[00:32] <asc> Can anyone here explain how to get firewire enabled on 13.10?
[00:34] <asc> I have a brand new 13.10 install that I have not started changing yet.
[00:34] <asc> I do not see /dev/fw* or /dev/raw1394, but I do see this...
[00:35] <asc> clapp@music:~$ dmesg |grep -i fire
[00:35] <asc> [    1.939483] firewire_ohci 0000:03:05.0: added OHCI v1.0 device as card 0, 8 IR + 8 IT contexts, quirks 0x11
[06:59] <gustavo_> hi there
[07:00] <gustavo_> i need help
[07:00] <gustavo_> someone can help me ?
[07:01] <smartboyhw__> !ask | gustavo_
[07:03] <gustavo_> I installed the ubuntu studio packages on my ubuntu gnome 13.04, so, i started to recording with jackctl but i got so many xruns messages....How can I fix it ??
[12:36] <inahd> hey all, i am having a problem where configuring sound to work in jack has caused it to stop working elsewhere
[12:37] <inahd> i am using an ice1712 soundcard, and think the problem lies with pulseaudio
[12:39] <inahd> is there some way to configure pulseaudio to perhaps recognize the change to and from jack?
[12:49] <brian_> Does anyone know how to connect MIDI using Ubuntu Studio?
[12:50] <inahd> like a midi keyboard?
[12:51] <brian_> Yes
[12:52] <inahd> what do you want to connect it to?
[12:53] <brian_> Ardour looks like a good program. I am very new to Ubuntu Studio and Ubuntu in general, but it looks like it has a lot of features.
[12:53] <inahd> totally, well i assume you would like to connect the keyboard to a synth program, then route the sound into a track in ardour?
[12:54] <brian_> Yes that is right thank  you very much for your help.
[12:54] <inahd> basically you wil accomplish this through jack:
[12:54] <brian_> ok, one sec, let me open jack.
[12:55] <inahd> in the alsa tab, your device should be listed
[12:55] <inahd> then when you open a synth program (like qsynth), you should be able to connect the two
[12:56] <brian_> I don't see alsa.
[12:56] <inahd> it will be in the connections window
[12:56] <brian_> ok I found it
[12:57] <brian_> Ok I clicked connect.
[12:57] <inahd> are you connecting it to qsynth?
[12:57] <brian_> Not yet, one sec.
[12:58] <brian_> Where is qsynth on Ubuntu Studio, do you need to download it?
[12:58] <inahd> well im not sure its there... maybe fluidsynth or something
[12:59] <inahd> any spnth program
[12:59] <brian_> Ok I will find it.
[13:01] <brian_> Not seeing anything that says "synth" How do I send you a screnshot so that you can see what I see?
[13:01] <inahd> hang on let me look
[13:01] <brian_> bingo, I found qsynth?
[13:01] <brian_> .
[13:02] <brian_> I found it.
[13:03] <inahd> cool
[13:03] <brian_> Ok how do you connect qsynth?
[13:03] <inahd> so yeah open it and connect in alsa tab
[13:03] <inahd> assuming the midi device is showing there as well
[13:03] <inahd> midi on the left, qsynth on the right
[13:04] <inahd> then, you need to load soundfonts in qsynth probably
[13:04] <brian_> oh how do you do that?
[13:04] <inahd> then select the channel you want to play... and all that
[13:05] <inahd> then you route qsynth to the ardour channel you would like to record on
[13:05] <brian_> ok I see Restart, Panic, Reset, Channels,Setup, Then some Reverb menus, and Chorus Menus. Then quit, options, Messages, about.
[13:06] <inahd> setup will have a tab for loading soundfonts
[13:06] <inahd> if your midi is connected to qsynth, you will see a green light turn on when you press a key
[13:07] <brian_> Ok it is not connected yet.
[13:07] <inahd> hmm
[13:07] <inahd> is it connected in the alsa tab?
[13:07] <brian_> the screen is blank
[13:07] <brian_> yes
[13:08] <inahd> what screen is blank?
[13:08] <brian_> It says SFID Name Offset
[13:08] <brian_> then below it is blank.
