[18:39] <studio-user596> just installed ubuntu studio 17.10 on 2009 macbook pro.  have a usb audio box and midi controller.  can't get a sound to work in anything yet.  newb.  any tips or useful sites?
[18:40] <krytarik> It may help if you told us what all you already tried.
[18:41] <studio-user596> haha.  ardour.
[18:41] <studio-user596> i had a slightly older version running live from a usb yesterday and it was all fine.
[18:41] <krytarik> I mean in the way of troubleshooting.
[18:41] <studio-user596> nothing seems to work with 17.10 so far
[18:42] <studio-user596> didnt have to do anything special yesterday.  so i guess i was wondering if there are some huge known problems with this release?
[18:42] <krytarik> No, there isn't.
[19:13] <Ins0l3nt> is there anything out there that is more beginner than demystifying jack?  the fact that i cant plug in and play right now is fuckin ridiculous.
[19:21] <OvenWerks> Ins0l3nt: try running: cd /tmp && wget http://jackaudio.org/downloads/adevices.sh && bash ./adevices.sh
[19:22] <OvenWerks> take the output and paste it to a paste site let us know the url...
[21:36] <Bear_> Hey guys, I do a bit of youtube training videos, photography, some gaming and php development.  I know there are distro's specifically for each ( desktop, server, studio, game ) but I really don't know which would be best suited.
[21:37] <Bear_> Is it difficult to install the other "preconfigured" systems that the different variants have?
[22:24] <Bear_> any feedback?
[22:35] <krytarik> Bear_: It's quite fuzzy what you describe, but at least it would seem a server install wouldn't be fitting for you.
[22:38] <Bear_> krytarik: probably because I'm fuzzy lol...  I'm a photographer, youtube tutorial creater, php coder using LAMP so it's kinda confusing which version to start with.. does that make sense?
[22:39] <Bear_> the thing thats confusing me is I realize the different flavors, like studio vs desktop have the apps/configurations already optimized.. I'm completely unsure how I would apply the studio optimizations if I installed desktop
[22:39] <Bear_> does that help?
[22:41] <krytarik> The default Ubuntu Studio install *has* a desktop - does *that* help? :P
[22:41] <Bear_> heheh yeah, of course it does, last time I touched *nix ubuntu was in version 7
[22:42] <krytarik> If you are thinking vanilla Ubuntu vs Ubuntu Studio, I'd go for the latter.
[22:43] <Bear_> @krytarik thats basically what I was wondering...  I've heard to use ubuntu, mint, elementary so I'm pretty confused.
[22:51] <Ins0l3nt> hey all. had some luck so far getting my guitar into ardour but im having a constant problem stating that my audio backend is stopping
[22:51] <Ins0l3nt> havent gotten my midi controller to do anything yet either
[22:51] <Ins0l3nt> tips?
[23:01] <Ins0l3nt> im added to the audio group, or whatever.  pasuspender just seems to piss qjackctl off.  i just wanna make some noise here.