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LaRueGTwhoa02:42
LaRueGTtry hooking up "aubionotes" to your mike and the midi out into a synth plugin02:43
LaRueGTit fires off notes by the tone of your voice!02:43
LaRueGTis there a virtual midi keyboard with a midi-in that will show on the keys which notes are being received?04:17
len-1304I think Yoshimi can show a keyboard which will do that.04:19
len-1304Yoshimi is a soft synth, but it has it's own KB too.04:19
LaRueGTyeah it isnt visualizing the incoming notes04:20
len-1304You have to connect up the incoming midi port... using a2j I would guess.04:21
len-1304That may not be the one I was thinking of.04:21
LaRueGTits connected, the midi is making sound come out of it, it just isnt showing me what notes it is receiving04:21
LaRueGTim making a little script that spits out midi and im trying to find a nice way to test if its working04:22
len-1304qmidiroute will show you the notes in text.04:23
LaRueGTlovely04:23
len-1304In the event log window.04:23
LaRueGTfound one04:26
len-1304good04:26
LaRueGTbristol does it04:26
LaRueGTthough it is kinds crashy04:27
len-1304Ah, I don't have that one.04:27
LaRueGTits kind od sweet, it emulates a bunch of different vintage synth's the prophet 10 can make some sweet nast bass04:31
LaRueGTerr, nasty04:31
LaRueGTman im excited, this is gonna work04:31
LaRueGTso I hum into my mike, aubionotes spits midi out corresponding to the note im humming, bristol shows me what key that note is. So finally, I can fin the notes im looking for and get the melodies out of my head and into the computer04:32
LaRueGTI figure I keep doing this long enough and ill be able to find them on my own04:34
LaRueGTbut until then, this handy little toy will keep me from getting frustrated and giving up04:34
len-1304Sounds great... I may try it.04:53
len-1304I tend to go chords first and melody from there.04:53
LaRueGTyeah I cant figure out how to hum chords04:59
LaRueGTotherwise it'd be tempting04:59
LaRueGTim thinking the best crutch I could do chord wise would be like a panel full of buttons, you pick the root note and then your bank of buttons gives you all the chords you can do from it, and you just plod your way through those until you find the one you were looking for05:00
LaRueGTdo you know of any software like that, a chord picker menu of some sort?05:01
len-1304Not really, though LMMS and Gorgan do some things sort of like that.05:01
LaRueGTI guess you could further narrow down the possible chords you are looking for by also telling it what key the song was in05:02
len-1304yes.05:02
len-1304in C A is minor05:02
LaRueGTive never heard of Gorgan05:02
len-1304It is meant as G-organ05:03
len-1304it is in the ubuntu repos though05:03
len-1304I am not sure if the G is GTK, Gnome, or general midi.05:03
LaRueGTthere are windows tools like harmony navigator and harmony improvisator, im unnaware of any linux equivalents though, and they do this fancy suggestion of chord progression thing which is probably too much of a crutch even for me05:05
LaRueGThmm im finding genpo and gmorgan, but not gorgan05:06
LaRueGTah, it looks like its gmorgan05:09
LaRueGTthese calf plugins are friggin awesome07:27
jayhoshAnybody have any experience with firewire connections in Ubuntustudio?18:13
zlatkoi'm trying to get sound of my guitar using qJackCtl+guitarix. Jack will not start properly and gives me error messages. Can anybody help?20:08
zlatkoSetting PulseAudio Mixer [enabling: instrument] I am now getting clean sound of my guitar using external USB [Line6 UX1] sound card.20:09
zlatkoBut Jack is making problem still...20:10
len-1304which version of OS are you using?20:13
zlatkolatest fresh install of Ubuntu Studio20:13
len-130412.10?20:13
zlatkoyes20:13
zlatko[done all updates]20:14
len-1304in qjackctl setup, there is a second tab20:14
zlatkoOptions?20:14
len-1304Ya, enable the first script:20:14
len-1304Execute script on startup20:14
len-1304And add pasuspender sleep 1 &20:15
len-1304Then save20:15
len-1304It will probably not work just yet20:15
zlatkoYes, but which script? Dropdown is empty...20:15
len-1304 pasuspender sleep 1 &20:15
len-1304Exactly that text20:16
len-1304Then save20:16
len-1304Before it will work you have to restart jackdbus (which is still running20:16
len-1304open a terminal and type jack_control exit20:17
zlatkodone20:17
len-1304Then you should be able to start Jack with qjackctl20:17
zlatkoI hope I saved script by clicking OK20:18
len-1304Should do20:18
zlatkoThere was no Save or Apply option on the window20:18
len-1304Ya, OK is it.20:18
len-1304Have you done the jack_control exit?20:18
zlatkoyes and restarted20:19
len-1304(or logout and in)20:19
