[02:22] <cboyer1951> hello all
[02:24] <cboyer1951> i'm all screwed up on my installation, i had ubuntustudio installed 3 days ago... then i changed partitions, and it messed it up
[02:25] <cboyer1951> so i reinstalled using ubuntu i386 and there's nothing set for audio at all, so beginning over...i see on the website there is a way to upgrade this to ubuntu studio.. so I'm ready to do that :)
[02:25] <cboyer1951> anyone here able to help me with my setup?
[02:26] <cboyer1951> am i live here?
[14:22] <raven> hi
[14:22] <raven> i need a replacement for cubase - any ideas?
[14:42] <jussi01> raven: remind me what cubase does again?
[14:43]  * jussi01 guesses ardour...
[20:05] <v-star> how's it going guys?
[20:05] <holstein> not bad v-star
[20:06] <v-star> any of you using...I hate to say it because I am aware of their hostility...a MOTU interface?
[20:07] <holstein> i got a presonus firepod
[20:07] <holstein> is that firewire?
[20:07] <vstar> yes
[20:07] <vstar> I also have a m-audio firewire solo
[20:07] <vstar> neither of which seems to be working with the ffado drivers
[20:07] <vstar> even though both are shown as "known to work"
[20:08] <holstein> drag
[20:08] <holstein> yeah i was just checking http://www.ffado.org/?q=devicesupport/list&filter0=motu&filter1=&op2=OR
[20:08] <vstar> did you have to tweak stuff to get the firepod working?
[20:08] <holstein> i use to
[20:09] <holstein> now its plug and play pretty much
[20:09] <vstar> I haven't been digging much into the issue yet, I was really hoping someone had encountered it.
[20:09] <holstein> have either of them ever worked under linux for you?
[20:09] <vstar> so much for quick fixes ;)
[20:09] <vstar> I haven't tried.
[20:09] <holstein> OK
[20:09] <holstein> SO
[20:09] <vstar> up until recently, I hadn't considered linux as a studio option
[20:09] <holstein> you launch qjackctl
[20:10] <holstein> and run it
[20:10] <holstein> and no luck?
[20:10] <holstein> errors pop up?
[20:10] <vstar> I'll have to look at it later today.
[20:10] <vstar> not near the studio box right now and no remote access configured.
[20:10] <holstein> but you try using jack right?
[20:10] <vstar> negative.
[20:10] <holstein> OH
[20:10] <holstein> thats probably the issue
[20:10] <vstar> so, just use qjack and try to configure it that way?
[20:10] <holstein> yup
[20:10] <holstein> you can run...
[20:11] <holstein> sudo qjackctl
[20:11] <vstar> which is why there is a section about jack on the FAQ
[20:11] <holstein> to troubleshoot for permission errors
[20:11] <vstar> gotcha
[20:11] <holstein> you dont really need/want to run jack as root
[20:11] <holstein> BUT there is some permissions tweaking to do
[20:12] <holstein> https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuStudioPreparation
[20:12] <vstar> due to the nature of what it is, I can understand that.
[20:12] <holstein> i think most of the tweaking is on that site
[20:12] <holstein> or linked to it
[20:12] <holstein> BUT
[20:12] <holstein> just do sudo at first
[20:12] <holstein> then you'll know if its working without pulling too much hari out :)
[20:13] <holstein> hair*
[20:13] <holstein> ALSO, join #opensourcemusicians if your interested
[20:13] <vstar> I probably would have had better luck if I hadn't done the initial install in the wee hours of the morning. ;)
[20:13] <holstein> lots of jack/ardour and other talk there
[20:13] <vstar> awesome.
[20:13] <vstar> I have never used ardour before now
[20:14] <holstein> jack and ardour are quite amazing really
[20:14] <holstein> what were you using before?
[20:14] <holstein> DAW wise?
[20:14] <vstar> I've been a linux admin for years and I didn't realize until I was browsing through stuff a few weeks ago just how mature some of the products have become.
