[00:00] <thebishop> holstein, then my next step is to completely redesign ffado-mixer for the saffire pro series
[00:02] <thebishop> kampschlaefer on #ffado designed it with surround sound mixing in mind, but i'd really prefer a straight-up clone of the official mixer app
[00:02] <holstein> thebishop: nice :)
[00:03] <thebishop> holstein, i don't know if you're familiar with this interface, but it's got a whole insane routing system beyond what jack does
[00:03] <holstein> check out #opensourcemusicians
[00:03] <thebishop> which is totally awesome, but a pain in the ass to configure
[00:03] <holstein> thebishop: im looking at the other one
[00:03] <holstein> the 8 channel one
[00:03] <holstein> PRO 40 i think?
[00:03] <thebishop> oh yeah
[00:03] <thebishop> that's the bigger one
[00:03] <thebishop> same Dice chipset though
[00:03] <holstein> the firepod has knobs
[00:04] <thebishop> holstein, you having trouble finding a new laptop with firewire?
[00:04] <holstein> i was
[00:04] <thebishop> i really wanted an HP envy, but no firewire and no expresscard
[00:04] <holstein> i found a nice firewire express card
[00:05] <holstein> TI chip
[00:05] <holstein> i got an older HP mininote
[00:05] <holstein> netbook
[00:05] <holstein> with expresscard slot
[00:05] <thebishop> woah, and you get decent latency on that?
[00:05] <holstein> sure
[00:05] <thebishop> with ardour running and all?
[00:05] <thebishop> pretty impressive
[00:05] <holstein> i can record 8 tracks at once
[00:05] <holstein> at around 5ms
[00:06] <holstein> ive tested for an hour
[00:06] <holstein> no xruns
[00:06] <holstein> not that i need lowlatency for that
[00:06] <holstein> id probably set it to 20 for that
[00:06] <holstein> but i like to push it for testing
[00:08] <thebishop> ugh this repo is slow
[00:08] <thebishop> 50k
[00:08] <thebishop> 50K
[01:22] <tanders12> holstein: ping
[01:23] <holstein> tanders12: YO
[01:25] <tanders12> hey man
[01:25] <tanders12> natty's not workinn for me worth beans
[01:26] <holstein> in what way?
[01:27] <tanders12> very unstabl
[01:27] <tanders12> crashes, etc
[01:27] <holstein> uname -a
[01:27] <tanders12> i tried the alpha and daily
[01:27] <holstein> OH
[01:27] <holstein> in general
[01:27] <holstein> i see
[01:27] <holstein> not JACK or whatever
[01:28] <holstein> yeay, i dont update without hanging in #ubuntu+1 for a while ;)
[01:28] <tanders12> lol
[01:28] <tanders12> didnt even get close to that point
[01:30] <tanders12> imma try updating the alpha and see if i get anywhere
[01:31] <holstein> i think i got the last alpha release
[01:31] <holstein> probably 5 weeks ago
[01:31] <holstein> and updated twice
[01:31] <holstein> cautiously
[01:31] <tanders12> did it tell you "cannot install all updates"
[01:32] <holstein> someting
[01:32] <holstein> i forget
[01:32] <holstein> might have done dist-upgrade
[01:34] <tanders12> oh
[01:34] <tanders12> from maverick?
[01:34] <holstein> tanders12: nah
[01:34] <holstein> just to get past an error
[01:35] <holstein> apt error
[01:35] <holstein> theres a reason why
[01:35] <holstein> and i forget that too
[01:35] <tanders12> hm
[01:35] <tanders12> offtopic how do you access the irc log?
[01:35] <holstein> depends
[01:35] <holstein> on your client
[01:35] <holstein> BUT
[01:36] <holstein> this channel is logged
[01:36] <holstein> let me see if i can dig it up
[01:38] <holstein> http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2011/01/15/%23ubuntustudio.html
[01:38] <holstein> http://irclogs.ubuntu.com/
[01:38] <holstein> from there ^^
[01:38] <tanders12> niec thx
[01:39] <tanders12> i like how thebishop talked about redesigning ffado mixer for the saffire. i thought of doing the same thing for the audiofire
[01:52] <holstein> i havent seen the ffado mixer
[01:52] <holstein> i cant believe its not more modular or something
[01:52] <holstein> more customizable
[01:52] <holstein> easily* customizable
[02:03] <tanders12> yah
[02:03] <tanders12> haven't seen it? what do you use?
