[02:13] <studio-user386> hello someone can helpme with audio issues?
[20:34] <tempest> Hi :) I hope everyone is doing well
[20:35] <Eickmeyer> tempest: Thanks. Do you have a support question?
[20:36] <tempest> I have a question about the Ubuntu studio audio handbook if that's okay
[20:36] <Eickmeyer> tempest: Sure, I'm the editor of that. Go ahead.
[20:37] <tempest> Wow! Really? That's incredible
[20:37] <Eickmeyer> Well, editor/publisher. Really, it's a libreoffice document that was adapted to wiki.
[20:38] <tempest> I only started reading it today I don't know much about audio stuff yet but I'm really keen to learn, I've only been playing guitar for about 6 months but I think it would be nice to learn some software at the same time
[20:39] <Eickmeyer> Cool. Well, guitarix is a good application for effects for guitars.
[20:39] <tempest> I don't have any equipment like a external sound card or a way to plug a jack into my machine, what I have is a jack to USB cable I'm not really sure if it will be suitable, it seems to work with audacity though which is nice
[20:40] <Eickmeyer> Anything that allows an audio input to your computer should work just fine.
[20:40] <tempest> okay well that's good news :)
[20:40] <Eickmeyer> Though, you can get a cheap professional audio interface on Amazon.
[20:41] <Eickmeyer> I use a Behringer UMC404HD.
[20:41] <tempest> but quite early in the book you are explaining how to link applications with the JACKctl program
[20:41] <tempest> and you say to use the program Hexter
[20:42] <Eickmeyer> Well, that was Peter's opinion. That section needs a little updating since we now have Ubuntu Studio Controls doing the configuring.
[20:42] <Eickmeyer> (i.e. you no longer need to use QJackCtl to start Jack).
[20:43] <tempest> Oh okay, I did wonder, it does seem that the screen shots are using an older interface too
[20:44] <tempest> But I found that you can get the source code for Hexter still on the creators website. I've never actually compiled a program before but I expect I could learn to do it, but what I wanted to ask is is the reason it's not really offered anymore by default a little bit of a hint not to use it these days?
[20:44] <Eickmeyer> Hexter is installed by default.
[20:44] <Eickmeyer> There's no reason to compile it.
[20:45] <tempest> Is it supposed to be? I'm not sure why I didn't get it then
[20:45] <tempest> Either that or I'm being stupid and can't find it
[20:45] <OvenWerks> It may not be in the menu...
[20:46] <Eickmeyer> There was an error. ^
[20:46] <Eickmeyer> You might have to install the backports PPA.
[20:46] <Eickmeyer> "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntustudio-ppa/backports"
[20:46] <Eickmeyer> "sudo apt full-upgrade"
[20:46] <OvenWerks> however any host that supports dssi (Carla, qtracktor, but not Ardour)
[20:46] <OvenWerks> will show it as a plugin.
[20:49] <tempest> okay I'll try that, thanks
[20:50] <tempest> I don
[20:50] <tempest> oops
[20:50] <OvenWerks> from the commandline: jack-dssi-host hexter.so
[20:51] <OvenWerks> tempest: ^^ that will put up the GUI for hexter as a Jack client.
[20:51] <tempest> if my host has dssi enabled?
[20:51] <OvenWerks> jack-dssi-host is the host in this case
[20:52] <OvenWerks> So hexter would show up as a standalone synth within the jqack graph as shown by patchage
[20:53] <tempest> I get Error: failed to load plugin library "hexter", but the backports upgrade hasn't finished yet so I'll try it again in a few minutes
[20:54] <tempest> oh Hexter has turned up in my menu now! Yay! :)
[20:55] <OvenWerks> Jack does have to be running first.
[21:03] <tempest> Thank you both very much for the help. I've had quite a long day today so I think I'm going to call it quits for tonight but I'll have another go with the book again now that I can run what it was asking me to
[21:06] <tempest> other than the Audio handbook are there any other ubuntustudio manuals out there that I should look into? I was considering reading the ubuntu 18.10 manual as well but I'm not entirely sure how different we are from vanilla ubuntu and if we need completely seperate books
[21:07] <Eickmeyer> tempest: Ubuntu Studio is Ubuntu, not a derivitive.
[21:07] <Eickmeyer> All official flavors fall into that description.
[21:07] <Eickmeyer> The only difference is what is installed by default.
[21:11] <tempest> ahh okay so does that mean we'll be getting the new version at the same time as vanilla as well then? Not too long to wait now is there?
[21:11] <Eickmeyer> Yes. Beta is to be released later today.
[21:12] <Eickmeyer> In order to be an official flavor, our release cadence has to match with few exception.
[21:13] <tempest> Well best of luck with a smooth launch :)
[21:15] <tempest> take care and thanks again x