[20:14] <vstar> cubase and occasionally FL studio
[20:15] <vstar> I had considered going to a mac and Logic until I stumbled across ubuntu studio
[20:15] <holstein> i had cubase on xp for a long time
[20:15] <holstein> jack is the learning curve for linux really
[20:16] <holstein> but, i really like the flexibility jack makes possible
[20:16] <holstein> i guess it depends on what you trying to do production wise
[20:17] <holstein> the 5.1 audio editing is still behind
[20:17] <holstein> and some video
[20:17] <vstar> I'm converting a whole room in the house to a studio for my material
[20:17] <holstein> and lots of new midi synth coming out all the time relly
[20:17] <holstein> reall*
[20:17] <holstein> really*
[20:18] <holstein> BUT if your multitracking audio for a stereo master
[20:18] <holstein> things are more than far enough along for that
[20:18] <vstar> That will serve my purposes
[20:18] <holstein> and lots of other electronic music too
[20:18] <holstein> ardour will be getting MIDI soon
[20:19] <holstein> 3.x release
[20:19] <vstar> I'm a traditionalist
[20:19] <vstar> I play about 9 instruments
[20:19] <holstein> COOL
[20:19] <vstar> so I use very little midi
[20:19] <holstein> well, you wont miss a thing then :)
[20:19] <holstein> plugins are awesome
[20:20] <vstar> I haven't played with anything yet due to the interface issue
[20:20] <vstar> I'm gonna dig into jack tonight, though
[20:20] <holstein> we'll get your sorted out
[20:20] <vstar> doing a little research....netjack....have you used it?
[20:20] <holstein> you*
[20:20] <vstar> does it work well?
[20:20] <holstein> yup
[20:20] <holstein> i set up a test rig
[20:20] <holstein> with my main desktop audio box
[20:20] <holstein> and a laptop
[20:21] <holstein> works well
[20:21] <vstar> Have you tried it over the internet?
[20:21] <holstein> you know
[20:21] <holstein> i tried
[20:21] <vstar> massive failure?
[20:21] <holstein> and the guy that i was trying it with and i never got it going
[20:22] <vstar> hmmm
[20:22] <holstein> theres a helpful dev in #jack though
[20:22] <holstein> and he gave us suggestions
[20:22] <vstar> I might give it a whirl.
[20:22] <holstein> and we never got around to trying it again
[20:22] <vstar> I'd like to polish my long distance collab
[20:22] <holstein> have you checked out ninjam?
[20:22] <holstein> http://ninjam.com/
[20:23] <vstar> However, the local network is great too, since I can get the main box out of my recording area
[20:23] <holstein> kinda cool
[20:23] <holstein> i used it (netjack) to slave off some softsynths to the laptop
[20:23] <holstein> kind of a poor mans dual core
[20:23] <holstein> locally it worked great
[20:24] <holstein> im sure it would do as well over the net too
[20:24] <holstein> we just had a network issue
[20:24] <holstein> i think
[20:25] <vstar> ninjam looks like the hotness
[20:25] <vstar> I can try a server on this box and see if I can get it working.
[20:25] <holstein> its interesting
[20:25] <holstein> the way it integrates network lag in
[20:25] <holstein> and its pretty easy to get going
[20:25] <holstein> they got test servers up
[20:26] <holstein> if you just want to try the client and get in there
[20:26] <holstein> and theres a ninjam server on somebodys box over at #opensourcemusicians
[20:26] <vstar> yeah, I might dig into that first and come back to the server
[20:26] <vstar> this box is on pretty high bandwidth and I have another host as well
[20:26] <holstein> but its been a while since its been used :/
[20:27] <vstar> I joined that channel
[20:27] <vstar> holstein, you are a breath of fresh air on irc, btw
[20:28] <holstein> :)
[20:29] <VehementStar> too much hostility on IRC anymore
[20:30] <holstein> can be
[20:30] <holstein> i dont understand
[20:30] <holstein> wy
[20:30] <holstein> why*
[20:33] <VehementStar> I'm not really sure.
[20:33] <VehementStar> artistically inclinded people tend to be a little more laid back, though ;)
[20:34] <VehementStar> even the geeky ones