[01:18] <altice> this a good place to ask about recording hardware recommendations?
[02:17] <holstein> altice: sure
[02:18] <holstein> here and/or #opensourcemusicians
[02:18] <altice> I have a tascam
[02:18] <altice> works just fine
[02:18] <altice> but not with linux
[02:18] <altice> I'm having a terrible time figure out jackd, but that's a diff story
[02:18] <holstein> i have one as well
[02:18] <holstein> i have to use a custom JACK startup script and a -generic kernel and it works OK
[02:19] <altice> I think my problem is I cannot get past figured out how to setup everything, it's a little confusing for me and haven't found a good tutorial
[02:19] <holstein> anyways.. whats you buget? and what are you mostly planning on doing? and what is the tascam you alreay have?
[02:19] <holstein> altice: that document is challening to create
[02:19] <holstein> all the hardware cases are different
[02:20] <altice> oh really?
[02:20] <altice> that must be the specifics, if I knew more about how jackd needed to be setup in order to work I might be able to figure it out
[02:20] <altice> budget....i'd like to only spend $200-300, and mostly what we are looking for is a way to get more inputs
[02:20] <holstein> well, we can talk you through that at some point
[02:21] <holstein> altice: you can pick up a presonus firepod used for that price these days
[02:21] <altice> only 2 on the tascam, we need to mic up a full drum kit and then have two ports left over (3 would be nice)
[02:21] <holstein> its firewire, and works well
[02:21] <holstein> out of the box
[02:21] <holstein> i have ont
[02:21] <holstein> one*
[02:21] <altice> 2 ports for guitar and bass (3rd would be to put in a synth/piano or a turntable setup
[02:21] <altice> will I get the port density I need with a firepod?
[02:22] <altice> or am I looking at the wrong thing.......
[02:22] <holstein> not sure what you are talking about
[02:22] <holstein> theres 8ins and outs
[02:22] <altice> the tascam has only 2 inputs right?
[02:22] <holstein> decent preamps
[02:22] <altice> or are we on the firepod?
[02:23] <holstein> http://www.mikeholstein.info/2011/07/living-solo-bass-made-with-ubuntu.html
[02:23] <holstein> ^^ i made that with the firepod
[02:23] <holstein> though, i didnt use its preamps
[02:23] <holstein> altice: not sure how many in/outs your tascam has
[02:23] <altice> mine only has 2
[02:23] <altice> I'm looking for a decent option to expand that
[02:24] <altice> I guess my question is should I get a mixer, or a different recording device?
[02:24] <altice> ...wow...listening to your music right now...
[02:24] <altice> diggin that jazz
[02:25]  * holstein bows... thanks for listening
[02:27] <altice> ...I don't think I want to record anymore
[02:27] <altice> lol
[02:28] <holstein> hehe
[02:28] <holstein> altice: its not too much hassle getting everything going
[02:28] <altice> even trying to run it all in linux?
[02:30] <holstein> sure
[02:30] <holstein> i actually think its the unlearning process that is challenging
[02:30] <altice> dude....aren't you supposed to be putting on a show right now?
[02:30] <altice> lol I'm reading everything on your site btw
[02:30] <holstein> if you are already used to cubase or something like that
[02:30] <holstein> like i was
[02:31] <holstein> altice: feel free
[02:31] <holstein> its not up to date though :/
[02:31] <altice> ahh
[02:31] <altice> I was going to say
[02:31] <altice> how much of a badass are you hanging out backstage somewhere taking linux/music questions in between sets....
[02:31] <altice> hahaha
[02:32] <holstein> lol
[02:32] <holstein> im off tonite
[02:32] <altice> I am not use to cubase at all actually, my extent of music recording revolved around CoolEditPro when that was popular
[02:32] <holstein> i have a tuesday thing
[02:32] <altice> and of course windows
[02:32] <holstein> but we are taking a break
[02:32] <holstein> i'll have a bout a month off from it
[02:32] <holstein> which is fine by me
[02:32] <altice> everybody needs a break eventually
[02:33] <altice> also, my linux experience just started about a year ago from right now
[02:33] <holstein> cool
[02:33] <holstein> welcome :)
[02:33] <altice> but now....everything I run is linux, a friend of mine turned me onto it and it's been a great breakthrough for me
[02:33] <altice> open source community is right in line with what I believe
[02:35] <altice> him and I now post to a personal blog about little things we come across and figure out and share with people
[02:39] <altice> holstein: well if you can think of a really good jackd tutorial that helped you out, please feel free to pass it along.
[02:41] <holstein> altice: the #opensourcemusicians channel is where i got help
[02:41] <holstein> but i can get you going too
[02:42] <altice> if that's the place to find the right people then good for me to start there
[02:42] <altice> I'll try that
[02:42] <altice> thanks
[02:45] <holstein> i gotta run for a bit
[02:45] <holstein> but, im here often
[02:45] <holstein> and ill get you up and running
[02:46] <altice> no problem, I'll catch you next time I'm trying to get this going :)
[17:17] <altice> anyone able to help with a JACKd problem?
[17:17] <altice> I am trying to get audio in with a TASCAM us-122
[17:41] <kalethecool> newbie IRC user and fairly new linux/ubuntu studio user here. Can someone clear up for me what is going on with realtime kernels?
[17:51] <astraljava> kalethecool: We're going to go with a -lowlatency setup. Most of the features are creeping in to mainline, so no real need for a -rt patched anymore.
[17:52] <kalethecool> by mainline you mean generic ubuntu?
[17:53] <kalethecool> and is there a place I can keep an eye on the development and implementation of the low latency kernel? Does it look like it will be in 12.04?
[18:17] <astraljava> kalethecool: No, mainline kernel.
[18:19] <astraljava> kalethecool: I'm not sure, ScottL did mention it might be ready quite late in the cycle, so there's a bit of an uncertainty. But I don't know really where to keep track of it. We'll try to inform the community about it better, I guess. Mailing list and here, I suppose.
[18:24] <kalethecool> ok, still getting used to how to stay up-to-date on things. is there a low-latency for 10.04? I couldn't find one in synaptic, or Borgani and Dev PPAs.
[18:24] <astraljava> Might have been -rt for lucid, I forget now.
[18:27] <kalethecool> I'm 32 bit on this machine, so I think that excludes me from -rt.
[18:27] <kalethecool> Thanks for the help.
[18:29] <astraljava> No, that shouldn't have anything to do with it.