[17:13] 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] Meaning, this for instance: "http://calf.sourceforge.net/plugins/Equalizer5Band" [17:14] 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] 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] 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] *for [19:21] tomreyn: USB-microphones are pretty meh imo, also what are you planning on recording with, Ardour? [19:24] 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] 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] 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] tomreyn: if you're not planning on using ubunstudio then you're kinda asking in the wrong place.. [19:51] If you're planning on recording with ardour, you're gonna have to use the jack audio server [19:52] sirriffsalot: yes, i shouldn't have asked here in the first place, sorry. [19:52] 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] tomreyn: no worries :) But your question was kinda misleading as well, hehe [19:52] sirriffsalot: tomreyn does a lot of support for non-Studio issues in this channel. [19:53] Eickmeyer: ok? [19:53] 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] thanks Eickmeyer, but he's still right it's not ubuntu studio related, i shouldn't have brought it up here [19:54] 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] tomreyn: headset that is [19:55] great, thanks, Eickmeyer, i might ask in #lau then (didn't know about this channel!) once i looked up some more mics [19:55] Eickmeyer: any thoughts on the tutorial, btw, now that you're here? :) [19:55] actually for what i'm doing, a lavallier mic may actually be the better option [19:55] sirriffsalot: I haven't had a chance, and might not get to it today. :/ [19:56] and thanks to you as well [19:56] sirriffsalot: ^ [19:56] tomreyn: There's a plethora of lavallier mics that work with USB audio cards (the cheap $10 kind) on Amazon. [19:57] i just looked at Rode SmartLav+ [20:15] tomreyn: sure thing [20:15] Eickmeyer: alright, lemme know [21:27] 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] 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.