[17:13] <sirriffsalot> OvenWerks: Eickmeyer I'm getting started on making this tutorial-video, but I'm missing one piece of the puzzle. In the case of fixing my missing calf-plugins, I had to edit the address of where it's at in the .ardour file. But where do I find the correct address for all my plugins?
[17:13] <sirriffsalot> Meaning, this for instance: "http://calf.sourceforge.net/plugins/Equalizer5Band"
[17:14] <sirriffsalot> Some I can find in my Carla list when I search for the specific plugin, but some don't seem to list this address anywhere
[18:58] <sirriffsalot> OvenWerks: Eickmeyer I made a tutorial-video for the missing-plugins issue, using the KXStudio example, but it applies to all such cases I suppose. Would it be of any use to you think: https://www.dropbox.com/s/sg4zqsvt9uciger/How%20To%3A%20Fix%20%22Missing%20Plugins%22%20in%20Ardour.mp4?dl=0 ?
[19:06] <tomreyn> hi, i'd like to improve voice recording quality by buying a usb microphone. and just using it with alsa + pulseaudio, if possible. i'm wondering how well supported those mics are though, they seem to mostly have device specific drivers fro other OSes.
[19:06] <tomreyn> *for
[19:21] <sirriffsalot> tomreyn: USB-microphones are pretty meh imo, also what are you planning on recording with, Ardour?
[19:24] <tomreyn> sirriffsalot: it's not professional, this is just to not sound completely terrible by using a laptop-internal mic or an in-ear phone headset when doing video conferencing really.
[19:26] <tomreyn> also i'd probably not really be using ubuntustudio but there just standard ubuntu (unless there are good reasons for this use case), i just hoped i could steal some knowledge here.
[19:39] <tomreyn> so i was thinking something like Blue Yeti or AT2020usb+, but i have no idea whether those work with linux, or whether i *have to* get an audio interface (which is otherwise not useful to me, because i don't do anything professional about audio really).
[19:51] <sirriffsalot> tomreyn: if you're not planning on using ubunstudio then you're kinda asking in the wrong place..
[19:51] <sirriffsalot> If you're planning on recording with ardour, you're gonna have to use the jack audio server
[19:52] <tomreyn> sirriffsalot: yes, i shouldn't have asked here in the first place, sorry.
[19:52] <sirriffsalot> tomreyn: if you're just using this device to have a conference/call, you don't need to record the audio, just have skype or whatever select the usb-device via pulseaudio/pavucontrol
[19:52] <sirriffsalot> tomreyn: no worries :) But your question was kinda misleading as well, hehe
[19:52] <Eickmeyer> sirriffsalot: tomreyn does a lot of support for non-Studio issues in this channel.
[19:53] <sirriffsalot> Eickmeyer: ok?
[19:53] <Eickmeyer> tomreyn: It's all good. If you're looking at a USB mic, most are pretty well supported. I think I have heard of people having no issues with Blue Yeti, but you might ask in #lau (Linux Audio Users) to be sure.
[19:53] <tomreyn> thanks Eickmeyer, but he's still right it's not ubuntu studio related, i shouldn't have brought it up here
[19:54] <sirriffsalot> tomreyn: but if all you're doing are audio-calls, a USB-device should be just fine, I use them myself for that
[19:54] <sirriffsalot> tomreyn: headset that is
[19:55] <tomreyn> great, thanks, Eickmeyer, i might ask in #lau then (didn't know about this channel!) once i looked up some more mics
[19:55] <sirriffsalot> Eickmeyer: any thoughts on the tutorial, btw, now that you're here? :)
[19:55] <tomreyn> actually for what i'm doing, a lavallier mic may actually be the better option
[19:55] <Eickmeyer> sirriffsalot: I haven't had a chance, and might not get to it today. :/
[19:56] <tomreyn> and thanks to you as well
[19:56] <tomreyn> sirriffsalot: ^
[19:56] <Eickmeyer> tomreyn: There's a plethora of lavallier mics that work with USB audio cards (the cheap $10 kind) on Amazon.
[19:57] <tomreyn> i just looked at Rode SmartLav+
[20:15] <sirriffsalot> tomreyn: sure thing
[20:15] <sirriffsalot> Eickmeyer: alright, lemme know
[21:27] <OvenWerks> tomreyn: for USB audio interfaces (usb mics too) do not look at if it requires a driver for windows but rather if it requires a driver for macOS
[21:28] <OvenWerks> windows seems to have lagged way behind everyone else. if a USB device is "class compliant" (MacOS does not allow device drivers) then it should just work.