zlatkoand got D-BUS: JACK server could not be started.20:19
zlatkooh I did not logout20:19
len-1304Do you have the right device selected?20:19
zlatkoshould I first logout. Yes I think I have right device... I guess20:20
len-1304If you did the jack_control exit you shouldn't have to20:20
len-1304You may have to restart qjackctl though20:21
zlatkolet me logout login just for case...20:21
len-1304OK20:21
zlatkoI logged in again20:24
len-1304OK20:24
zlatkoshould I start qJack first?20:25
len-1304Yes20:25
zlatko(qjackctl.real:10804): Gtk-CRITICAL **: IA__gtk_widget_get_direction: assertion `GTK_IS_WIDGET (widget)' failed20:25
len-1304Don't worry about those for now.20:25
zlatkook20:25
len-1304I am not sure what they are but they don't seem to keep jack from running20:26
zlatkoShould we check do I have correct sound card in setup?20:26
len-1304Sure20:26
len-1304Right side called interface20:26
zlatkoSo I have 2 options Line 6 blah blah 0 and 0,020:26
zlatkofor Input device and Output device20:27
len-1304Just use the top one20:27
zlatkook20:27
len-1304there is a > at the very right20:27
len-1304click on that and you should see a list of your devices20:27
zlatkoso its hw:0 for both input & output20:28
zlatkoexactly20:28
zlatkoas you said20:28
len-1304Sample rate?20:28
zlatko4410020:29
len-1304OK, Frames/period?20:29
zlatko102420:29
len-1304Good place to start, but you will want to go to 256 or lower after you get things working.20:30
zlatkorealtime checked other things are unchecked20:30
len-1304Should be able to get to 128 on just about any card20:30
len-1304Yup20:30
zlatkoyeah 256 would be nice...20:30
zlatkolater20:30
len-1304I guess OK it20:30
zlatkoOK20:31
len-1304Try start again20:31
zlatkono red text in message output20:32
zlatkoit seems it's running!20:32
zlatkoNew client 'qjackctl' with PID 1080420:32
len-1304So now you can start guitarix20:32
zlatkoyes I started [no errors reported]20:33
zlatkoConnecting 'gx_head_amp:out_0' to 'gx_head_fx:in_0'20:33
len-1304OK, in the connections .... you seem to be ahead of what I can type :)20:33
len-1304There is a connections window in qjackctl20:34
zlatkook got it20:34
len-1304Sort of a red crossover picture20:34
zlatkohere it is20:34
zlatkoyeah that's still confusing concept for me20:35
zlatkoto connect it right...20:35
len-1304you want to make a connection from system capture-120:35
len-1304Assuming that is your guitar20:35
zlatkoOK20:35
zlatkoI think it is20:35
len-1304to gx_head_amp in_020:36
zlatkodone - green line connected two things20:36
len-1304Then from gx_head_fx to system20:36
len-1304playback20:36
zlatkoyes! it works. I even went one step further head to fx distortion to system20:38
zlatkoall clear man!20:38
zlatkoso the concept is: capture to gx-head to effect 1, 2, 3... and finally to system playback20:39
zlatkocorrect?20:39
len-1304Something like that.20:41
len-1304If you go to the engine menu, there is latency there20:41
len-1304try 12820:42
zlatkoshould I stop or exit jack before setting  lower latency20:42
len-1304It seems to work on the fly.20:42
len-1304If it doen't then stop and restart20:42
zlatkoso Setup button on QJack20:43
len-1304(if it doesn't it may crash :)20:43
zlatkoServer settings will be only effective after20:43
zlatkorestarting the JACK audio server.20:43
zlatkobut it did not crash20:43
len-1304ok20:44
len-1304SO are you set now?20:45
zlatkolen - thank you so much. one more thing pls: I guess it is still impossible in Ubuntu Studio to let the music play trough Audiacous and play guitar using Jack+effect over it?20:46
len-1304should work20:46
holsteinwith JACK, you can route what you like to what you like20:47
holsteinshould have always been possible20:47
len-1304in the qjackctl connections window you should have seen20:47
len-1304pulse audio with some lines already connected20:47
holsteini find audacious doesnt throw out jack outputs til its playing a file20:47
holsteinor, you could do the pulseaudio thing i suppose.. but i usually disable that for performance and use audacious via JACK20:48
len-1304Pulse should already be connected to jack, just start it and it should play20:48
len-1304you may in pulse have to tell it to use jack sink20:48
len-1304To get the pulse mixer, click on the speaker in the top bar and select sound settings20:49
zlatkook20:49
zlatkoI can see audiacious on playback tab20:50
len-1304There is a port assignment20:50
len-1304It may say analog output or something20:50
zlatko[but the song is not playing; it's on 0:00 still]20:50
len-1304click on that20:50
len-1304And see if there is a jack sink20:50
holsteini would troubleshoot the song playing seperately20:51
holsteincould be a codec issue or anything20:51
