[06:16] <ussher_> im trying to add keyboard shortcuts to kazam to pause/unpause (because the icon click stops working) and have found this https://bugs.launchpad.net/kazam/+bug/650691  which reads ".... you can set the shortcuts in ~/.config/kazam/kazam.conf :) ....." but fails to say HOW to add them.  any ideas how to add a keyboard shortcut?
[21:13] <Eddward> Does ubuntu studio have anything special like special kernel patches for audio work?
[21:14] <Eddward> Or is it a just a different set of default apps from ubuntu?
[21:15] <zequence> Eddward: It comes with preinstalled with linux-lowlatency (a reconfigured -generic) and a few settings to improbv
[21:15] <zequence> ..improve low latency operation
[21:16] <zequence> It's not difficult to add that to any Ubuntu flavor or derivative
[21:17] <zequence> Just install linux-lowlatency and add the user to audio group, as well as saying "yes" to realtime, when asked while installing jackd
[21:19] <zequence> All applications are in the main Ubuntu repo
[21:22] <zequence> You can then add all audio applications by installing ubuntustudio-audio
[21:22] <zequence> All, that are dependencies to that meta
[21:26] <Eddward> zequence: Thanks
[21:26] <holstein> most folks dont need even the low latency one though
[21:26] <holstein> you can do plenty of "audio work" without needing low latency
[21:27] <holstein> you will notice a need for it if you want to run software synthesisers or realtime effects..
[21:27] <Eddward> I found yoshimi seemed to work better with it.
[21:27] <holstein> Eddward: not better
[21:28] <holstein> Eddward: will have lower latency if thats what you need
[21:28] <holstein> its neither better nor worse...
[21:28] <Eddward> It got clicky.
[21:28] <holstein> sure... at lower latency settings
[21:28] <holstein> you also might not need to play the synth realtime
[21:29] <holstein> you might just want to do some sequencing... with a piano roll editor for example. that will not require low latency
[21:29] <holstein> i would expect to get audio hardware that would support lower latency as well
[21:30] <holstein> if you are using an internal sound card, that is the biggest problem
[21:30] <Eddward> I have an sb live
[21:30] <Eddward> It's been ok for sound, but it's not very pa friendly.
[21:31] <holstein> Eddward: pulse audio?
[21:31] <Eddward> yes
[21:31] <holstein> the drivers are the same
[21:31] <Eddward> I know
[21:31] <zequence> Anyone who is wanting to play a soft synth live will need low latency
[21:31] <Eddward> They don't seem to want to support it.
[21:31] <holstein> i doubt its actually a pulse issue.. lubuntu doesnt ship with pulse.. you could fire that up live and test without pulse
[21:31] <Eddward> It plays fine w/o pulse.
[21:32] <Eddward> I also don't like that pulse won't take advantage of the multi-open support, but that's a separate issue.
[21:33] <zequence> pulse does do things a bit differently. Some cards have a alsa driver interface that doesn't work well with the standards that pulseaudio requireas
[21:33] <Eddward> Yep.
[21:33] <holstein> ive had issues with both scenarios, depending on driver support
[21:34] <zequence> Eddward: What is the issue you are having with pulseaudio?
[21:34] <Eddward> So far the emu10k driver's been fine for me with the sb live except for when I use pulse.
[21:35] <Eddward> It's clicky.  If I do something that's CPU intensive like play a video game, the sound stutters and static's out until sound just dies and I get silence.
[21:35] <Eddward> I gave up on PA.
[21:36] <Eddward> I've never gotten any workable advice and lots of insults.
[21:36] <Eddward> Is unity the default DE for ubuntu studio now?
[21:36] <zequence> XFCE
[21:36] <Eddward> cool
[21:37] <zequence> Check out ubuntustudio.org for some pics
[21:37] <Eddward> I'm still on 10.04 and I'm hoping to upgrade over the holidys.
