[03:03] <exiliob> hi all, got some questions - trying to record some original compositions with ubuntu studio....
[03:04] <exiliob> I'm "lost in the sauce", so to speak...
[03:04] <exiliob> Could somebody give me a rundown on how I can educate myself on home recording, specifically with the tools in ubuntustudio?
[03:05] <exiliob> I plan on making a comprehensive tutorial on the subject, using 10.04 LTS
[03:09] <exiliob> be back in 30 minuntes...
[03:42] <holstein> exiliob: sure
[03:42] <holstein> you can try #opensourcemusicians
[03:42] <holstein> i dont think anyone will argue that JACK + ardour is a very professinal way to go
[03:42] <holstein> though, there are simpler ways to get started
[03:43] <holstein> if you'd like to just use audacity for example to "get your feet wet"
[03:54] <exiliob> yeah, i'm on your page now. I guess I'm missing the "start here, finish there" comprehensive tut.
[03:55] <holstein> yup
[03:55] <holstein> its more like, "if your doing A, you *can* start here.. but i start here... and here's why you should/shouldnt"
[03:56] <holstein> AND, it depends on your hardware
[03:56] <holstein> anyways... learning JACK is a trick all on its own
[03:57] <exiliob> well, i've got an older pavilion dv6000 (missing an alt key), would that someone recording just solo guitar pieces, cause that's what i'm doing. I just want some reverb as fx
[03:57] <exiliob> oh yeah, ext. recording with audiobox usb
[03:58] <holstein> yup
[03:58] <holstein> you can do that as simple or as complex as you want
[03:58] <holstein> http://www.mikeholstein.info/2011/07/living-solo-bass-made-with-ubuntu.html
[03:59] <holstein> i did that with ubuntustudio 10.04 and KXstudio packages added
[03:59] <exiliob> do have a link for the specific packages on that page (thx for the link,btw)
[04:00] <holstein> not specifices
[04:00] <holstein> not specifics*
[04:00] <holstein> mostly just upgraded custom versions
[04:01] <exiliob> ok, thanks, bbl
[04:01] <holstein> you dont nee dthem so much if you are on 11.10 though
[04:02] <holstein> not that you need them with 10.04
[04:03] <holstein> just to get newer versions past the LTS release
[04:04] <exiliob> i just read that my external audiobox isn't working so well wit 11.10
[04:05] <holstein> exiliob: check the alsa site
[04:06] <holstein> and theres also no reason to not just plug it in
[04:06] <holstein> i mean, it either works or it doesnt
[14:38] <arges> is there a way to disable pulseaudio so jack can take over? 'pulseaudio -k' seems to kill it and then jack takes over and works, but then it respawns .
[14:45] <holstein> arges: when i run jack, pulse suspends
[14:46] <holstein> running qjackctl should be all you need to do
[14:47] <arges> holstein, hmm. are those modifications for ubuntustudio? or should be normal behavior for pulseaudio/jack?
[15:25] <holstein> arges: AFAIK, thats what happens with JACK in ubuntu, and other distros as well
[15:25] <holstein> i believe its called pasuspender
[15:25] <arges> holstein, found this: " echo "autospawn = no" > ~/.pulse/client.conf"
[15:26] <holstein> you can try it for yourself, but it shouldnt kill pulse, just suspend it
[15:26] <holstein> remove pulse if you like
[15:26] <arges> yea i'm going to keep it
[15:26] <arges> and use the pulse jack sing
[15:26] <arges> sink
[15:26] <holstein> yeah, i dont do that
[15:26] <holstein> i dont want/need pulse in my studio
[15:26] <arges> basically I want to have a studio by night... coding music / mumble machine by day
[15:27] <holstein> i actually rarely use pulse on my studio machine, but i still just have it there
[15:27] <holstein> so far, i prefer having pulse
[15:27] <arges> does it add to latency too much?
[15:27] <holstein> arges: i just dont need it... i would expect similar performance
[15:28] <holstein> i start JACK, pulse goes away... i do my work, i stop JACK, and pulse makes it like a normal ubuntu destkop
[15:28] <arges> yea
[15:28] <holstein> i have been running crunchbang linux without pulse for about 6 weeks now
[15:28] <arges> ok well i just reinstalled the full 'ubuntustudio-audio' package.  so maybe i missed a few things
[15:29] <holstein> arges: no reason to install those at all if you just need a few things
[15:29] <holstein> should be fine though
[15:29] <arges> got plenty of disk space
[15:29] <arges> : )
[15:29] <holstein> sure...
[15:29] <holstein> feel free and try #opensourcemusicians too for tips and whatever
[15:30] <holstein> lots of dev's hang there, and users of all distros
[15:30] <arges> blah. pulse mixer at 100% distorts the audio
[15:30] <arges> ok
[15:30] <arges> yea adding
[15:31] <holstein> arges: check out pavucontrol too
[15:31] <arges> ahh cool