holsteinchoose a known good audio file and play it without jack in a player you are familiar with20:51
len-1304He was doing it straight to device before20:51
holsteinthen you arent troubleshooting several things at once20:51
len-1304zlatko, Is there a box right next to the word audasious that has your card type in it?20:52
zlatkono sorry I was searching20:53
zlatkoall tabs and no thing link Jack Sink found20:53
len-1304look in the output devices20:53
len-1304Do you see two devices?20:53
zlatkoonly thing in output I can change is what to "Show"20:54
zlatkoI can see just UX1 Analog Stereo20:54
len-1304What happens when you click on that?20:54
zlatkoAll output devices20:55
zlatkothen Hardver out* devices20:55
zlatko& virtual output devices20:55
len-1304Ya that is not the tab I meant20:55
len-1304All output devices should show jacksink20:55
zlatkoThis is volume control?20:55
len-1304Yes20:55
len-1304In a terminal type pulseaudio -k20:56
len-1304that will restart pulse20:56
zlatkodone20:56
len-1304Volume control will blank and reconnect20:57
len-1304what output devices do you have now?20:57
zlatkonow in QJack I can see PulseAudio Jack Sink20:57
len-1304click the green check20:57
len-1304You may have to restart audacious20:58
zlatkoJack Sink should be checked or unchecked, sorry20:58
zlatko?20:58
len-1304checked.20:58
zlatkook (clicked down button)20:59
len-1304In playback audacious may have gone away20:59
zlatkoALL WORKS20:59
len-1304Great!20:59
zlatkoLen, you're genius...20:59
zlatkoI will save this log!21:00
len-1304Normally you shouldn't have to restart pulse, not sure what happened21:00
zlatkoNot to bother you guys if I mess things...21:00
len-1304We all had to learn21:00
len-1304Happy to share what I know21:00
zlatkoThanks [my wife got crazy... I am checking out. I will be happy to see you again on the #]!21:01
Len-nbSee you later I have to go too21:01
marcel_hi people, i'm new to ubuntu studio. I got a sound problem. I only hear sound in some programs if i set its output settings to "jack". But I never hear any system-sounds, because it seems to use pulse mixer. May anybody help me with finding the right settings?21:59
holsteinmarcel_: pulse should be routed to JACK22:01
holsteinmarcel_: if i didnt need jack i woudnt run it22:01
holsteinmarcel_: do you need JACK and system sounds?22:01
marcel_I didnt hear any sounds since i set up the new operating system. I tried to find the problem on my own. And I only get sounds if i switch output to "jack" in "audacious" for example.22:04
holsteinmarcel_: what sounds are you expecting?22:04
marcel_if i start a mp3-file in audacious I expect to hear it if volume is turnt up. If I choose "ALSA" or "PulseAudio" there is no sound. If I choose "Jack" its running.22:07
marcel_I got now sounds in webbrowser and searched for its sound output setting.. I think its using pulse because i cant hear anything22:08
zequencemarcel_: jack needs to be started first, in order to use it as sound server22:08
marcel_please correct me, if im not right22:08
zequenceYou can use qjackctl to control jack22:08
zequencemarcel_: jack is not for desktop sound22:09
zequencemarcel_: pulseaudio is the desktop audio server22:09
zequencemarcel_: What kind of audio device do you have?22:10
marcel_okay, i understood. but in this case my desktop audio server isn't working22:10
marcel_device name is "hda_Intel"22:10
marcel_in alsamixer22:11
zequencealsamixer is not needed in this case, as pulseaudio can control your device fully22:11
marcel_or does ubuntu.studio start jack audio driver on startup automatically? and i need to close it?22:11
zequenceuse the pulseaudio mixer. in the volume applet22:11
zequencemarcel_: no22:11
zequencemarcel_: You need to make sure pulseaudio is using the right output22:12
zequencemarcel_: Is it a PC, or a laptop? PC's have front and back, usually.22:13
marcel_im using pulse audio in volume applet. typed "alsamixer" in terminal to find out device's name22:13
marcel_im using a laptop22:13
marcel_okay22:16
zequencemarcel_: In the pulseaudio mixer, in output, you should see something like "builtin Audio". And probably, you only have one device, since you're using a laptop22:16
marcel_its running22:16
marcel_i chose another output channel in pulse settings22:16
zequenceSometimes the default is wrong, yes :)22:16
zequencehave fun with your new OS22:16
marcel_their are 4 diffrent channels i can choose but they are all named the same22:16
marcel_thank you very much. with your help it took minutes, i was searching for about an hour xP22:18
marcel_i need jack if i want to use midi-input-devices with low latency, am i right?22:19

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