio CD. My Firepod has always worked well with Linux, which I'm thankful for. As for performance, the freebob driver in Jack is essentially useless on this computer, too many X-runs (although it seems to work great on my MacBook booted into Hardy, which is my production machine). However, the firewire driver (FFADO, right?) works wonderfully. I spent an hour or so messing around with a simple three-track live recording, and there was not a single X-run (JACK settings were Frame/Periods: 256, Sample Rate: 44100 Periods/Buffer: 3). BUT, I ran into problems while trying to do my final mixdowns from Ardour. To be exact, I couldn't mix down a full track without JACK shutting down. I tried easing the JACK settings back a little, but still no luck. The tracks would mixdown, but JACK would immediately then crash, and I'd have to restart the Firepod and JACK to get things going again. It's hard to tell if this is due to the age of the computer, or the RT kernel. Also, I ran into problems with some of the plug-ins in Ardour. I found that I could not adjust many of the settings (for instance, the frequency setting in a parametric EQ I was using could not be changed at all). I remember reading on the Ardour website that there might be some problems with the packages in the Ubuntu repos. So I re-installed Ardour using a .deb I downloaded from getdeb.net, and the problem disappeared. Is this something your package managers can fix? The final HUGE glaring bug is that the RT kernel will not shut down or restart. When I try, it just freezes, and I need to shutdown the computer manually. This is not a problem with the generic kernel. Overall, everything is working suprisingly well for a beta. I'm really looking forward to using this kernel on my MacBook. -- -Brian David -- Ubuntu-Studio-users mailing list Ubuntu-Studio-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-studio-users