[13:09] <brian_> oh wait maybe it is connected- did you mean a green light on the MIDI device?
[13:10] <inahd> no, on the main screen of qsynth
[13:10] <brian_> ok no, not yet.
[13:11] <brian_> also the MIDI device menu is greyed out.
[13:11] <inahd> in qsynth?
[13:11] <brian_> yes
[13:12] <inahd> is midi input enabled?
[13:12] <brian_> yes
[13:12] <brian_> but the MIDI Device tab is blank and greyed out.
[13:13] <brian_> This is under the MIDI tab.
[13:13] <inahd> oh thats fine i think
[13:13] <brian_> ok
[13:13] <inahd> midi driver selected?
[13:14] <brian_> there is an open tab under soundfonts, should we try that?
[13:14] <inahd> yes, load the soundfonts
[13:15] <brian_> ok now I see FluidR3_GM.sf2 and TimGM6mb.sf2
[13:15] <inahd> /usr/share/sounds/sf2
[13:15] <inahd> yes the fluid file
[13:15] <inahd> load it
[13:16] <brian_> Ok it's loaded.
[13:17] <brian_> I still don't see a green light though.
[13:17] <brian_> I think we are getting close however.
[13:17] <inahd> is jack actually running? did it start
[13:18] <brian_> After I clicked on the connect button it greyed out.
[13:18] <inahd> but in jack main window, did you click start?
[13:19] <brian_> oh! no, I don't think I did, one sec.
[13:19] <brian_> Where do you find start?
[13:19] <brian_> I see it, but it's greyed out.
[13:20] <inahd> so then its probably started
[13:20] <brian_> ok
[13:21] <brian_> hmm, this is  a puzzle.
[13:21] <inahd> it always is
[13:21] <brian_> Yes.
[13:22] <inahd> hmm
[13:22] <inahd> don't know what to tell you
[13:23] <brian_> Ok well you really tried hard to help me. I appreciate all of your efforts.
[13:23] <inahd> you might have to fiddle with the channels or something, select another sound. though that green light on the bottom left of qsynth should be lighting up at this point
[13:24] <brian_> I don't even see the green light, maybe I just need to look for it.
[13:24] <inahd> it turns on when you press keys
[13:25] <inahd> its a small black circle next to the qsynth1 tab in the bottom left of qsynth
[13:25] <brian_> ok I see that.
[13:25] <brian_> But it hasn't turned green yet.
[13:26] <inahd> if it doesnt light up, it means your midi keyboard isn't communicating with qsynth properly
[13:26] <brian_> ok
[13:26] <inahd> it only lights up when the keys are pressed
[13:26] <brian_> ok
[13:26] <brian_> I am using wine
[13:26] <inahd> probably means that something is wrong in jack
[13:26] <brian_> ok
[13:26] <inahd> wine for what?
[13:27] <brian_> the MIDI software, do you think that makes a difference? I have MIDI uno
[13:27] <inahd> i dont know what that is
[13:27] <brian_> oh
[13:27] <brian_> Ok wine helps Ubuntu run windows software.
[13:28] <inahd> i mean the midi uno
[13:28] <brian_> oh
[13:29] <brian_> ok it is a cable connecting the keyboard to the computer.
[13:29] <inahd> hmm
[13:29] <inahd> you shouldn't need wine for that
[13:29] <brian_> There is a green light for it that does turn on when I press keys.
[13:29] <inahd> is my guess
[13:29] <brian_> ok
[13:29] <inahd> in the wine software?
[13:30] <inahd> or the keyboard?
[13:30] <brian_> no on the cable.
[13:30] <inahd> oh
[13:31] <inahd> my only guess is that you aren't connecting the keyboard to qsynth properly in jack
[13:31] <brian_> ok
[13:32] <brian_> well it didn't used to turn on so I think we got somewhere.
[13:33] <brian_> There is a setting we might work with in Jack.
[13:33] <brian_> It says 14: MIDI Through. I think it came with Alsa.
[13:33] <inahd> no thats not what you want
[13:34] <brian_> My midi interface says 24:USB Uno MIDI Interface.
