[02:29] <conspiritech> so what is the general workflow with ustudio sound things?  im sort of bewildered by my options.  (i am not really a musician yet, but i have had 1.5 music tech courses.  and cannot (yet) play any live instrument)
[02:43] <ubuntu-studio> hi all, I', having a problem getting a MidiSport2x2 working, I've installed the midisport-firmware packafe but I can figure out how to get fxload to load the firmware
[02:43] <len-dt> conspiritech, it depends on what you wish to do.
[02:45] <len-dt> ubuntu-studio, I honestly don't know. Why does it need firmware? How is it different from a midi port? (what does it do?
[02:46] <conspiritech> everything!
[02:46] <conspiritech> but right now all i have is a linux tower and an apple garage band
[02:46] <ubuntu-studio> len-dt: it's a USB midi controller
[02:47] <len-dt> conspiritech, :)  you have to start somewhere. if you are not recording live sounds, then it sounds like you are interested in mostly MIDI and synth kinds of things.
[02:47] <len-dt> ubuntu-studio, most midi controllers that I have tried just work.
[02:48] <len-dt> ubuntu-studio, they are generally just a uart
[02:48] <conspiritech> ambient sounds or things i can make, i guess
[02:48] <conspiritech> minute
[02:49] <len-dt> conspiritech, do you have any equipment outside of the computer itself? (mics etc.)
[02:52] <len-dt> conspiritech, so are you planning to use these to record? or would you like to use internal synths? Something like LMMS will give you a good start with synths even without an external keyboard.
[02:52] <len-dt> What kind of soundcard do you have?
[02:57] <ubuntu-studio> len-dt: nvm, figured it out
[02:59] <len-dt> ubuntu-studio, great!
[03:01] <len-dt> There are two or three "recording" workflows
[03:02] <conspiritech> http://soundcloud.com/conspiritech/thewhisperradio
[03:02] <len-dt> Personally, I record live sound with a mic. I am not a good keyboard player and I don't happend to like patern based or loop based music
[03:03] <len-dt> So I use Ardour with jackdbus and that just works for me.
[03:03] <conspiritech> this was all non instrumental.  unless wind chimes count
[03:05] <len-dt> conspiritech, do you mix tracks? or try to record it all live?
[03:06] <len-dt> Do you start with a bunch of wav/mp3 files and overlay them?
[03:07] <conspiritech> microphone and apple garage band for that one
[03:07] <conspiritech> nothing live
[03:08] <len-dt> Well it sounds like all the sounds started "live", I don't think there are any "synthesized" sounds in there
[03:08] <conspiritech> not in that one no
[03:08] <len-dt> But it sounds like you have taken a number of sounds and put them together.
[03:09] <conspiritech> background noise, EM buzz, 3 radios at once, wind
[03:09] <conspiritech> random sentence generators were used
[03:09] <len-dt> qtractor would work easier than ardour (I think) or LMMS. Sounds can be placed repeated etc.
[03:10]  * len-dt has to put kids to bed back later.
[03:10] <conspiritech> see ya
[20:21] <spinymouse> It's just a 12.10 RC test
[20:21] <spinymouse> bye :).