| BlueWolf | I am designing a brochure for a client using microsoft, How would I save it in a power point type format. And can gimp edit and create PDF's like adobe or is it compatible? | 19:36 |
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| BlueWolf | CFHowlett: Do you know much? | 19:38 |
| CFHowlett | BlueWolf gimp can output pdf's | 19:38 |
| CFHowlett | as far as ppt format... i THINK libreoffice can do that with Impress | 19:39 |
| CFHowlett | blueWolf editing a pdf is something I rarely do, but I seem to recall having much better luck with inkscape ... | 19:40 |
| holstein | there are pdf printers.. you hit print, and a pdf comes out of whatever BlueWolf | 19:54 |
| holstein | BlueWolf: you'll need to ask in some channel like #windows about saving powerpoints in office... i have only used libre/open office and google docs | 19:55 |
| BlueWolf | I dont want to print | 19:55 |
| holstein | BlueWolf: correct | 19:55 |
| holstein | it wont *actually* print | 19:55 |
| holstein | it will show up as a printer | 19:55 |
| holstein | it will be called "pdf printer" | 19:55 |
| holstein | you hit print and select that pdf printer, and you get a pdf, instead of anything *actually* printing out on paper | 19:56 |
| holstein | like cute pdf printer for windows | 19:56 |
| holstein | anyways, thats just one solution that'll get you a pdf from *anything* system wide that has print functionality | 19:56 |
| CFHowlett | holstein I had forgotten that. :) | 19:58 |
| holstein | yeah, its handy | 19:58 |
| BlueWolf | Thanks Dude :D I have seen the light...... | 19:58 |
| holstein | though, i usually use the pdf export functions | 19:58 |
| BlueWolf | holstein: What are the expert functions? | 20:36 |
| rndmnck | Hello. I'm trying to get my Native Instruments Audio 4 DJ external soundcard working properly on Ubuntu 11.10. The device has 2 input and 2 output channels. The device is recognized by ALSA and is working, but I can only use the first input and the first output channel. I need to use the second output channel. The file /proc/asound/pcm has the following line "01-00: Audio 4 DJ : Audio 4 DJ : playback 2 : capture 2". So ALSA is recogniz | 20:38 |
| rndmnck | ing th | 20:38 |
| rndmnck | at there are 2 ins and outs. (as opposed to "00-00: ALC269VB Analog : ALC269VB Analog : playback 1 : capture 1" for example). | 20:38 |
| rndmnck | Some have already figured out how to get the Audio 4 DJ working properly with specific applications. I'm not sure how to interpret their solutions to fix my problem, but I think it can be fixed using their method. http://ywwg.com/wordpress/?p=772 | 20:38 |
| holstein | BlueWolf: "export".. like in the program itself, it there is an export to pdf function, thats what i prefer | 20:38 |
| holstein | rndmnck: i would just fire up JACK and point it at it | 20:38 |
| CFHowlett | rndmnck not the busiest channel but more likely that you'll actually find a fellow musician or someone with this experience. I think openmusicians also has an irc channel. | 20:39 |
| holstein | im about to be busy for a bit, or id help you get it running | 20:39 |
| rndmnck | I'm a noob :( | 20:39 |
| holstein | try #opensourcemusicians | 20:39 |
| holstein | OH.. or CFHowlett ! | 20:39 |
| holstein | CFHowlett: glad you're here :) | 20:39 |
| rndmnck | holstein: How do I fire up Jack? :( | 20:39 |
| BlueWolf | holstein: Thanks hey | 20:40 |
| CFHowlett | holstein yeah, I invited him. Sadly, my presonus 1box worked out of the box, so I never had the lovely experience he's having. | 20:40 |
| CFHowlett | rndmnck terminal | 20:40 |
| rndmnck | The program 'jack' is currently not installed. | 20:40 |
| CFHowlett | rndmnck jackd is the command | 20:40 |
| rndmnck | not installed either, can be found in the packages jackd1 and jackd2. which should I install? | 20:41 |
| CFHowlett | rndmnck wait 1 | 20:41 |
| CFHowlett | version of ubuntu | 20:42 |
| CFHowlett | ? | 20:42 |
| rndmnck | 11.10 | 20:42 |
| CFHowlett | rndmnck the easiest way to get everything is to install the ubuntustudio audio packages. | 20:42 |
| CFHowlett | rndmnck sudo apt-get install ubuntustudio-audo | 20:44 |
| CFHowlett | also sudo apt-get install linux-rt | 20:45 |
| rndmnck | audo is not a typo? | 20:45 |
| CFHowlett | *audio* | 20:45 |
| rndmnck | okay | 20:45 |
| CFHowlett | you'll need to reboot with the rt kernel for jack to work | 20:45 |
| rndmnck | installing ubuntustudio-audio now | 20:45 |
| CFHowlett | also might want to install medibuntu and ubuntu-restricted-extras for all the various codecs | 20:46 |
| CFHowlett | rndmnck fair warning = there is one HECK of a lot of stuff devoted to ubuntustudio audio! Be prepared to have fun and learn a lot. | 20:47 |
| CFHowlett | rndmnck bookmark: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Ubuntu%20Studio%20Upgrade%20from%20Ubuntu | 20:47 |