[02:08] <holstein> tanders12: the firepod just has knobs on it
[02:09] <tanders12> oo
[02:09] <tanders12> k
[03:11]  * Blank__ heard "firepod"
[03:12] <holstein> Blank__: firepod
[03:12] <Blank__> haha
[03:12] <Blank__> elo holstein
[03:12]  * holstein high-fives Blank__ 
[03:12] <holstein> firepod buddies we are :)
[03:12]  * Blank__ high fives back
[03:12] <Blank__> heck yes
[03:12] <holstein> Blank__: HAY
[03:12] <holstein> HEY*
[03:12] <Blank__> i'm probably going to be doing an album with it soon
[03:12] <holstein> when you get around to natty tesing
[03:12] <Blank__> and my trusty KXStudio
[03:12] <holstein> IF you get around to natty testing*
[03:12] <holstein> let me know
[03:12] <holstein> im confirming some setup scenarios
[03:13] <Blank__> i haven't touched natty yet... i'm wondering if it needs a bit of time to settle
[03:13] <holstein> sure
[03:13] <holstein> but, if you set it up for some reason
[03:13] <holstein> ping e
[03:13] <Blank__> will do :p
[03:13] <holstein> me*
[03:14] <Blank__> i really need to work on my midi and synth skills, the girl who wants to record wants to do an electro-techno style album
[03:14] <holstein> sounds fun
[03:14] <holstein> [lsd] is my go-to midi guy
[03:14] <Blank__> should be, i'll be taking my laptop and craploads of gear up to her place for it
[03:14] <Blank__> same
[03:15] <Blank__> she'll be the first vocalist to give my DIY valve EQ a go, too
[03:15] <holstein> bb... lemme reboot...
[03:15] <Blank__> k
[03:19] <holstein> ok
[03:19] <holstein> Blank__: you made an EQ ?
[03:28] <Blank__> holstein, correct
[03:29] <holstein> w0w
[03:29] <Blank__> a pultec eqp-1a clone
[03:29] <holstein> Blank__: you should link that up
[03:29] <holstein> some pics
[03:29] <Blank__> cost around $450 for it but it sounds very nice
[03:29] <holstein> and samples after the session
[03:29] <Blank__> it's a passive eq with valve preamp
[03:29] <Blank__> making it myself for that cost is nothing compared to buying the real deal for 10 times that
[03:30] <Blank__> i'm thinking of making a few more things soon, like a urei 1176 clone
[03:30] <holstein> i am so interested in that kind of thing
[03:31] <Blank__> unfortunately the cost of rackmount cases and transformers are what drive up the cost, otherwise they'd be around $200-300
[03:32] <Blank__> holstein, most DIY projects have a list of components... this one didn't, and i had to read the circuit boards and schematics to make the list
[03:32] <holstein> WAY over my head
[03:37] <Blank__> it's a lot easier with the other kits :P
[03:37] <Blank__> want to hear a song i passed through it?
[03:38] <Blank__> i have to downsample it and stuff but it'll be ready soon
[03:38] <holstein> sure
[04:11] <Blank__> holstein, sorry for the delay but i did a partial dist upgrade and broke vlc again
[04:11] <holstein> :/
[04:11] <Blank__> vlc-110 has never worked properly for me
[04:12] <holstein> yeah
[04:12] <Blank__> this new 1.1.5 doesnt work either
[04:12] <holstein> i ve been having trouble with it too
[04:12] <Blank__> good to know i'm not the only one
[04:13] <Blank__> 1.0.6 is the newest that will work for me
[04:15] <Blank__> time to purge vlc
[04:15] <holstein> yeah, i hate it
[04:15] <holstein> vlc has been one of my favs
[04:15] <holstein> since windows
[04:15] <holstein> years ive been loving it
[04:16] <Blank__> i'm purging all the data and reinstalling 1.0.6 >.<
[04:18] <Blank__> holstein, http://blankw.okapi.feralhosting.com/g-pultec/the%20girl%20is%20mine%20mono%20gpultec.ogg
[04:18] <Blank__> apologies for all those spaces
[04:18] <holstein> Blank__: you just put it on the whole track?
[04:19] <Blank__> yeah
[04:19] <Blank__> that's probably a breach of copyright :x
[04:19] <holstein> hehe
[04:20] <holstein> i cant wait to hear some of that on just a vocal track or something
[04:20] <holstein> i cant really tell from that
[04:20] <holstein> but i want to say it sounds warmer
[04:20] <Blank__> yeah, it's hard to tell on a song like that
[04:22] <Blank__> i've got to go and take care of the cat's poo and have some lunch (preferably not in that order), be back later
[04:23] <holstein> Blank__: laterx
[15:21] <holstein> !vanilla