[13:34] <brian_> yes how do you remove that?
[13:34] <inahd> you dont
[13:34] <brian_> ok
[13:34] <inahd> but its not what you connect to qsynth
[13:34] <brian_> ok.
[13:35] <brian_> do you connect Ardour to qsynth?
[13:35] <inahd> any other options, on the left side of the alsa tab?
[13:35] <brian_> yes, 128:ardour.
[13:36] <brian_> I don't think it is connected.
[13:36] <brian_> And one the right hand side there is 130:fluidsynth.
[13:36] <inahd> there should be one for your midi keyboard on the left
[13:37] <inahd> try plugging it in again?
[13:37] <brian_> ok
[13:37] <brian_> it's greyed out.
[13:37] <inahd> what about in jack settings... selecting a midi device
[13:37] <inahd> i have 'seq' selected
[13:38] <brian_> Maybe, where do you find jack settings?
[13:38] <inahd> setup button, settings tab
[13:39] <inahd> on the bottom right of the settings tab is a midi device option
[13:40] <brian_> ok I see usr, share, sounds, sf2
[13:40] <brian_> on my left, nothing on my right.
[13:41] <brian_> under sounds there is alsa, freedesktop,gnome,opl3,sf2 and ubuntustudio.
[13:43] <inahd> are you in the qsynth setup?
[13:43] <brian_> yes
[13:43] <inahd> check the jack setup
[13:43] <inahd> there is a settings tab
[13:43] <brian_> ok
[13:43] <inahd> on the bottom right is midi device
[13:43] <brian_> found it, it says seq.
[13:44] <inahd> cool
[13:44] <inahd> well i am out of ideas
[13:44] <brian_> Ok. again, thanks for everything.
[13:44] <inahd> maybe someone else can offer you better help
[13:44] <inahd> dont give up!
[13:44] <brian_> Thanks
[13:45] <brian_> take care, I am sure that I will see yo again sometime.
[13:47] <inahd> can anyone help me bring up seq24 in the alsa tab of jack?
[13:47] <inahd> starting it with --manual_alsa_ports used to work for me
[15:54] <khaz> Hi guys, I'm new to Ubuntu Studio (13.04) and I have a problem playing audio/video files when my Rocksmith cable is plugged in. How can I use my cable and play files at the same time?
[16:00] <khaz> and the computer becomes quite unresponsive when I just  yank it out. I need to reboot now I guess
[16:01] <zequence> khaz: What are you using it with? jack?
[16:10] <khaz> So anyone knows?
[16:14] <DarkEra> khaz, zequence asked before you went for a reboot: What are you using it with? jack?
[16:14] <khaz> yes
[16:14] <khaz> jack and rakarrack
[16:16] <khaz> (I'm quite new to this whole music with computers)
[16:17] <khaz> but even when jack is not started, simply having the cable plugged in bar any multimedia file to play
[16:45] <zequence> khaz: Probably you need to use both your internal card and the cable at the same time with jack
[16:45] <zequence> khaz: I don't know much about that myself, but you could ask about it on #jack
[16:45] <khaz> thank you
[16:45] <zequence> maybe len-k knows?
[18:48] <Chrono_> hello
[18:49] <Chrono_> What is jackd2?
[18:49] <Chrono_> I am receiving a option if I want to enable realtime process priority
[18:52] <Chrono_> anyone there?
[19:11] <holstein> Chrono_: hello..
[19:11] <holstein> Chrono_: do you need JACK? if you are not using it, i wouldnt bother installing it
[19:11] <Chrono_> ah, heya holstein
[19:12] <holstein> enabling "realtime priority" is just that... if you are going to use JACK, for low latency audio, you would want to enable JACK for realtime process
[19:12] <holstein> there is no reason to not setup jack for realtime
[19:12] <Chrono_> ah ok, just installed 12.04, new to linux, watched a video on it and it seems a lot of the applications are a bit out of date
[19:13] <holstein> if you are not running jack, it is not running.. so by selecting "set up with realtime" you are not harming anything
[19:13] <holstein> Chrono_: 12.04 is from april.. 2012
[19:13] <zequence> Well, strictly speaking, there is no reason not to enable realtime for jack, unless you are worried about very unlikely security concerns
[19:13] <holstein> the ".04" is april.. the "12" is 2012
[19:13] <zequence> That is the only reason the user is asked about it
[19:13] <holstein> the applications are from that time
[19:13] <holstein> Chrono_: if you want newer packages, get the newer release
[19:14] <holstein> Chrono_: i think you will find there is nothing too far out of date about 12.04
[19:14] <zequence> But, answering yes while installing jackd is only one half of the enablement. User also needs to be a part of audio group
[19:19] <Chrono_> how does changing versions with linux work?