| rndmnck | Configuring jackd2 "Enable realtime process priority?" | 20:49 |
| CFHowlett | yes | 20:49 |
| rndmnck | okay | 20:49 |
| rndmnck | still installing, will take a couple of minutes. | 20:53 |
| rndmnck | done | 20:56 |
| rndmnck | holstein: So how should I now "point JACK at it"? | 20:57 |
| rndmnck | or maybe CFHowlett | 20:57 |
| CFHowlett | rndmnck you installed all the UStudio and the rt kernel? | 21:02 |
| holstein | rndmnck: i would literally open qjackctl, and see that it is using that alsa device, start it, and use it | 21:03 |
| holstein | which is *not* trivial | 21:03 |
| holstein | i usually suggest using the command... | 21:03 |
| holstein | gksudo qjacktl | 21:03 |
| holstein | for troubleshooting | 21:03 |
| CFHowlett | holstein does he need to reboot into RT kernel for that? | 21:03 |
| holstein | doesnt *need* to | 21:03 |
| holstein | not anymore | 21:03 |
| holstein | i would just use the generic one for now | 21:03 |
| holstein | OR, dont use JACK at all | 21:04 |
| holstein | rndmnck: you can install pavucontrol | 21:04 |
| holstein | sudo apt-get install pavucontrol | 21:04 |
| holstein | and that will allow some JACK-like routing to certain applications and different sound devics | 21:04 |
| holstein | devices* | 21:04 |
| holstein | OR, go in the bios, and disable all other sound devices | 21:04 |
| holstein | OR black list them | 21:04 |
| holstein | gtg again... | 21:05 |
| rndmnck | I'm in pavucontrol now, but I can't see any improvement yet. | 21:08 |
| rndmnck | If I go to "Input Devices" there's just one input channel with a Left and Right volume control. | 21:09 |
| rndmnck | same for the output | 21:10 |
| CFHowlett | rndmnck is your device plugged in?? | 21:14 |
| rndmnck | yes | 21:14 |
| CFHowlett | have you rebooted since installing the audio packages? | 21:14 |
| CFHowlett | if not, please do and boot the RT kernel.. | 21:14 |
| rndmnck | "unable to locate package linux-rt" | 21:15 |
| CFHowlett | linux [space]-rt | 21:15 |
| CFHowlett | nope | 21:16 |
| CFHowlett | I was wrong it IS linux-rt | 21:16 |
| rndmnck | "sudo apt-get install linux-rt" is not working, neither is "[...] install linux -rt" | 21:16 |
| CFHowlett | rndmnck per holstein rt is no longer required... | 21:17 |
| rndmnck | okay, should I still reboot? And what will JACK actually do to make the second output channel accesible? | 21:18 |
| CFHowlett | I'm still on 10.04 sorry. Reboot sudo apt-get updates && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade | 21:18 |
| CFHowlett | jack allows granular control and direction of inputs and outpus | 21:19 |
| CFHowlett | *outputs* | 21:19 |
| rndmnck | okay, brb rebooting | 21:19 |
| rndmnck | CFHowlett: back | 21:24 |
| rndmnck | So what should I do now? | 21:24 |
| CFHowlett | rndmnck see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMz6fDGBnA4 | 21:26 |
| CFHowlett | and http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/friends-jack | 21:26 |
| rndmnck | I'll look into those | 21:28 |
| CFHowlett | I've never had to use jack so IDK more to tell than I'm pretty sure it's the tool you want. | 21:29 |
| CFHowlett | also http://jackaudio.org/ | 21:29 |
| rndmnck | I don't think this is what I am looking for. | 21:42 |
| rndmnck | I want my PC to send audio to the physical output Channel B on my external soundcard (Audio 4 DJ). | 21:43 |
| rndmnck | The problem is that although my PC recognizes that the Audio 4 DJ has 2 physical output channels, it only gives one output option. | 21:44 |
| rndmnck | and that option is Channel A instead of B. | 21:44 |
| rndmnck | CFHowlett | 21:49 |
| CFHowlett | hey | 21:50 |
| holstein | rndmnck: theres no linux-rt package as of now | 21:55 |
| holstein | where was in 10.04.. it was the package from 9.10 carried on | 21:55 |
| holstein | if you feel you *need* RT, you can use a ppa | 21:56 |
| holstein | i suggest *actually* trying the *-generic, then the *-lowlatency, then the *-rt ones | 21:56 |
| holstein | https://launchpad.net/~abogani/+archive/ppa | 21:56 |
| holstein | JACK is likely overkill for your needs | 21:57 |
| holstein | and RT is likely as well overkill | 21:57 |
| holstein | i like to use the command... | 21:57 |
| holstein | gksudo qjackctl | 21:57 |
| holstein | thats how i start configuring JACK | 21:57 |
| holstein | if JACK runs as root (only temproarily) then i know any further issues are not kernel/config related | 21:57 |
| holstein | they are *all* permissions errors | 21:58 |
| holstein | and i can stop messing about with kernels and configs and check the user group rights and permisssions | 21:58 |
| holstein | i also attribute *all* of my expertise in these matters to the good folks at #opensourcemusicians | 21:59 |
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