[21:37] <holstein> or download it and check it out live
[21:37] <zequence> Eddward: I'm guessing your PA issues might be long gone once you upgrade
[21:38] <Eddward> I'll give it another, but that's what I've heard before.
[21:38] <zequence> Just realized we don't have a screenshot of the desktop :P
[21:38] <Eddward> I use it on my work laptop with the enbedded sound chip.  It gets staticy there, but it's just work.
[21:39] <Eddward> I don't mine a few clicks when the chat program beeps.
[21:40] <holstein> i usually have all that worked out from a live CD
[21:40] <holstein> Eddward: i get no clicks or pops.. desktop or studio. not on my sound blaster hardware either
[21:41] <zequence> 10.04 still didn't include a alsa driver for my audio device that allowed PA to see my audio ins and outs. That got sorted out a long time ago
[21:41] <Eddward> Does pulse run on top of jack or do it suspend pulse when doing sound work?
[21:41] <holstein> Eddward: not in any prolonged un-usable state
[21:41] <holstein> Eddward: you can undo the dbus that routes pulse through JACK (thats what i do)
[21:41] <zequence> pulse runs paralell to jack, unless you start jack with the same audio device
[21:42] <Eddward> I'm fine routing through jack.  I hated killing all other sound to run jack before.
[21:42] <zequence> Ubuntu Studio comes preconfigured with having Pulseaudio bridge to jack, if starting jack though
[21:42] <holstein> i prefer having no other sound but jack on my audio rig
[21:42] <Eddward> cool
[21:42] <holstein> not that i remove or purge anything...
[21:42] <zequence> That means Pulseaudio is turned into an audio application, just like any audio application
[21:43] <zequence> It's not recommended to have the bridge active when doing low latency
[21:43] <zequence> It causes xruns
[21:43] <Eddward> ok
[21:43] <holstein> though, its quite useable and decent latency settings..and works out of the box.. easy
[21:43] <zequence> PA still needs to be set to use jack as its output/input, after starting jack, in order for the chain to be complete
[21:44] <Eddward> I just want to be able to run a game now and then with out having to kill jack.
[21:44] <Eddward> I'm still spoiled by running multi-open without pulse.
[21:45] <holstein> i dont do gaming and jack
[21:45] <holstein> i kill jack and do desktop tasks... or i dual boot a seperate installation
[21:45] <Eddward> I'm guessing they haven't done anything to rake advantage of multi-open.
[21:45] <holstein> i dont even like to upgrade my audio machine
[21:45] <holstein> i have a 10.04 install that i havent upgraded in years.. i dual boot 12.04 there til i get migrated over to 12.04
[21:45] <Eddward> Maybe if I get a comfortable enough rig, I'll be that way.
[21:47] <holstein> i have a very comfortable dual core rig that i got for recovering some data from a hard drive for a friend
[21:47] <Eddward> I got to were I was using yoshimi, qsynth and I was trying to find a recording/sequencer I liked.
[21:48] <Eddward> I played with muse & rosegarden,
[21:48] <holstein> qtractor is the one i hear about, though i do very little midi myself
[21:48] <Eddward> I hate having to reload all the different programs and getting reset up each time.
[21:48] <holstein> ardour3 will be the big one when its final
[21:48] <holstein> Eddward: sure.. but actually, you *get* to load the different programs and set them up with each other
[21:49] <zequence> ardour3 midi is not the best, even though it does work. I either use qtractor or muse. Muse is very fast to work with, if you write notes by hand
[21:49] <zequence> I only use muse for midi though
[21:49] <zequence> And I prefer Ardour for audio
[21:49] <holstein> zequence: might not be the best, but i bet it will be the go-to when its final
[21:49] <Eddward> If I could snaphot it once I'm setup that would be fine.
[21:49] <holstein> Eddward: there are session managers
[21:49] <Eddward> I need to figure out how to use one.
[21:50] <Eddward> Thanks for you help.  I got to run.