[19:19] <Chrono_> does it require a full reinstall?  (going from 12.04 to 13.04?
[19:19] <holstein> Chrono_: you can upgrade.. or just reinstall
[19:20] <holstein> Chrono_: i find, an upgrade takes a few hours.. and an install takes about 15 minutes.. so i usually just keep my data backed up, and do fresh installs
[19:20] <Chrono_> ah ok
[19:20] <holstein> Chrono_: you can also say "i find the version of x out of date in ubuntustudio 12.04" and we could discuss what that means, and how to "fix" that
[19:20] <holstein> !ppa | Chrono_
[19:21] <Chrono_> I have much to learn :-p
[19:21] <holstein> ^^ using ppa's is an easy way to add newer versions of packages, or packages that are *not* in the default repositories.. though, there can be issues (breakages, and since we dont provide the packages, we cant provide support)
[19:22] <holstein> OR, we can talk about officially backporting.. such as backporting fixes, or backporting things like ardour3 to 12.04 (which i dont think is going to specifically happen)
[19:23] <holstein> OR, in the case of ardour, you can go to the ardour site and download ardour3 (like i personally did for my 12.04 main studio rig)
[19:24] <Chrono_> as a new user to linux, would you recommend I stay on 12 or go to 13?
[19:25] <holstein> Chrono_: i would recommend you look at your personal needs and decide what you want/need
[19:25] <holstein> there is no real compelling reason to strongly do either over the other
[19:26] <holstein> !12.04
[19:26] <Chrono_> !13.04
[19:26] <holstein> the LTS, 12.04 version is supported for longer, and is stable, and the audio packages are older, but they are not drastically out of date
[19:27] <holstein> 13.04 is stable too, however.. but it will not be suppoted as long..
[19:27] <holstein> i have 12.04 installed from 2012.. if i were installing a fresh rig today, i would probably go with 13.04.. since i will be installing 14.04 for sure
[19:28] <holstein> Chrono_: try them both live
[19:28] <holstein> install them both.. dual boot
[19:28] <Chrono_> ok
[19:29] <Chrono_> I have ran ubuntu 13.04 but didnt like how amazon is part of the OS (not sure what the studio version is like)
[19:29] <Chrono_> I want an OS, not a shopping center :-p
[19:29] <holstein> Chrono_: sure
[19:30] <holstein> Chrono_: you are search about how to remove that, if you dont want it. or use a different DE, launcher, or software center/package manager.. or different distro
[19:30] <holstein> you can*
[19:31] <holstein> you can check out most of the linux distros live these days.. i usually just try them out before installing
[19:56] <zequence> Chrono_: It's very easy to disable that in Unity
[19:56] <zequence> Chrono_: I mean, the Amazon search results
[19:57] <zequence> But, what I find much more bothering is that your searches are being sent to Canonical
[19:57] <zequence> Also that can be disabled
[19:57] <zequence> None of these exist on Ubuntu Studio though
[19:57] <Chrono_> good, that was my concern, is my privacy at risk
[19:57] <zequence> On Unity, you can just go to System Settings -> Privacy
[19:57] <zequence> From there you can disable both
[19:58] <zequence> We are thinking of adding Unity as one choice for Ubuntu Studio, but with these things disabled
[19:59] <Chrono_> I'm looking at a large range of distro's, im a big time gamer and I know linux is limited, so I want to use linux for music and 3D Rendering
[19:59] <Chrono_> Life for me has become a bit stagmid and decided to try something new