[05:38] surprised people still use IRC. glad to see it still running [05:58] actually trying to switch from macbook&logicpro to free software on a linux-laptop. ardour works great. do you have any suggestions for quality natural software instruments / samples for piano and strings? [06:05] pragomer: this is probably not the best channel to ask [06:05] do you know a good channel or forum where could ask such things? [06:06] try on #ardour but probably not right now as they are mostly UTC and easter [06:06] east US [06:08] The only two I know are fluid synth (should be a part of ardour as a-fluid synth or linux sampler. [06:10] a-fluidsynth plays and sf2 sound fonts you can find. Linux sampler plays gigasampler and SFZ as well [06:10] ok.. yesterday I discovered fluidsynth as player of soundfonts sf2.. so it could be the right way searching for good sf2 instruments. [06:10] ah yes.. same tought at the same time :-9 [06:10] probably. [06:11] Linux sampler is not available as a package (unless on their own home page) so it needs to be built [06:11] a 2nd and perhaps really ubuntustudio question for a linux-audio-newbie (on the non-audio-side I am ubuntuuser since 2007): [06:12] in prior versions of ubuntu studio I always had to use the (for me complicated) jack-system, connecting these virtual cables and all stuff like this.. [06:12] on the newest us 17.10 I could just open ardour, choose alsa as driver and I could play fluid synth and playback my loops, etc... [06:12] does this mean jack and jack-driver is obsolete for me [06:12] if you are using Ardour 5.* you can use it directly with alsa and no jack [06:13] oh perfect... that was the conclusion I was getting to and what I hoped.. this is so much easier just with alsa.. thank god :-) [06:13] You can get away without jack and in fact Ardour devs suggest running without jack. [06:14] ok thats pretty cool ;-) [06:14] :) I use jackd for my system and in fact use it as the device for pulse. But that doesn't mean you have to for sure. [06:15] I have a custom startup script for my sessions which most people would find non-trivial. [06:16] So if just using alsa works for you great. Do be warned that it is not possible to use two different audio devices such as a USB mic and system output. [06:17] Jack doesn't really like it either but at least it is possible. [06:21] ok.. I did not yet try both, playback and recording via my usb-interface focusrite scarlett 18i6 [06:21] so there could come some surprises [06:21] that should be fine, you are using the same interface for both in and out [06:21] ah ok.. [06:22] The problem is people buying those cheap "pro" USB mics [06:22] but yesterday I discovered that I could play fluidsynth via my usb-keyboard (evolution mk-something...) but not while I press record.. but this can be a different problem. [06:23] that is just routing. [06:24] I don't rememeber the answer to that one... I am running a very alpha version of Ardour right now (6.0 alpha) which works different in that exact area. [06:24] but do ask in #ardour. [06:29] ok.. but thank you very much for your help. very kind. I hope I will get everything I need to work under linux so that this last "bastion" of non-free-software will fall too in the future in m y household ;-) [06:33] anyway, I am off to bed. If there are more questions you can leave them and I will answer in the morning :) If you irc is still running [06:34] thanks and goodnight (whereever u are). here in germany I just begun my day ;-) [06:34] I am the west coast of Canada [06:35] Its not real late (1035 pm) but I have to get up early tomorrow [06:37] depending on someone's age 1035pm CAN be very late *LOL* [06:37] cu [07:04] mm. does it have licence-background that linuxsampler isnt part of ubuntu-studio like it is for example in kxstudio: http://i.imgur.com/AguT1Kf.png ? [10:45] hello [15:56] pragomer: linuxsampler has licencing that makes hard to package. LS is also harder to use having 16 outputs.