[03:27] <Mediaprodigy> Question: I need help, Ardour says it can not start JACK.. does anyone have any insight into this?
[03:29] <ScottL_> Mediaprodigy, can you start JACK before starting Ardour?
[03:29] <ScottL_> either using qjackctl from the menu or typing jackd in a terminal?
[03:30] <Mediaprodigy> ScottL: I will try
[03:32] <Mediaprodigy> ScottL: typing jackd in the terminal gives me a long list of possible command
[03:32] <Mediaprodigy> s*
[03:32] <ScottL_> have you ever gotten JACK running before?
[03:34] <ScottL_> if not try running qjackctl from the menu    ubuntu studio icon -> audio/video -> audio -> jack control
[03:34] <ScottL_> and you will probably need to set it up; see https://help.ubuntu.com/community/HowToJACKConfiguration
[03:35] <Mediaprodigy> this is the first time that i ever use Ardour
[03:35] <ScottL_> you can also use audacity which has a lower learning curve
[03:36] <Mediaprodigy> i am trying to get a project done.. which is time sensitive.. do you recommend starting with Audacity... vs Ardour.. i am new to UbuntuStudio as well
[03:36] <Mediaprodigy> but i am proficient with teh computers
[03:37] <ScottL_> yeah, I would really suggest using Audacity then as Ardour is fairly complicated
[03:37] <ScottL_> unfortunately I am not very knowledgeable about Audacity
[03:38] <Mediaprodigy> well that is great.
[03:38] <Mediaprodigy> jk
[03:38] <Mediaprodigy> ScottL: thank you
[03:38] <ScottL_> however, here is a tutorial for Audacity:  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorials.html
[03:38] <Mediaprodigy> :)
[03:38] <Mediaprodigy> Ok, looks like I will be doing some reading..
[03:39] <ScottL_> from what i've seen it looks pretty straightforward (the manual, I mean)
[03:39] <Mediaprodigy> ScottL: my first project is pretty straight forward.. taking a pre-existing song.. putting new vocals on it.
[03:40] <ScottL_> oh good, that should be fairly straight forward
[03:40] <ScottL_> import your song:   http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorial_basics_3.html
[03:40] <ScottL_> record new vocals:  http://audacity.sourceforge.net/manual-1.2/tutorial_basics_4.html
[03:42] <Mediaprodigy> nice: this is going to be good help.. hope that i can move up to Ardour..
[03:44] <ScottL_> Ardour is very powerful but does have a learning curve as I mentioned...really amazing piece of open source software
[03:45] <Mediaprodigy> i do not want the vocals to not have any depth..
[03:57] <ScottL_> adding 25 milliseconds (I think) of delay can fatten up vocals, but I'm not really a mixer or mastering type of guy
[19:23] <Guest8455> I am trying to get Ubuntu 9.10 to use my wireless card. How do I enable the wireless interface?
[19:24] <ScottL> network manager is not installed by default on Ubuntu Studio
[19:24] <ScottL> that at least is my understanding
[19:25] <ScottL> you may install it and use it though (it is even included on the Ubuntu Studio disk - just not installed)
[19:25] <Guest8455> do I install that via the Ubuntu software center?
[19:25] <ScottL> I believe you can Guest8455
[19:25] <Guest8455> thanks!
[19:26] <ScottL> I found it in the software center searching for network manager...good luck!
[19:26] <Guest8455> thanks
[20:46] <Mediaprodigy> Can someone help me, I am using Audacity and it tells me that FFmpeg was not found, going to terminal and typing FFmpeg returns the version currently installed.. what am i doing wrong?
[20:50] <ScottL> Mediaprodigy, are you trying to import a file into Audacity?
[20:51] <Mediaprodigy> Yes
[20:51] <Mediaprodigy> hey ScottL: that is what I am trying to do..
[20:51] <Mediaprodigy> Was about to start meh project
[20:52] <ScottL> mp3?
[20:53] <ScottL> Mediaprodigy, I believe that Audacity might be trying to use ffmpeg to convert the file, but it might be that the version of Audacity was built against ffmpeg
[20:54] <ScottL> again, i don't really use Audacity so I'm guessing
[20:54] <ScottL> you might try downloading Sound Coverter using software center and perhaps convert to an .ogg file which Audacity shouldn't have any trouble with
[20:54] <ScottL> but i'm just guessing though, but it's what I would try
[20:59] <Mediaprodigy> ..
[21:00] <Mediaprodigy> ScottL: I am going to try that.. does that not come with ubuntustudio standard?
[21:01] <ScottL> sound converter? hmmm, i'm guessing not
[21:20] <Mediaprodigy> I am converting the sound.