| seth | hello anyone gotten MOTU parallel port to work? If so which release of ubuntu-studio? | 17:28 |
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| holstein | is that software? or hardware? seth | 17:28 |
| seth | holstein: this is MIDI hardware: Mark Of the Unicorn(MOTU) - model is MIDI Timepiece AV; they are the older models which can connect to the computer via parallel port. | 17:29 |
| holstein | well, the MIDI will work like anything else will/can | 17:29 |
| seth | holstein: apparently MOTU hates linux and will not support in way of drivers | 17:30 |
| holstein | i wouldnt say 'hate' | 17:30 |
| holstein | i dont think they notice | 17:30 |
| holstein | or care | 17:30 |
| seth | holstein: okay true. | 17:30 |
| holstein | anyways, the midi will work fine | 17:30 |
| holstein | not sure about the serial port | 17:30 |
| holstein | i would assume there is software that wont work either | 17:30 |
| holstein | if hooking up a serial port give the computer MIDI connections, i would just get a USB to MIDI adapter, and go MIDI into the MOTU | 17:31 |
| holstein | seth: you can try #opensourcemusicians as well | 17:31 |
| holstein | more MIDI minded folk over there | 17:31 |
| seth | for low-latency kernel for Natty | 17:32 |
| seth | just have to update my apt config with Alessio's PPA? | 17:32 |
| seth | then do apt-get update? | 17:32 |
| holstein | thats a good start | 17:32 |
| holstein | you'll need to add that PPA | 17:32 |
| holstein | update | 17:33 |
| holstein | then, install the kernel | 17:33 |
| holstein | linux-lowlatency AFAIK | 17:33 |
| seth | ah OK | 17:33 |
| seth | cool it's labled as such | 17:33 |
| holstein | then, you'll want to probably un-hide grub | 17:33 |
| holstein | or thats how i do it | 17:33 |
| seth | un-hide? | 17:33 |
| holstein | on the laptops that i 'dual-boot' kernels on, thats what i do | 17:33 |
| seth | OH is see so you don't get a choice for the generic kernel | 17:33 |
| holstein | i have grub un-hidden, and set on no timer | 17:33 |
| holstein | so, it wont automatically boot any kernels | 17:34 |
| seth | got it | 17:34 |
| holstein | !grub2 | 17:34 |
| ubottu | GRUB2 is the default Ubuntu boot manager since 9.10 (Karmic). Lost GRUB after installing Windows? See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RestoreGrub - For more information and troubleshooting for GRUB2 please refer to https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2 - See !grub1 for releases before Karmic (9.10) | 17:34 |
| holstein | should be something there on the config if you need | 17:34 |
| holstein | or i can poke around in my settings if needed :) | 17:34 |
| seth | sweet.. I can manage for now.. Step 1 is for me to get low-latency kernel. If I can get my MOTU to work.. I'm in Heaven. .and won't have to fork over $$$ to apple for their solution. | 17:35 |
| holstein | well, via MIDI, it'll work just fine | 17:35 |
| seth | it _IS_ supported.. I see jack recognize it.. just the MIDI loop is not completed | 17:36 |
| seth | so I don't know if it's the low-latench kerenel or what | 17:36 |
| holstein | nah | 17:36 |
| holstein | it wont be the kernel | 17:36 |
| seth | hmm | 17:36 |
| holstein | you dont *add* more funcionality using that kernel | 17:36 |
| holstein | i mean, try it... but typically, you'll maybe just break something using it | 17:36 |
| seth | really? even if you are hooking up 20 synths? | 17:36 |
| seth | hardware synths? | 17:36 |
| holstein | ? | 17:37 |
| holstein | well, i dont think we are talking about the same thing | 17:37 |
| holstein | if you think adding that kernel will give you driver support, thats not likely | 17:37 |
| holstein | AFAIK, the patches are added tot he normal kernel | 17:37 |
| seth | i thought low-latency was imperative when you have lots of midi data using some midi aggregator since the computer software keeps all the timing | 17:37 |
| holstein | the generic one | 17:37 |
| holstein | so, typically they both support similar hardware | 17:37 |
| holstein | seth: and actually, the RT and lowlatency kernels are not as necessary anymore | 17:38 |
| seth | holstein: why is that? | 17:38 |
| seth | and is this starting with Natty? | 17:38 |
| holstein | i usually suggest that folks try the -generic, then move on as needed to the -lowlatency then the -rt one | 17:38 |
| holstein | seth: nah, this is starting years ago | 17:38 |
| holstein | the generic kernel is working alot of this funcitonality in | 17:38 |
| seth | i see | 17:38 |
| holstein | and im no kernel dev, so i cant really elaboarate | 17:38 |
| holstein | we just wont be needing a seperate kernel much longer | 17:39 |
| seth | alright.. then I'll concentrate on midi setup with Jack then.. instead of futzing around with low-latency | 17:39 |
| holstein | hopefully we get the -lowlatency kernel in as default for 12.04 | 17:39 |
| holstein | then, we can let it go | 17:39 |
| holstein | and just focus on -generic | 17:39 |
| seth | okay cool thanks. | 17:39 |
| holstein | sure | 17:39 |
| Tigerboy | What happened to the ubuntu-studio project the site says it has broken apart but they are still functional... they lost all of the participants? Should I upgrade my install to 11.10 or just keep it at 11.04 until things improve at US? | 22:17 |
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