[00:45] <UncleJed> hello...is there a more specific channel for audio help for studio, or is this kind of the general place for it all?
[00:46] <holstein> UncleJed: this is the place..
[00:47] <UncleJed> In particular I just need a little direction for configuring my qjackctl....having issues with video freezing when jack is on.
[00:47] <holstein> UncleJed: relax the latency settings
[00:48] <UncleJed> wow...i hope it's that easy! lol. I'm pretty new to linux - so have been doing A LOT of google-ing and learning a ton! I'll give that shot.
[00:49] <holstein> relax it a lot
[00:49] <holstein> like, 50+ ms latency, and test
[00:49] <holstein> you are likely just expecting too much from the hardware
[00:49] <holstein> you can, as i have found, try different GPU drivers.. this can help as well
[00:49] <holstein> can also make it drastically worse
[00:50] <UncleJed> haha...ok. Just as an FYI. I'm using an M-Audio Fastrack Pro box and followed some guy's direction on manually editing the driver file..so it's all nuts and bolts.
[00:50] <UncleJed> I'll try those things. Thanks for your help holstein!
[00:50] <holstein> manually editing what driver file?
[00:50] <holstein> you shouldnt have a driver for that device, necessarily
[00:51] <holstein> should "just work". with the kernel drivers included
[00:51] <UncleJed> it's been a few months since i did it..let me find the page. just a sec.
[00:51] <holstein> anyways, if you want to be certain, and isolate your changes, you can use a live iso
[00:51] <holstein> this will remove any customizations you have done from the equation without breaking your current setup
[00:52] <UncleJed> http://joegiampaoli.blogspot.com/2011/06/m-audio-fast-track-pro-for-debian-linux.html
[00:53] <holstein> you really shouldnt need to do anything like that
[00:53] <holstein> and you dont have an rt kernel
[00:53] <holstein> if you want, test with the live iso, as i said. and see if its "better"
[00:53] <holstein> try the latest 15.04 live iso, and see
[00:53] <holstein> also, i like to use the AVlinux live iso, since its a much older kernel
[00:53] <UncleJed> ok - will give it a shot. Thanks again!
[00:54] <holstein> this will let you see what is possible without breaking anything you current have, assuming just relaxing the latency settings doesnt address what you want
[00:54] <UncleJed> okie-doke
[03:03] <UncleJed> well that didn't work. That walk-through had me change a lot of things. And I had toyed with a bunch of stuff before that. I think, given my inexperience with linux, I may just wipe the drive and start over.
[03:09] <UncleJed> It's just weird. Videos were working fine before I messed with things in the system config, but Ardour would not recognize the m-audio box (or jack wouldn't). that's what led me to the walk-through. Now audio works great through the box for working with Ardour, but as soon as I try playing video with other software (firefox or the default video player) it freezes. Furthermore, if I stop the jack service, I get audio from them, b
[03:09] <UncleJed> ut it sounds extremely peaked - like input levels are over the top. and it's extremely loud. I have to turn all my knobs almost all the way down - and it still sounds the same.
[03:10] <UncleJed> ...guess that's what I get for jackin' with jack. lol
[03:10] <UncleJed> ...off to bed for now.
[03:53] <UncleJed> wait...noticed you said I don't have RT kernel. Guess I thought that was part of the point in getting ubuntu studio - that it WAS real-time. *scratches head* I've got a lot to learn.
[03:54] <Unit193> !info linux-image-lowlatency
[03:54] <ubottu> linux-image-lowlatency (source: linux-meta): lowlatency Linux kernel image. In component main, is optional. Version 3.16.0.34.35 (utopic), package size 2 kB, installed size 29 kB
[04:08] <UncleJed> If I understand right, what you just indicated was the it's an optional install with studio. How do I check to make sure I did that when I installed everything? It's been so long, i can' remember.
[04:09] <UncleJed> oh wait....I think i can see it with syanptic
[04:11] <UncleJed> looks like i have 3.13.0.49.56
[04:12] <UncleJed> ...alright i have to get to bed now.....will continue later. thanks everyone for your patience and input. :-)
[04:18] <OvenWerks> UncleJed: Studio comes with lowlatency kernel
[04:18] <OvenWerks> not RT
[04:18] <OvenWerks> but it includes most of what RT does.
[04:20] <OvenWerks> The main good thing about lowlatency is that the graphics drivers all still work.
[04:21] <OvenWerks> I have gotten stable audio operation down to .66ms with it. (32 samples per buffer)
[04:23] <OvenWerks> With a USB audio IF you should still be able to get to 128 or below. (128 with two channels, less with more)
[04:29] <UncleJed> ah....gotcha. alright. think i'm just going to blast HDD and start over then. I've messed with a lot of stuff i have no idea how to reverse.
[19:23] <studio-user752> где я?))